TURNING THE TIDE
Custom Bus started in 1955 under the name Cycle Components Manufacturing Company and that’s where its logo with the three Cs first came from. Over the years there have been changes in ownership and leadership, but in a little over a year since Scott Dunn and the Dunn Group took ownership of the company after it went into administration, Custom Bus certainly looks like it has a bright manufacturing future opening up.
Today’s test drive and story behind the new Endeavour bus body is a lot more to many people than just another new bus on the market. The path leading to this point means the Australian bus manufacturing industry retains a long-serving player and Western Sydney will certainly reap the huge benefits of having this expanding business in its community.
In the dictionary the word Endeavour means to ‘try hard to do or achieve something’, so it’s definitely an apt one for this first bus under the new ownership. Speaking with Custom Bus sales manager Mick Neskes he said: “To me and all the employees at Custom Bus, Scott Dunn taking on the business is certainly a good news story.”
“These are people put out of work by an administrator and now with Scott we have a new lease of life. It’s been a huge turnaround from facing unemployment to
