 A coach and low-entry bodywork variants | |
| Industry | Bus manufacturing |
|---|---|
| Founded | Early 1970s |
| Founder | John Bishop - Geoff Christian |
| Headquarters | |
| Website | expresscoachbuilders.com |
Express Coach Builders is an Australian bus bodybuilder in Macksville.
| A coach and low-entry bodywork variants | |
| Industry | Bus manufacturing |
|---|---|
| Founded | Early 1970s |
| Founder | John Bishop - Geoff Christian |
| Headquarters | |
| Website | expresscoachbuilders.com |
Express Coach Builders is an Australian bus bodybuilder in Macksville.
Express Coach Builders was originally formed as Nambucca River Engineering in 1971. [1] It primarily built custom bodies on mid-sized chassis, initially Leylands and later Hinos, Mercedes, Isuzus, Kamaz although it did body full sized 40foot chassis in both bus and coach configuration. [2]
After being placed in receivership in 1995 it was restructured and renamed Express Coach Builders. [3] In October 2007 the 500th body was completed. [4]
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