Not my pic, but I drove this coach on it's first trip after delivery. Scania K113TR 360HP 10 speed Scania 'Box. It was an express run from Adelaide to Melbourne for Trans City in 1988. Laid over in Melbourne for a day and the ran back to Adelaide. I only had 3 pax on board and they got off in Horsha...

I'm looking for a couple of tie bars. They are the type that were sold by the Bus and Coach Society in the 1980's and '90's Gold in colour with black highlights. I'm looking for a Denning DenAir and a Denning Landseer. They look similar to this picture (only they are Dennings) 2014-09-11 11.01.47.jp...

I'm looking for Bus Australia Epaulets. I used to have a set but lost one over the years and I'm looking to replace it. Over the years I have received many sets of epaulets from companies that I have driven for but for one reason or another I have lost some of them. So I'm just trying to replace the...

Looking for coach tie bars from the 80's and 90's Denning Mono DenAir and Denning Landseer (Gold and black in colour as bought from the bus association)

Andy O wrote:just looking at S.S.A.T website. Have Buses R Us (Smiths) acquired the entire Seal tours/River Cruise business or just the Bus/Coach Fleet?

Just the bus business.

Yes, sort of... The Austral is still in George Town, but the Toyota and the MotorCoach have gone to Ulverstone.
We have a Nissan Civilian from Ulverstone here in George Town and we had a MAN 18.370 here for a short while.

A quick look at the SSAT fleet as sold and how they look now as Buses R Us...
This coach is for sale... http://www.omnibus.com.au/14040.html

Here's my photos of the fleet while I was there...

Here's a couple more...

Key Tours, Para Hills West Banksia Tours, Houghton Holiday Makers (Magic Carpet Travel) Gepps Cross

I submit this for consideration...

Here's a couple of short videos of said bus on it's trip to Devonport...
This is not my video, and I've played with the audio.
Enjoy!

http://sdrv.ms/1cZ5RKG

http://sdrv.ms/1kdCx5J

It's probably an Allison Auto... they are also made by Detroit, so parts and spares would not be a problem.
And it would match up with the Detroit motor perfectly.

Also the Denning Landseer in my Avitar is for sale if you are interested... GREAT condition and low Kms.

denningdd wrote:You know i like trax bus models, but enough governement crap , its too much of the same over and over, do the privates much better and i would have thought the market would be awsum , it just seems to be govys everywhere u look, anything non government will be great!

HERE! HERE!
Well said.

It could do with a Bull Bar and a Stone Screen.

system improver wrote:How many made it to Adelaide, how did they get there and what happened to them?

Key Tours of Para Hills had two Nationals... not sure where they came from.
They could be ex Melbourne. They were autos not preselect gearboxes.

Banksia Tours SA at Mt Hotham
PMC Apollo Hi Screen Mercedes 0303 3

Oh dear, the driver of the SONY Atlantean might get a ticket if he doesn't clear that intersection! LOL

Banksia Tours SA at Mt Hotham
New BCI Cruiser

That Tea Tree Gully pumper was so big it could only fit into it's shed when the water tank was full! Otherwise it was too tall.

Speaking for myself, I enjoyed driving the BOVAs. They were a great driving coach... 360HP DAF motor, six speed syncro box stiff suspension! They went like the clappers! Yes the seats for the passengers were crap... way too hard. But as I was sitting in the front that didn't bother me! :D I didn't e...

This makes me angry!
Steerable tags were introduced to help reduce the problem of stripping tag tires when turning and to help with maneuverability. What moron wants to put us back 20 years?
Will this effect all TAS registered buses / coaches?

Tas Bus Nut wrote:

jonwendes wrote:No, it went to WA to become a camper.

I thought you said it was going to the Nthn Territory

Well Kununurra WA is almost in the Northern Territory

is it still in operation?? I kmow my memory is a little shot, especially at the moment, but there was a ssat coach, denning at Detroit, with no motor for sale, was this it or was that another No, it went to WA to become a camper. This is the one that was at Detroit... it was ex TRC #36 and is now i...

crichj wrote:The denning mono ex trc 48 and 49 look beautiful, my dream bus

This is what #48 looked like the day she left George Town for Kununurra WA after she was sold in Sept 2009...

Part of it used to be the service area for the harvesters used by McCain.