Murrays Coaches Canberra [OLd]Part 2

[venturatiger]

Hi there, here are some more old shots of Murrays Canberra vehicles
Hope you enjoy
Regards Venturatiger

act MO31 a Hedges ? AEC


act MO20 a Smithfield, Volvo B58 Ex Action 250


act MO93 a PMC, IBC


act MO26 a PMCA, Scania


act MO37 a PMCA, Scania


act MO28 a Austral, MAN


act MO35 a Austral Tourmaster


act MO292 a PMCA "160" Scania

[DENAIR]

just a corection MO93 is an IBC chassis ex Stuarts Nowra ex Canberra Charter Coaches then to Murrays and then to Mayfield Bus Hire
cheers denair

[venturatiger]

Thanks bro.

[ALBION1881]

This what MO-31 would look like in her action days I have not seen very many of these old AEC reliance around this picture is from leon batmans collection great pictures.

[boronia]

That photo of the Reliance was well before ACTION, I don't think any passed to that operator.

MO-35 I think was a STARMASTER, a short lived model between the Tourmaster and HD1 series.

The MAN was the first HD1 built.

MO-292 was built for the UTA, I'm sure AEC Decker would like to be driving this on the X73 A long Mk 6

[E.L.Wood]

That photo of the Reliance was well before ACTION, I don't think any passed to that operator.

MO-35 I think was a STARMASTER, a short lived model between the Tourmaster and HD1 series.

The MAN was the first HD1 built.

MO-292 was built for the UTA, I'm sure AEC Decker would like to be driving this on the X73 A long Mk 6

MO 35 was one of 6 Tourmasters built with Starliner fronts, the first of the Ron Murray special models, and yes, the name given to them was Starmasters.

Murrays had 3 AEC Reliances with Athol Hedges bodies, all of which were new to the Department of the Interior(using the trading name Canberra Bus Service), i'm not 100% sure but I think MO 31 was ex ZIB 117. The Action name wasn't used until introduced in 1977, and initially it was an acronym A.C.T.I.O.N.

[Sir Pompously]

Still is, the Australian Capital Territory Internal Omnibus Network (With 'Wheel' logo which was in use until last year) or ACTION.

A Very nice collection of photos, especially the Canberra Explorer bus which was seen in it's final days at Revolve in the Mugga Tip.

[boronia]

Didn't some of those buses, or equivalents, from Murrays find their way to the erstwhile Canberra "Bus Museum"

[Peta mechanic.]

MO 31, I would have thought that it is a CCMC body judging by the grille and front header as well. Can anyone verify this for me?

Peta.

[Geoff]

No, sorry little Pete - it is an Athol Hedges body.

Geoff.