Express Coach Builders Explained

Express Coach Builders
Foundation:Early 1970s
Founder:John Bishop - Geoff Christian
Location City:Macksville
Industry:Bus manufacturing
Homepage:expresscoachbuilders.com

Express Coach Builders is an Australian bus bodybuilder in Macksville.

History

Express Coach Builders was originally formed as Nambucca River Engineering in 1971.[1] It primarily built custom bodies on mid-sized chassis, initially Leylands and later Hinos, Mercedes, Isuzus, Kamaz although it did body full sized 40foot chassis in both bus and coach configuration.[2]

After being placed in receivership in 1995 it was restructured and renamed Express Coach Builders.[3] In October 2007 the 500th body was completed.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. "Mixed Fortunes at Nambucca" Australian Bus Panorama 11/1 August 1995 page 17
  2. "Buses in Nambucca Heads and Macksville" Fleetline May 1993 page 85
  3. http://www.expresscoachbuilders.com/ Introduction
  4. http://www.expresscoachbuilders.com/?page=news&catid=1 Production Milestone of 500th Vehicle