Bosnjak's/Parramatta Bus Co./Westbus - Sydney NSW
Read Morem/o 5504 Leyland-MCW Olympic (9/64) Photo taken at Northmead Depot in 1983. (In the late 60's, the East German M.V MAGDEBURG was involved in a collision with a Japanese cargo vessel, YAMASHIRO MARU in thick fog off Broadness Point on the Thames River, London U.K. It heeled over and became partially submerged. It was carryng 42 Leyland Olympics (Left Hand Drive) bound for Cuba. The late John Bosnjak acquired 9 of the salvaged Olympics and had the Metro-Campbell Bodies remove from 8. The 9th was kept in tack to bring all the "Bits & Pieces" back to Sydney. In the workshop at the old depot at Church St, Parramatta, John converted 7 to right hand drive. 2 were kept for spares & 6 were sent to Commwealth Eng. to have CVI bodies fitted at the cost of $5500 each. m/o 5504 kept its Metro-Campbell body & was converted to right hand drive by John Boso at the Church St Depot. m/o 5497 was the 1st of the 6 to start earning a living in Australia in Nov.1969) (Damaged by fire in depot on 5/2/83 and later scrapped) (Image from the Peter Reid Collection)
m/o 4473 (Ex Evans m/o 5384) BEDFORD VAM70/CCMC 69.269 (31/07/69) (B47FR) (Chassis No. 623394) Photo taken at Werrington in 1983 (To Bosnjak 11/76 with Evans Sale. Later seen in 1990 owned by a Private School at Penrith with Olive Green replacing the Carnation Red) (Image from the Peter Reid Collection)
m/o 4473 (Ex Evans m/o 5384) BEDFORD VAM70/CCMC 69.269 (31/07/69) (B47FR) (Chassis No. 623394) Photo taken at Werrington in 1983 (To Bosnjak 11/76 with Evans Sale. Later seen in 1990 owned by a Private School at Penrith with Olive Green replacing the Carnation Red) (Image from the Peter Reid Collection)
m/o 4473 (Ex Evans m/o 5384) BEDFORD VAM70/CCMC 69.269 (31/07/69) (B47FR) (Chassis No. 623394) Photo taken at Werrington in 1983 (To Bosnjak 11/76 with Evans Sale. Later seen in 1990 owned by a Private School at Penrith with Olive Green replacing the Carnation Red) (Image from the Peter Reid Collection)
m/o 4473 (Ex Evans m/o 5384) BEDFORD VAM70/CCMC 69.269 (31/07/69) (B47FR) (Chassis No. 623394) Photo taken at Werrington in 1983 (To Bosnjak 11/76 with Evans Sale. Later seen in 1990 owned by a Private School at Penrith with Olive Green replacing the Carnation Red) (Image from the Peter Reid Collection)
KUW-831 Volvo B58/Smithfield (9/79) (Originally was TV503 with a Duple Dominant body of 1974. It was Damaged by an accident where a sand truck rear ended it in western Sydney and it was re-bodied by Smithfield Bus & Coach Works in 1979.) (Later Re-Reg TV753) (Sold to McKay, Gladstone QLD as TV 753, then sold to Cavanagh’s, Kempsey, NSW as MO 7209, then sold to Awon Bus Service, Wynnum, QLD as (38) 084-CXC, than sold to Sisil’s Bus Lines, Lindum QLD as (38) 744-HDI) Photo taken at Northmead Depot in 1983. (Image from the Peter Reid Collection)