Dunedin's bus factory

Building a body on a Nissan Scorpion chassis for the Dunedin City Council transport department,...
Building a body on a Nissan Scorpion chassis for the Dunedin City Council transport department, October 1972.
Fitting out the Nissan.
Fitting out the Nissan.
Building a body on a Leyland Leopard chassis for the council, about 1975-1977.
Building a body on a Leyland Leopard chassis for the council, about 1975-1977.
Building a body on a Leyland Leopard chassis for the council, about 1975-1977.
Building a body on a Leyland Leopard chassis for the council, about 1975-1977.
A 1976 Emslie-Leyland Leopard restored by Otago Heritage Bus Society operates a public bus route...
A 1976 Emslie-Leyland Leopard restored by Otago Heritage Bus Society operates a public bus route on Good Friday afternoon 2014 in Princes St. Photo by Gregor Richardson.

Who knew Dunedin once had a bus factory?

Emslie Consolidated built buses for the city council and long-distance coaches for New Zealand Railways in the 1970s. The company survives in the panelbeating firm Emslie and Flockton.

 

ODT file photos; prints available from otagoimages.co.nz.

 

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