Looselion wrote:Many thanks Industry.....
51 was delivered by Denning in January 1965, built on a VK41L chassis which was license modified to rear engine and assembled from CKD components in Redline's West End Brisbane workshops.
(I wonder if that last mentioned fact was identified in the article?)
It's great to know the very early days are being a little more broadly remembered......
I must get hold of a copy of the magazine.
Bedford-29 wrote:Any Redline pedigree in this Commer coach.Picture from the Ken Magor collection
Industry wrote:Here is an old Landliner that I just found on Old Service Stations believe this is Coober Pedy.
Looselion wrote:Hi Timbo52,
Brings back some memories Tim...
The bare bones of the history is that this coach was a new build for Redline in 1963, by Athol Hedges, Brisbane.
As you say, a Ford Thames Trader REC, and went into service with Redline as fleet No 37, operating Tassie tours for much of its life with the company.
There are photos of this unit in Redline colours floating around and I'll go digging.
Are you doing a restoration?
Cheers, Glenn.
Looselion wrote:Bedford-29 wrote:Any Redline pedigree in this Commer coach.Picture from the Ken Magor collection
Hi Bedford-29,
Not ex-Redline.
My first thought is it's a Denning built for Cobb & Co....
That's the exact grille treatment and header design that Denning applied to those early Commer based builds for the Boltons, although there are a few design features that don't accord with the usual Denning of the period.
I guess we have to accept that many of these old vehicles have been altered and modified over many years, making identification a bit difficult sometimes....
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