Historical information

Set of three Black and White photos of unknown date and photographer:

1 - Photo shows MMTB AEC Mk III bus, on a Footscray route late 1970's doing the U-turn at the intersection of Queen and Flinders Street Melbourne. These bus chassis were built by AEC in the UK between 1951 and 1953 and bodied by Commonwealth Engineering (Comeng). This particular bus was tendered for sale in July 1980.

2 - Three MMTB Mk 4 buses stored at Clifton Hill depot prior to their sale Numbers 618, 604 and 607. All showing Clifton Hill. 618 has an advert for Bosch. The chassis for these buses were built in 1956 with the bodies by Lawton Pty Ltd of Adelaide. Buses 604 and 607 were offered for sale during July 1980.

3 - three Mk III buses, numbers 583, 584 and one other at a depot during the early 1980's which had been converted to ambulances for use during state disasters. Based on the reference 3rd reference document, there were four buses converted - 581 to 584 and were sold during 1980.

(See Metlines -3/1990 - Reg Item 1185 for possibly a later conversion)

Significance

Yields information about the buss that were used in Melbourne during 1960's and 1980's.

Physical description

Black and white photograph of:
1 - MMTB Mk III, AEC bus No 348 in Queen St Melbourne.
2 - Three MMTB Mk 4 buses at Clifton Hill depot
3 - Three Mk III buses that had been converted to Ambulances.