Foxton96
Wanoa Coachlines Ltd. 1998 Nissan Diesel RBS500 rebuild
Scanned from the August 1998 Omnibus Bulletin and understood be be a June 1998 B42F rebuild of DB7172 1966 Bedford SB3 6810987 NZMB B37D (ex ARA No. 706, orig. PTC No. 6), for Wanoa Coachlines, Kaiaua, seen here after a new NDNZ chassis had been married on to the body of the rebuilt Wanoa vehicle. The completed bus is outside the Wanoa workshop at Mangatangi.
The firm's trademark stylised W is applied over a distinctive base colour, which varies from vehicle to vehicle in the fleet. Photo: W. Wanoa.
www.businfo.nz/index.php?R=948
V & W Wanoa Coachlines Ltd., Kaiaua, South Auckland
By 1988; Liquidated 3/2002
School bus and charter services
CARJAM DETAILS:
Year: 1998
Make: NISSAN DIESEL
Model: RBS500
Colour: Orange
Second Colour: Purple
Submodel: 4X2
Body Style: Self Propelled Caravan
VIN: 7B2RBS500W0K09158
Plate: XD8262
Engine No: 6BDI-359967
Vehicle Type: Motor Caravan
Seats: 3
CC rating: 5,785cc
Fuel Type: Diesel
Power: 118kW
Assembly Type: NZ Assembled/Built
Country of Origin: New Zealand
Gross Vehicle Mass: 13,500kg
Tare Weight: 6,180kg
Maximum Rated Towed Mass:
2,000kg braked trailer
Axle Type: 2-Axle
Axles: 2
Wheelbase: 5,500
Front Axle Group Rating: 5,560
Rear Axle Group Rating: 9,200
Plates History:
AFL459 – 10 September 2001
XD8262 - 29 June 1998
Registration Status:
Plate: XD8262
Replacement Plate: AFL459
Origin: NZ New
Used as: Exempt Class A (EA) vehicle
Cause of Latest Registration: New
NZ First Registration: 29 June 1998
Cancellation Date Of Registration: 15 February 2015
Was Registered Overseas? No
SOME THOUGHTS ON THE REBUILDING OF BUSES .....
Nissan Diesel New Zealand has drawn criticism from some quarters of the bus and coach industry over the prototype used for the development of the school bus replacement exercise. It has been interesting to note that some of these comments come from BCA members whose livelihood is not derived from the operation of a school bus fleet.
It has also been suggested that the use of such a vehicle undermines the "pride" of the industry. With NZ being regarded overseas as the dumping ground of the Pacific "pride" could hardly be considered a component in providing a service to the Education Dept. School bus operators I'm sure, would gladly welcome additional recompense if this was an additional reward to the already meagre returns.
It has been suggested that the level of work done to the Wanoa vehicle was insufficient to justify classifying the bus as remanufactured. To clarify this, I note the following:
In the case of the body it was entirely stripped down, inspected and approved by the local VSR inspector, given rollover approval and reskinned. One wonders how many operators of imported buses go through this procedure before putting them into service. After aU the reason these vehicles are making their way to NZ is because they are failing to gain M.I.T.I. approval and are approaching the end of their economical 12 year domestic life. And the reason for replacement - corrosion within the monocoque frame and/or body unacceptable to local Regulations.
The chassis is made of 450 grade steel, plasma profile cut and folded to NDNZ design and assembled to suit the particular wheelbase and componentry being used. As the latter varies from vehicle to vehicle the design is changed accordingly. In order to satisfy the regulations axles and steering componentry is crack tested and issued with the appropriate certificates and items such as shackle pins and bushes, wheel bearings and brake linings and the like all replaced with genuine new parts.
Taking the above into consideration it has nevertheless been expressed by some that the particular vehicle used denigrated the industry and undermined the image the association felt was its due. During the presentation of the vehicle at the Palmerston North Seminar, we were at pains to invite members present not to look at the product but to consider the concept. In hindsight it might have been more prudent to have exhibited the vehicle with a new fibreglass front and made it more cosmetically acceptable. If we could be held to account it was perhaps our injudicious use of the particular vehicle in question. However for the purposes of the exercise there was little point in using a later model bus as the impact and intricacies of the work involved and procedures required to be followed would not have had such a dramatic effect.
One wonders who it was in the association who came up with this years conference theme "Thinking outside the square" when a novel approach to an increasing problem is offered as a viable and cost effective alternative and is met with such immediate criticism from within. - Sourced from The Omnibus Bulletin, August 1998.
Wanoa Coachlines Ltd. 1998 Nissan Diesel RBS500 rebuild
Scanned from the August 1998 Omnibus Bulletin and understood be be a June 1998 B42F rebuild of DB7172 1966 Bedford SB3 6810987 NZMB B37D (ex ARA No. 706, orig. PTC No. 6), for Wanoa Coachlines, Kaiaua, seen here after a new NDNZ chassis had been married on to the body of the rebuilt Wanoa vehicle. The completed bus is outside the Wanoa workshop at Mangatangi.
The firm's trademark stylised W is applied over a distinctive base colour, which varies from vehicle to vehicle in the fleet. Photo: W. Wanoa.
www.businfo.nz/index.php?R=948
V & W Wanoa Coachlines Ltd., Kaiaua, South Auckland
By 1988; Liquidated 3/2002
School bus and charter services
CARJAM DETAILS:
Year: 1998
Make: NISSAN DIESEL
Model: RBS500
Colour: Orange
Second Colour: Purple
Submodel: 4X2
Body Style: Self Propelled Caravan
VIN: 7B2RBS500W0K09158
Plate: XD8262
Engine No: 6BDI-359967
Vehicle Type: Motor Caravan
Seats: 3
CC rating: 5,785cc
Fuel Type: Diesel
Power: 118kW
Assembly Type: NZ Assembled/Built
Country of Origin: New Zealand
Gross Vehicle Mass: 13,500kg
Tare Weight: 6,180kg
Maximum Rated Towed Mass:
2,000kg braked trailer
Axle Type: 2-Axle
Axles: 2
Wheelbase: 5,500
Front Axle Group Rating: 5,560
Rear Axle Group Rating: 9,200
Plates History:
AFL459 – 10 September 2001
XD8262 - 29 June 1998
Registration Status:
Plate: XD8262
Replacement Plate: AFL459
Origin: NZ New
Used as: Exempt Class A (EA) vehicle
Cause of Latest Registration: New
NZ First Registration: 29 June 1998
Cancellation Date Of Registration: 15 February 2015
Was Registered Overseas? No
SOME THOUGHTS ON THE REBUILDING OF BUSES .....
Nissan Diesel New Zealand has drawn criticism from some quarters of the bus and coach industry over the prototype used for the development of the school bus replacement exercise. It has been interesting to note that some of these comments come from BCA members whose livelihood is not derived from the operation of a school bus fleet.
It has also been suggested that the use of such a vehicle undermines the "pride" of the industry. With NZ being regarded overseas as the dumping ground of the Pacific "pride" could hardly be considered a component in providing a service to the Education Dept. School bus operators I'm sure, would gladly welcome additional recompense if this was an additional reward to the already meagre returns.
It has been suggested that the level of work done to the Wanoa vehicle was insufficient to justify classifying the bus as remanufactured. To clarify this, I note the following:
In the case of the body it was entirely stripped down, inspected and approved by the local VSR inspector, given rollover approval and reskinned. One wonders how many operators of imported buses go through this procedure before putting them into service. After aU the reason these vehicles are making their way to NZ is because they are failing to gain M.I.T.I. approval and are approaching the end of their economical 12 year domestic life. And the reason for replacement - corrosion within the monocoque frame and/or body unacceptable to local Regulations.
The chassis is made of 450 grade steel, plasma profile cut and folded to NDNZ design and assembled to suit the particular wheelbase and componentry being used. As the latter varies from vehicle to vehicle the design is changed accordingly. In order to satisfy the regulations axles and steering componentry is crack tested and issued with the appropriate certificates and items such as shackle pins and bushes, wheel bearings and brake linings and the like all replaced with genuine new parts.
Taking the above into consideration it has nevertheless been expressed by some that the particular vehicle used denigrated the industry and undermined the image the association felt was its due. During the presentation of the vehicle at the Palmerston North Seminar, we were at pains to invite members present not to look at the product but to consider the concept. In hindsight it might have been more prudent to have exhibited the vehicle with a new fibreglass front and made it more cosmetically acceptable. If we could be held to account it was perhaps our injudicious use of the particular vehicle in question. However for the purposes of the exercise there was little point in using a later model bus as the impact and intricacies of the work involved and procedures required to be followed would not have had such a dramatic effect.
One wonders who it was in the association who came up with this years conference theme "Thinking outside the square" when a novel approach to an increasing problem is offered as a viable and cost effective alternative and is met with such immediate criticism from within. - Sourced from The Omnibus Bulletin, August 1998.