Bedford SL Buses

Buses built on the Bedford SL truck chassis. A strange choice when the SB bus chassis was available.

SLC

Bonnici Motors Ltd

2 coaches with Hawke C36F bodies.

#	Chassis Nbr/VIN	Year	Original Reg	Later Owner	#	Later Reg	Date	Comments
The LTA record for this bus has the early owners out of sequence. I have attempted to reorganise them but may have some wrong.
2	SLC14142	16/10/53	?	P L Jones, Mt Roskill		?	9/5/57
				Kaikohe Bus Co Ltd	?	DY8338	12/3/65
				Newmans Coachlines Northland Ltd, Whangarei	?	DY8338	5/9/80
				Electrix Ltd, Otahuhu	?	DY8338	20/1/82
				A A Dalton, Auckland		DY8338	17/7/85	movan
				A A Lynn, Auckland		DY8338	29/11/85	movan
				A Keirnan, Huia		DY8338	18/5/88	movan
				S R Mann, Wanaka		DY8338	23/3/90	movan
				A S & L J Mockford, Whakatane		DY8338	27/11/92	movan
				R M Darroch, Putaruru		DY8338	8/5/97	movan
				M H & B Mark, Opotiki		DY8338	14/9/98	movan
				P B Fairgray & M A Broadbent, Hamilton		DY8338	15/11/07	movan
				R H Coxell, Morrinsville		DY8338	6/11/09	movan; CoF exp 05/11
2	SLC41309	06/56	FB1386	Morrison		?	1968?

SL

Bonnici Motors Ltd

As the SL chassis ceased being manufactured in 1959 number 11 must have been built on a used chassis and then re-registered. The S model tractor for number 6 was replaced by a Bedford TK before the body was placed on a VAL chassis in 1964.

#	Chassis Nbr/VIN	Year	Original Reg	Later Owner	#	Later Reg	Date	Comments
6	?	1959	?	&nsbp;			?	Semi-trailer C36C Body to VAL number 30
11	T15694	3/11/71	FT8248	Bonnici Coachlines Ltd, New Lynn	11	FT8248	19/6/74	Hawke Commander C24F
				Maniototo Coachlines, Dunedin	?	FT8248	18/1/75
				L A Napier, Ranfurly	?	FT8248	7/10/81
				Central Motorways Ltd, Alexandra	?	FT8248	23/3/84
				Webbs Transport Ltd, Mt Somers	?	FT8248	5/6/88	B31F
				A N Hall, Invercargill		FT8248	4/9/99	reg on hold 00
				registration lapsed			7/3/05

Last updated 26 April 2010