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Queensland Omnibus & Coach Society Inc.

Category: 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 20191 January 2026 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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