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boronia wrote:Trax/Trux has recently changed ownership, so the future is not clear.
Transit Graphics is getting more adventurous in its output, so perhaps they could be convinced to look at something along these lines?
boronia wrote:We can inspire them, and give them business.
But the realities of cost, especially in the setting up phases, can be horrendous. It takes a long time to recoup the investment, let alone make a modest profit.
Brett has previously explained the economics of this market.
Let's wait and see what happens after the Leopards hit the shelves.
dominodc122 wrote:liveries ... I would place an order for all available that they produce
such as...
...PS - I am quite sure it is me driving Contiki (Deluxe) No. 21 on a check ride with 'Eric'?? - (Senior Driver - Brisbane 1987)!
silver75 wrote:I, too, would buy every Tourmaster model that Trux would offer if the company produced such a model.
dominodc122 wrote:...Im not that computer savvy...but can someone set up a 'vote for' thread or link to endorse the idea??
Trux also need to market in USA / Japan / Europe, as this is where most of the tourists that travelled on the ubiquitus 'Tourmaster' came from in the 70s - 80s and I am sure such people would be interested in a liveried replica of their 'stage coach' that bore them around 'the great southern land' at that time (hell...if these were around at that time, they would have made a fortune selling them to the coach companies and thence to the tourists that boarded them :D 8)
dominodc122 wrote:...Not sure where the 'TourMaster' name came from...but here are images of the decal evolution...
...70s Domino slab front (aka Tourmaster 1) with early 'TM' sticker..(it is also interesting to note, that the model type ...DC122...does not appear on the makers data plate inside the passenger front door!?)
...Domino TourMaster 3...which became the basis of all series 2 thru 5 units
...Austral involvement added the 'TourMaster' alloy badge as standard above both front side windows...
dominodc122 wrote:Done...!
dominodc122 wrote:...are we talking about collaboration...??? I am not too clear on the earlier history (I know there is a guy from 'Bus and Coach who are located in the old Austral factory, who has just retired and who was there from the start...he knows a hell of a lot...need his name and contacts...
Boss wrote:Brand new Greyhound 496 Austral Tourmaster
dominodc122 wrote:...are we talking about collaboration...??? I am not too clear on the earlier history (I know there is a guy from 'Bus and Coach who are located in the old Austral factory, who has just retired and who was there from the start...he knows a hell of a lot...need his name and contacts...
Boss wrote:Brand new Greyhound 496 Austral Tourmaster
CCCC wrote:Levers had a very good looking Domino coach in their usual livery.
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