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Express Coach Builders

A Volvo B8RLE school bus in Western Australia.
Industry	Bus manufacturing
Founded	Early 1970s
Founder	John Bishop - Geoff Christian
Headquarters	Macksville
Website	expresscoachbuilders.com

Express Coach Builders is an Australian bus bodybuilder in Macksville.

History

Express Coach Builders was originally formed as Nambucca River Engineering in 1971. 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.

After being placed in receivership in 1995 it was restructured and renamed Express Coach Builders. In October 2007 the 500th body was completed.

References

1. "Mixed Fortunes at Nambucca" Australian Bus Panorama 11/1 August 1995 page 17
2. "Buses in Nambucca Heads and Macksville" Fleetline May 1993 page 85
3. Introduction Express Coach Builders
4. Production Milestone of 500th Vehicle Express Coach Builders

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