Motor Body Specialists
| Industry | Bus manufacturing |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1964 |
| Headquarters | , Australia |
Motor Body Specialists was an Australian bus bodybuilder in Brisbane.
History
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
- ^ 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