Adelaide Bus History C MCMANUS SUPPLIED IMAGES Parts 9-13

[leyland4ever]

404 Daimler 112-114 delivery at Hackney 16-5-1947 News

414 154 Ford rear 1951 MTT

514 239 Ansair Anzac Highway 1958

524 609 interior looking aft Hackney 15-12-1955

604 King William Street Vic Squ looking north 12-1961

[leyland4ever]

803 Garford-Bedford rear North Tce Botanic Hotel 3-83

813 Proto MB OBahn 1501 1502 (1545) Hackney 84

823 OBahn buses pass speedo 110kph 9-3-85

304 Body Garford 208 Jinker to Aldgate 22-11-35 NEWS

324 AEC Regent 103 off-side Hackney North 1951 MTT

[leyland4ever]

713 Slattery AEC Regal lV ex MTT 704 9-76

723 Harcourt Gdns Depot 78 Dunbarton Ave Edwardstown

733 Thomas 8219 (702) Ex-Serviceman White 7603 Commer

743 HENSTRIDGE Leyland 7914 (905) 7910 (850) South Road 1-77

753 Leyland Beeline 7 (808) Vic Squ 7-5-79

[Bedford-29]

AEC Regent 103 was withdrawn in 1954 and ended up at Marree for railway work 1955-57

[leyland4ever]

513 234 Ansair H372 Victoria Square 1955

523 AEC Regal lV 609 front Hackmey 15-12-1954

603 Leyland 873 King William Street from North Tce facing SSE 1961

703 Langs Bedfords 1-77

[leyland4ever]

AEC Regent 103 was withdrawn in 1954 and ended up at Marree for railway work 1955-57

Yes - 5 of the pre-war Adelaide 'deckers - 2 AECs, and 3 Leylands were involved in that project - I think the standardization of the Marree railway line.

"The Advertiser" had a front page photo of all 5 in Marree in 1957.

I managed to track down the contractor about 20 years ago, and he said that three came back to Adelaide (104, 111, and one other). Two were left up at Marree - they had their engines etc stripped and so had to be towed.

I often wonder whether they are still up there. In that dry climate, the bodies would probably still be in quite good condition!

Cheers

Trevor

[Denv12]

Love the local bus photos.I remember them.Keep posting.

[leyland4ever]

223 Mack 83 Flood Plow Henley Beach Road 25-12-29

313 Dennis Lancet Interior facing front 1938 MTT

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503 Leyland 811 Victoria Square Sth 1957

Just a few brief comments - photo 1 Mack 83 - the western suburbs were prone to flooding until the western suburbs drainage scheme was implemented, in the 1940s, I think. When Henley Beach Road started to flood, tram services were suspended from where the flooding started, and were replaced with Mack buses with a scoop at the front to deflect the water away from the engine. They were nothing if not enterprising in those days!

Photo 2 Dennis Lancet - the MTT purchased a few one-or two offs in the late 1930s, presumably to replace some of the older Macks - however, they saw little use as time went on, but the Macks kept going! This was one of two single deck Dennis Lancets - they were sold to Bunney Brothers who operated the Torrensville service, in the early 1950s. There were also a couple of Leyland Lions, and a Leyland Lioness.

Photo 3 - a quite new 811, looking very smart - the red band certainly enhanced their appearance. I suspect this may have been taken in August 1957 - the first date on which the three-door buses were used as one-man vehicles on general route service. The MTT and the Union took almost three years to reach this agreement - they had been used one-man on special racing services, but with a queue ticket seller selling fares at the centre door - the double rear doors remained closed. (It seems somehow appropriate that 811 was one of sixteen Leylands converted for full-time one man operation in 1968, pioneering the type of operation which became standard with the delivery of Daimler Roadliners, and AEC Swifts between 1969 and 1972.)

Picture 4 The fifteen Ford Hercules (also known as Ford Mercuries) buses are a little remembered part of MTT history. They were purchased towards the end of the war as part of a war-time "Lend Lease" programme initiated by the USA. They were used mainly on the one-man feeder routes, and only had a fairly short life with the MTT, being superseded by the 50 AEC Regal 111 single deckers which arrived between 1949 and 1952, the 20 Ford Ansair Transetts in 1951, and then by the three door underfloors from 1954 onwards. (We saw a rear view of this bus earlier, and there are a couple more pictures of them to come.

Cheers,

Trevor