Ruapehu Alpine Lifts Ltd. No. 30 up for grabs

An interesting listing currently noted on TradeMe.

Details:

www.businfo.nz/index.php?R=17755

 

TradeMe description:

1965 BEDFORD RLHC3 BUS [PROJECT] [four wheel drive] [30 seats in total]

This bus is a project as it is missing motor gearbox and associated parts.

CONDITION AS PER PHOTOS.

BUYER MUST PICK UP.

CHECK IF REG IS ON HOLD OR DEAD BEFORE YOU BID.

Story goes it was NZ army pipe band bus [unconfirmed].

SOLD AS PROJECT IN AS IS WHERE IS CONDITION.

Reg. number EI6610

Bidding start price $1,500.00.

Bidding closes: Friday, 5 June 2020, 11:45 am

 

Year: 1965

Make: BEDFORD

Model: RLHC3

Colour: Yellow

Body Style: Utility

Plate: EI6610

Engine No: 62376

Chassis: 62376

Vehicle Type: Goods Van/Truck/Utility

Seats: 38

CC rating: 4,927cc

EI6610 - 21 December 1965

Ruapehu Alpine Lifts 30, a 1965 Bedford RLHC3, for sale in Ohakune, 11 December 2005:

www.omnibus.org.nz/buslocation/bedford/ral.html#r30

 

Bedford RLHC3 buses:

Are 4 wheel drive buses built on Bedford RL truck chassis.

The NZ Electricity Department had two of these buses.

Understand No. 30 was bodied by Ray Vincent Ltd., Penrose.

Remember these buses from an era when they used to transport people from the Mt. Ruapehu Chateau up to the Turoa ski field.

Done