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Queensland Omnibus & Coach Society Inc.

Body Builders

Queensland has historically been the leader of bus manufacturing in Australia. On this page, you will find articles on former body builders based in Queensland.

A.B. Denning & Co

Posted on 1 January 20203 January 2023 by Nick Wilson in Body Builders

In February 1950, at just 20 years of age, Alan Denning leased a small shed at 82 Annerley Road in Woolloongabba, where the one-man operation began by repairing smashed cars. … Continue reading A.B. Denning & Co →

Watt Bros

Posted on 3 June 201910 December 2019 by Nick Wilson in Body Builders

Watt Bros was founded in 1923 when John Stevenson Watt, a master blacksmith and carriage builder, relocated from Upper Coomera in the Gold Coast hinterland to Woolloongabba in east Brisbane … Continue reading Watt Bros →

Athol Hedges

Posted on 2 June 201926 December 2021 by Nick Wilson in Body Builders

Athol Hedges started his own enterprise in a small shed at Sandgate during December 1945. Prior to this, Athol had served time at a number of Sydney motor body builders, … Continue reading Athol Hedges →

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Recent Articles

  • QOCS secures partnership with Indra to restore historic Brisbane buses

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