This was very likely Redline No 60..... It has just struck me that there was no particular chassis designation/identification applied to the near two dozen new CKD VK41L chassis that Redline rear-engine modified and assembled at West End. This Denning was one of many constructed on those chassis.......

This unit was new as Redline No 66...
The first Denning numbered chassis...Denning/AEC, number ABD1-66.
Originally powered with a GM/4V53 but later converted to Scania D8.
Here's a photo taken at the Melbourne Bourke St Terminal/depot:

Industry wrote:NMP I believe this is another ex Redline Coach in the Maryborough region of Qld

Looks like Denning/AEC/Scania ex-Redline No79/105.
A rearview of which can be seen in the photo above at Kangy Creek....

In the early 70s, the Perth depot was in Barrack Street. Here is a Denning posed in a park (maybe Kings Park): http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc90/systemimprover/slwa_b3096610_1.jpg I've just realised, as Redline's Perth passenger depot/sales office was at 68 Barrack Street, it's likely that Pa...

Redline's regular Brisbane/Sydney 2-day tour morning tea/afternoon tea refreshment stop north of Sydney for many years, after moving from the Calga Kiosk....which had become impractical with advances in coach performance. (During one mid-1950s morning tea at Calga, an elderly gentleman tour passenge...

Great memories and mixed emotions for you mate....
I hope you have a humdinger of a day!

The coach pictured appears to feature one of the Denning/Seddon chassis, making it originally Redline No 76 or 77 so far as I can make out.
With frontal rebuild by Superior of course.
Robert would be able to confirm its identity no doubt.
I'd suggest it's a tad too far gone to consider restoration.

Is this suggestive of the manufacturer needing to offer discounts to shift inventory.....??

Just a quick correction Industry....
I'm thinking you meant Ray Collins.

Many thanks for your input mcmuttley...... Google street view dated 2008 shows all of the original buildings still existed at that time, although the old two story restaurant building behind the coach in the photo above had been significantly remodeled, with a serious front extension replacing the b...

I'm hoping someone will be able to provide correct acknowledgment details for this photo:

Any time frame for when the book might be out, or is it still a work in progress ? The book's written: 375 Pages, 28 Chapters, 7 Appendices, 109 Illustrations, plus many historic Redline packaged holiday and express travel brochure reproductions. Early in 2018 I took the advice of a prospective pub...

Excerpt from my book: "Rex Law's Redline - The Biggest Little Bus Co In Australia": From: CHAPTER 11 1954 In November 1954 the Hughes and Vale legal challenge involving Section 92 of the Constitution and the States’ taxation of “free” interstate trade was finally decided in the complainant...

I very recently noticed this 2016 Australasian Bus & Coach magazine article by Gordon Lowe, published under the heading "Reflection: 90's Greyhound," as a tribute to and in memory of the late John Wadmore. The article was a copy of Wadmore's 1991 speech at NATCON in Cairns, titled ‘The...

Great proposal to honour the Watt brothers...Sheriff, John and Jim, not to mention Sheriff's son Barrie, in such a way. I'd certainly back the move. This was Redline's second Tiger Cub, No 10, being very similar to the later No 14, which was constructed minus the mud-guards. I remember very clearly ...

I also have this Albion Viking recorded as Denning body number 103. New to Redline Express as number 60, rego NXX232. I have it recorded as sold to Carah Coaches in 8/69. Southern Highlands BS (WG &GY (George) Ould) purchased the coach on 17/6/1971 ex Carah Coaches NXX 232 and registered it the...

Hi Industry and bjg154
The original features point to it possibly being ex Redline, certainly a VK41 REC Viking as evidenced by the rear hub....
There's nothing I see that eliminates the likelihood that it's ex-Redline No 60.

Nice piece of history Grumpy, especially as it includes the now rare camp ground prices insert. I'm hoping you may find some photos of the coach. Have you found any clues to the driver's name? Many thanks for posting. My book includes images of many holiday brochure covers, including this one, as we...

That, and the "Central Australia" desto would seem to provide conclusive proof. Glenn, any info on the purchase of this "one off" bus? Yes SI, there would certainly have been very few SB Bedford operators of any era looking to include "Central Australia" on their desto...

I have recorded Redline fleet #38 as (NSW) ISJ909 Bedford SB5 (chassis # 91101S) / CCMC body # 63.79 6/63, new with 33 coach seats (C33F) Many thanks VIKing... The coach carried the NSW ISJ-909 plates more or less long enough for the transfer to Tasmanian operations, at which time it was re-plated ...

That, and the "Central Australia" desto would seem to provide conclusive proof. Glenn, any info on the purchase of this "one off" bus? Rex introduced five standard Bedford SB3's to the fleet over the years, always under a "stop-gap" scenario brought about by the consis...

Looselion a Custom Coaches Coach with Derwent Valley in Sorrell Tasmania photo by Geoffrey Foster. Thought to be an ex Redline Unit Here's a very bad image of Redline No 38, supplied to me recently by one of Redline's Tassie tour drivers, Brian Cleary. I thought it worthwhile to post this in order ...

Don't just tell us what is isn't Glenn, tell us what it is :) I can't readily identify it as an ex-Redline unit actually, while I initially thought it was very close to No 39. So far as I can recall no Denning build for Redline incorporated recessed baggage bin door handles as can be seen on the mo...

Hi Glenn This is a Vic Hayes photo of what I understand to be Redline (53). If you compare it to Industry's photo above, photos of (53) in service with Redline, and the photo earlier in this thread of the motorhome 011 REO, I think they are all the same coach. There are some subtle differences in t...

Industry wrote:Were these Custom Coach Body only used on tours or express also

Only on tours.....