S.T.A Adelaide Hino Buses.

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Denv12
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S.T.A Adelaide Hino Buses.

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The S.T.A Adelaide sold off a lot of buses from about 1980 onwards. They were former private buses that did the suburban bus routes into the city. Bus companies like Bridgelands,Ex Servicemans,Slatterys,Campbells,Worthle'sy,Coles,Morphetts,Bowmans,Briscoes to name a few.
Some of those bus companies had a variety of Hino buses bodied by Freighter Lawton and PMC Adelaide. Which companies had fleets of Hino's? Who had the biggest fleets? I have added photo of ex STA Adelaide Hino buses after they were sold off by the STA. These were then repainted and sold.
Thanks for helping.

I posted this topic ages ago:
http://www.busaustralia.com/forum/viewt ... 45&t=73791

Thank you for all the replies. Greatly appreciated.
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Re: S.T.A Adelaide Hino Buses.

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The 2nd Photo seems to be a Bedford and not a Hino, by looking at the front Hubs.
I could be wrong, But the Hino's had different 8) hubs
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ScaniaK320 wrote:The 2nd Photo seems to be a Bedford and not a Hino, by looking at the front Hubs.
I could be wrong, But the Hino's had different 8) hubs
Thanks ScaniaK320. It was a Bedford.I deleted the photo.
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1. RDH 748, Hino RC320 new 9/71 for Briscoe's as their No 48
2. RSO 121 Hino BG13, new 7/68 for Campbell's as their No 12
3. RVN 691 Hino RC320 new 1972 for Bowman's as their No 45
4. RVB 721 Hino RC320 new 2/71 for Briscoe's as their No 17.
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And is that an AEC Swift visible in the first pic? Where was it taken exactly?
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TA3001 wrote:And is that an AEC Swift visible in the first pic? Where was it taken exactly?
Glad to help you with that. Photo was taken around 1984 in Bedford Street,Gillman. It used to be the "Fleet Express" depot prior to my parents buying it. These were many of the ex STA Adelaide buses they bought. It was just after Evens Street. The Wool Stores were on the opposite side of the road.It looks a lot different now.
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system improver wrote:1. RDH 748, Hino RC320 new 9/71 for Briscoe's as their No 48
2. RSO 121 Hino BG13, new 7/68 for Campbell's as their No 12
3. RVN 691 Hino RC320 new 1972 for Bowman's as their No 45
4. RVB 721 Hino RC320 new 2/71 for Briscoe's as their No 17.
Thanks system improver. Thats great history you've got there. The Hino's must have been the popular choice of chassis back then for street buses.I had driven most of these buses at the time.They were all nice to drive.
I added a photo of RVB 721 ex Briscoes. I delivered this bus as per photo to Port Lincoln in 1984. It turned up at Associated Tourist Services in nearby Queenstown in the new year of 1985. I drove it on charter there and several of the Bedfords ex STA too.
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The terribly bland STA silver livery is shown to at its worst on this selection of ex private route buses.Compare that to the presentation and liveries of those private operators.
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burrumbus wrote:The terribly bland STA silver livery is shown to at its worst on this selection of ex private route buses.Compare that to the presentation and liveries of those private operators.
Thank you for your reply burrumbus.
Each of those original bus companies had decent liveries for the buses. Other cities had better liveries as government buses. Perth's MTT with their green and cream livery was the nicest.
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Wonder if anyone can remember the depot prefixes that MTT Putin large red numbers along with the fleet numbers to make an MTT/STA fleet number.
I think from memory that Bowmans was 73 or 74, I used to drive for them all those years ago and the memory has faded.
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iI HAVE PHOTOS OF PERTH HINOS INCLUDING THE SERVICE MANUALS I DROVE THE FIRST HINO IN AUSTRALIA FOR GOLD COAST SCENIC CLIPPERS
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