Superior (bus manufacturer)
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|foundation = 1964
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|defunct = 1996
|location_city = Brendale
|location_country = Australia
|industry = Bus manufacturing
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Superior Industries was an Australian bus body builder in Brendale, Brisbane.
History
Superior Industries was founded as a builder of truck and ambulance bodies in Virginia.Custom-built ambulance Truck & Bus Transportation July 1967 page 40 Having diversified into bus bodying, in May 1969 it moved to larger premises in Vauxhall Street, Virginia.Superior in new, bigger premises Truck & Bus Transportation June 1969 page 136
In the late 1960s a large number of Leyland Leopards and in the mid-1980s some Leyland Tigers were bodied, but most bodies were mostly constructed on lighter chassis from Bedford and Ford and later Hino and Mercedes-Benz.Superior Bodyworks Australian Bus Panorama issue 7/8 May 1992 page 5
In 1977, Brighton Motor Body Company was acquired.Superior acquires Brighton Truck & Bus Transportation January 1978 page 114Superior Acquires Brighton Fleetline issue 32 March 1978 page 10 In 1980, Superior moved to a new factory in Brendale. Superior ceased trading in 1996 by which time it had bodied about 450 buses.
Further reading
- Newsletter of the Queensland Omnibus & Coach Society issues 59-66 2002
References
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Category:Bus manufacturers of Australia
Category:Manufacturing companies based in Brisbane
Category:Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1964
Category:Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1996