You don’t see many timber bus frames in this day and age, and for good reason. Wooden frames long ago faded out when the longer-lasting steel came along. So, when an old relic bus comes along with a wooden body, it’s enough to blow the mind of bus lovers. It did just that when Nick Wilson stumbled upon a WWII-era bus in 2014.
The Queensland Omnibus and Coach Society (QOCS) club president found the old bus by chance. Wilson was working for Bus Stop Sales & Service in Brisbane when the company sold its first ever vehicle in the form of a new Yutong bus to a small operator in Wandoan, six and a half hours away from Brisbane. When the customer came to Brisbane to visit Bus Stop’s factory, they told Wilson about the relic.
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