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Ex 1962 HBMC No. 29 in Foxton
The former Hawkes Bay Motor Co. 1962 AEC Reliance AHU 470 No. 29 with NZMB C25F bodywork acquired by Brian Clements and converted to a 2 seater movan viewed in the yard of the Foxton trolleybus museum in the late 1990s.
The view dates back to a time when the Foxton trolleybus museum depot yard spilled over on to the property behind Foxton's Post Office Hotel, but eventually a change in the hotel mangagement saw the erection of a fence between the two properties which put an end to this.
CARJAM DETAILS:
Make: 1962 AEC
Model: AHU 470
Colour: Blue
Plate: EN7428
Engine No: 669
Chassis: 2MU3RA3840
Vehicle Type: Motor Caravan
Seats: 2
CC rating: 7,750cc
Fuel Type: Diesel
Assembly Type: Unknown
Origin: NZ New
NZ First Registration: 16 April 1962
www.businfo.nz/index.php?R=5338
Prior to the second world war only a handful of fully built buses were imported into New Zealand; local supply was able to maintain pace with demand. An unusual exception was the importation by the Timaru Borough Council of one fully built up AEC double decker with body work by the London General Omnibus Company together with two chassis which were fitted with locally built double decker bodies.
After the war, the bus and coach industry faced fleet renewals on a large scale and to compound matters municipal operators with tramway systems were faced with tramway renewal or replacement by buses and trolley buses. Without exception the latter option was decided upon and the coach building industry in New Zealand was placed in a position in which it could not satisfy an unprecedented demand. This situation pertained from the end of the war right through the 1950's.
The only way. to overcome this problem was to import either fully built buses or kitset bodies which could be assembled by the operator in their own workshops. This latter option was taken up in both Auckland and Wellington.
During this period, most of the chassis imported into New Zealand were from United Kingdom manufacturers, Leyland, AEC, Daimler, BUT. It is not surprising therefore that New Zealand operators turned to Britain when seeking to import complete buses with the result that the greater majority of imported buses of this period were from British coach builders. Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch had a preponderence of British bodied buses on their streets. As late as 1975, only 15% of the Christchurch Transport Board fleet had locally built bodies. With the rather British livery of the time including a Tilling style fleet logo, the visitor could be excused for imagining they were in a provincial Engljsh town.
Ex 1962 HBMC No. 29 in Foxton
The former Hawkes Bay Motor Co. 1962 AEC Reliance AHU 470 No. 29 with NZMB C25F bodywork acquired by Brian Clements and converted to a 2 seater movan viewed in the yard of the Foxton trolleybus museum in the late 1990s.
The view dates back to a time when the Foxton trolleybus museum depot yard spilled over on to the property behind Foxton's Post Office Hotel, but eventually a change in the hotel mangagement saw the erection of a fence between the two properties which put an end to this.
CARJAM DETAILS:
Make: 1962 AEC
Model: AHU 470
Colour: Blue
Plate: EN7428
Engine No: 669
Chassis: 2MU3RA3840
Vehicle Type: Motor Caravan
Seats: 2
CC rating: 7,750cc
Fuel Type: Diesel
Assembly Type: Unknown
Origin: NZ New
NZ First Registration: 16 April 1962
www.businfo.nz/index.php?R=5338
Prior to the second world war only a handful of fully built buses were imported into New Zealand; local supply was able to maintain pace with demand. An unusual exception was the importation by the Timaru Borough Council of one fully built up AEC double decker with body work by the London General Omnibus Company together with two chassis which were fitted with locally built double decker bodies.
After the war, the bus and coach industry faced fleet renewals on a large scale and to compound matters municipal operators with tramway systems were faced with tramway renewal or replacement by buses and trolley buses. Without exception the latter option was decided upon and the coach building industry in New Zealand was placed in a position in which it could not satisfy an unprecedented demand. This situation pertained from the end of the war right through the 1950's.
The only way. to overcome this problem was to import either fully built buses or kitset bodies which could be assembled by the operator in their own workshops. This latter option was taken up in both Auckland and Wellington.
During this period, most of the chassis imported into New Zealand were from United Kingdom manufacturers, Leyland, AEC, Daimler, BUT. It is not surprising therefore that New Zealand operators turned to Britain when seeking to import complete buses with the result that the greater majority of imported buses of this period were from British coach builders. Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch had a preponderence of British bodied buses on their streets. As late as 1975, only 15% of the Christchurch Transport Board fleet had locally built bodies. With the rather British livery of the time including a Tilling style fleet logo, the visitor could be excused for imagining they were in a provincial Engljsh town.