Motor Body Specialists
| Industry | Bus manufacturing |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1964 |
| Headquarters | , Australia |
Motor Body Specialists was an Australian bus bodybuilder in Brisbane.
History
[edit]Motor Body Specialists was founded in 1964 by five former Athol Hedges employees, initially bodying Bedford and Leyland chassis from premises in Harvey Avenue, Eagle Farm.[1] In January 1965, it signed a deal to distribute Commonwealth Engineering bodied buses in Queensland and northern New South Wales.[2][3][4]
In 1983 the business was acquired by Rogers & Son by which time it was concentrating on bodying Isuzu and Hino chassis. In 1998 it was renamed Rogers and moved to Wacol.[3] The bus division closed in May 2000, but the business continued to perform other work.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Travers, Greg (1979). The Australian Private Bus. Sydney: Historic Commercial Vehicle Association. p. 69. ISBN 0 959601 61 9.
- ^ Com-Eng and Motor Body Specialists In Business Link Truck & Bus Transportation February 1965 page 114
- ^ a b Motor Body Specialists Australian Bus Panorama December 2001 pages 45-58
- ^ Dunn, John (2008). Comeng: A history of Commonwealth Engineering: Volume 2: 1955-1966. Rosenberg Publishing. p. 315. ISBN 1877058734.
- ^ 4 Body Builders Close Australasian Bus & Coach October 2000 page 12