Pleasure Tours

This is a historic listing of vehicles owned and operated by Pleasure Tours.

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Rego # Chassis VIN Body Body # Body DateSeating
Previously operated vehicles
m/o 068 Leyland Leopard PSU3A/2R903505 PMC 47 14/4/70B47F
ex M Blacker t/a Shire Coaches, Taren Point m/o 068 3 or 4/93; ex J O'Nains t/a Carss Park Chartered Tours and Buslines, Taren Point m/o 068 17/11/92; ex M Blacker t/a MHB Transport, Taren Point m/o 068 15/6/92; ex S Fraser & M Larsen t/a Allways Bus Service, Kingsgrove m/o 068 13/3/92; ex Crossways Travel, Hurstville m/o 068 15/11/91; Reg 10/89 ex UTA 3800 (B42D) via Christies Motor Auctions (withdrawn 29/5/87).
Dereg 1/97 & Scrapped for parts 2/97.
m/o 096 AEC Reliance 505 6MU2R6749 CCMC 68-232 21/8/68B49FR
ex Revesby Bus & Coach (Danastra Pty Ltd), Revesby m/o 350 3/91; ex Challenge Coachlines Pty Ltd, Moorebank m/o 350 2/90; ex m/o 7606 1/90; ex m/o 5218; ex Calabro Bros Pty Ltd, Bonnyrigg m/o 5218 2/86.
m/o 096 AEC Swift 505 Freighter 4797A 21/12/71B43D
ex Highway Tours m/o 096 9/86; ex DCT, Canberra, ACT ZIB 203.
Dereg late-1988 & sold to Trans Continental, Perth 3/89.
m/o 336 AEC Reliance Coachmaster
ex Highway Tours m/o 336 9/86; ex ?
Held u/r mid-1988.
m/o 336 Leyland Panther PSUR1/1804304 Denning 11/4/69B39D
ex m/o 7963; ex Brisbane City Council, QLD (659) PLC 805 -/87 via Leyspares, Sandgate, QLD (dlr).
Sold.
m/o 573 AEC Swift 505 Freighter A4188 11/72B43D
ex Highway Tours m/o 573 9/86; ex DCT, Canberra, ACT ZIB 209.
Sold.
m/o 4304 AEC Reliance 505 6MU2RE6745 CCMC 68-221 9/8/68B47FR
ex Delwood Bus Co., Villawood m/o 5323 via Hill's Bus Sales Pty Ltd (dlr), Fairy Meadow -/86; ex Parramatta Villawood Bus Service Pty Ltd, Villawood m/o 5323 1/1/78.
Held u/r mid-1988 - One of the two ex Delwood Reliances was reinstated as m/o 4304 by 1/89.
m/o 4582 AEC Reliance 505 6MU2RE6747 CCMC 68-158 26/7/88B50FR
ex Delwood Bus Co., Villawood m/o 5325 via Hill's Bus Sales Pty Ltd (dlr), Fairy Meadow -/86; ex Parramatta Villawood Bus Service Pty Ltd, Villawood m/o 5325 1/1/78.
Withdrawn by 1/88 (former m/o 4582 reinstated) and held u/r mid-1988 - One of the two ex Delwood Reliances was reinstated as m/o 4304 by 1/89.
m/o 4582 AEC Swift 505 CVI CV351 12/3/71B43D
ex Highway Tours m/o 4582 9/86; ex DCT, Canberra, ACT ZIB 183.
Withdrawn in 1986, then reinstated as m/o 4582 by 1/88, but then noted withdrawn mid-1988.
Sold to Premier Coaches (Bob Ellis), Oatley as m/o 4582 mid-1989.
m/o 5074 Bedford SB CVI
ex Highway Tours m/o 5074 9/86.
Sold.
m/o 6381 Leyland Leopard PSU3E/2R8201278 Custom Coaches 83-185 29/8/83RB57F
ex Greens Northern Coaches, Thirroul m/o 6381 2/97.
Sold to Bankstown Coaches (Robert Collins), Bass Hill as m/o 6381 9/05, then TV 4453 10/09.
m/o 6403 Leyland Leopard PSU3A/2Rsp7402996 Smithfield SB228 3/2/75B42D
ex John J. Hill Pty Ltd, Wollongong m/o 6403; ex UTA 1681.
Dereg by 8/98.
m/o 6410 Bedford SB5 - Leyland 401 Freighter 4454 10/73C35F
6 speed Albion overdrive gearbox; ex J & P Laughton t/a Wollongong Coaches, Tarrawanna m/o 6410 via auction 7/8/90 (purchased for $2,500); ex WBS 100; ex Watt's Bus & Coach Service, Wollongong WBS 100 c2/87; ex WBS 002; ex WBS 300 ex LDJ 176; ex Charter Tours and Express, Brisbane, QLD 317 NVD via Fleet Engineering (dealer), Chester Hill 2/81.
Dereg in 1993 and held u/r. Sold to a private buyer, Prestons; Onsold to the Collins family, Grafton. Leyland motor sold to a local sawmill and shell sold for a motorhome conversion in Grafton to be repowered with an Isuzu engine.
m/o 6410 Leyland Leopard PMC SD165 14/10/71B42D
ex South Western Coachlines, Jannali (unused); ex UTA 3917.
Sold for a driver training vehicle at Port Macquarie by 2/97; then to Daniel Parish (bus collector), Herons Creek.
m/o 6410 Mercedes-Benz O305307-001-61-040276 Ansair MB1468 7/84B42D
ex m/o 9250 by 3/98; Reg 11/97 ex Action, Canberra, ACT (651) BUS 651 7/97; ZIB 651.
Sold to Fearnes Investments Pty Ltd, Wagga Wagga as MO 6230 7/05 (converted to B49F).
m/o 7137 Leyland Leopard PMC 085 28/8/70B42D
ex Revesby Bus & Coach m/o 7137 by 5/93; ex m/o 911; ex m/o 7311; ex UTA 3838.
Sent to scrap.
m/o 7220 Leyland Leopard PMC 138 13/9/68B43D
ex m/o 7677 -/90; ex UTA 3659 via Hill (dlr) -/87.
Sold.
m/o 7220 Leyland Worldmaster ERT Clyde
ex Highway Tours m/o 7220 9/86; ex UTA 3206 via Hill (dlr), Fairy Meadow 12/82.
Appeared 11/91 in the yard of SMS Diesels at Lidcombe.
m/o 7677 Leyland Leopard PSU3A/2Rsp7301803 Smithfield SB115 7/12/73B42D
ex m/o 7902; Reg 5/90 ex UTA 1568.
Dereg 8/98.
m/o 7764 Mercedes-Benz O30530700161008528 PMC 5263 9/79B43D
ex STA Mark II 2228 12/99.
Dereg by 10/02 & later scrapped.
m/o 7902 Leyland Leopard PMC B42D
ex m/o 096; ex m/o 7220 -/88; ex UTA 3801 -/87.
Scrapped for parts.
m/o 7963 Leyland Panther PSUR1/1801993 Athol Hedges 30/12/68B39D
ex m/o 336; ex Brisbane City Council, QLD (525) PJY 824 via Leyspares, Sandgate, QLD (dlr).
Sold.
m/o 7963 Albion Viking Vk55 PMC 1488 21/12/71B48D
ex m/o 7222; ex Pleasure Tours, Wollongong m/o 6281; ex Toongabbie Transport Service m/o 5790.
Withdrawn by 3/89.
m/o 8227 Volvo B10M Volgren C86 12/87HC54FT
ex Combined Coaches One Pty Ltd, Canterbury TV 2351 by 11/01; ex TH Lee t/a Hills Coaches, Carlingford TV 2351 -/99; ex Greyhound Pioneer Australia Ltd, Brisbane (823) 4/97.
Sold by 10/04.
m/o 8308 Leyland Leopard PSU3A/2Rsp7402485 Smithfield SB048 18/5/73B42D
ex John J. Hill Pty Ltd, Wollongong m/o 6406; ex UTA 1501.
Dereg by 11/97.
m/o 8308 Mercedes-Benz O305307-001-61-040277 Ansair MB1469 7/84B42D
Reg 11/97 ex Action, Canberra, ACT (652) BUS 652 7/97; ZIB 652.
Sold to Fearnes Investments Pty Ltd, Wagga Wagga as MO 6229 7/05 (converted to B49F).
m/o 8309 Mercedes-Benz LO912 Nambucca 174A 9/92B29F
ex MO 2225 12/95; ex King's Bus Service Pty Ltd, Kempsey (16) MO 2225.
Sold to DV Arandale, Glen Innes as MO 5316 around 2/02.
m/o 8345 Leyland Leopard PMC 164 7/10/71B43D
ex m/o 8309; In service by 1/92 (had been unused by Pleasure for some time) ex South Western Coachlines, Jannali (unused); ex UTA 3918.
Sold to Daniel Parish (bus collector), Herons Creek.
m/o 8358 Leyland Royal Tiger551962 Custom Coaches 72-215 19/4/73RC49F
ex Edwards, Coleambally.
Sold.
m/o 8455 Mercedes-Benz O30530700161020898 PMC 5407 4/80B43D
ex STA Mark II 2372 via Auction -/93.
Dereg for parts -/00 & sold to the New South Wales Fire Brigade for disaster training - later scrapped.
m/o 8455 Leyland Leopard PSU3A/2Rsp7301331 Smithfield SB109 21/11/73B42D
ex John J. Hill Pty Ltd, Wollongong m/o 6404; ex UTA 1562.
Withdrawn in 1993 & sold for a motorhome at a caravan park in Bass Hill.
m/o 8455 Mercedes-Benz O30530700121006821 PMC 5012 9/78B43D
ex m/o 7671 -/00; ex STA Mark II 1977 7/99.
Withdrawn by 2/05 & sold to G Walters, Newcastle for a motorhome by 7/05.
m/o 8457 Leyland Panther PSUR1/1703834 Athol Hedges 26/3/69B39D
ex m/o 7962; ex m/o 7220 -/90; ex m/o 4304 late-1988; Reg -/87 ex Brisbane City Council, QLD (431) PKV 705 -/87 via Leyspares, Sandgate, QLD (dlr).
Withdrawn in 1993.
m/o 8457 Leyland Leopard PSU3/1R8201320 PMC 1341 10/83B53F
Reg 19/8/93 ex John J. Hill Pty Ltd, Wollongong m/o 6359 - was rebuilt by Pleasure after extensive fire damage.
Sold to B & N Coach Travel (B Nikolovski & N Johnstone), Kingsgrove as m/o 8457 6/05, then for scrap metal by 8/08 - later noted for sale on Ebay.
m/o 8490 Irisbus EuroriderZGA662M000E004174 ABM CB50 01-169 4/02C61F
ex AP & JP King, King Bros Bus Service Pty Ltd undelivered by 8/03.
Sold to Warragal Bus Lines (Dineen Group), Warragul, VIC as 2054 AO 7/05, then BBL Management Pty Ltd t/a Berwick Bus Lines (Dineen Group), Berwick as (36) 5086AO by 7/07.
m/o 8673 Mercedes-Benz OC1621WDB35509965237660 Austral 1277 11/86RC49F
ex KJ & SR Bailey t/a Orana Coaches Pty Ltd Dubbo MO 1083 -/96; ex AA & MP Heise t/a Cooma Coaches Pty Ltd, Cooma MO 1083.
Sold to Holiday King Coaches Pty Ltd, Arncliffe as (8) m/o 8673 -/01 - Engine blew up in central Queensland in late 2005 and vehicle was noted stored at Executive Coaches, Bundeberg, QLD by 5/06. It was sold to them soon after.
m/o 8673 Leyland Leopard PSU3A/2Rsp7302001 Smithfield CBW005 28/6/74B46F
ex MO 2328 by 8/95; ex Richardson's Coaches, Richmond MO 2328 via Auction 25/1/94; ex UTA 1674 (B42D).
Dereg by 5/97 & sold to Bundaberg, QLD 6/97.
m/o 8691 Mercedes-Benz OH1418WDB38200461877577 Custom Coaches 300 91-164 2/92RC57F
ex GHJ & FL Freeman t/a Freeman's Bus Service, Orange MO 1936 by 4/95.
Sold to WG & BM Fuller, Coutts Crossing as MO 9397, renumbered 2872 MO; Sold for a motorhome 6/14. Noted for sale in Grafton 9/21 as an incomplete motorhome conversion reg (VIC) 1BW5JK.
m/o 8741 Mercedes-Benz O30530700161007568 PMC 5148 4/79B43D
Reg by 5/94 ex STA Mark II 2113 by 3/94.
Sold to Thredbo Activities Centre Shuttle Bus, Thredbo as m/o 8741, then AP59LD; Dereg 10/1/12.
m/o 8899 Mercedes-Benz LO9129BM688123NB936553 Nambucca 177C 9/92B29F
ex King's Bus Service Pty Ltd, Kempsey (15) MO 2226 -/95.
Sold to DV Arandale, Glen Innes as MO 5563 late-2001; then to TM & VM Black of Calen, QLD as 954 MDI; Noted in stripped condition at Wardell, NSW 3/16.
m/o 8900 Volvo B58-566596 Smithfield SBC480 27/11/75B45F
ex Metro Tasmania, Hobart, TAS (23) GT 7434 (B39D) 28/6/96; ex AL 4249.
Withdrawn by 6/99 & sold to Murphy's Commercials (dealer), Mayfield (as (SHE 030) u/r; Resold for non-PSV at Wickham as AA01BT, still there in derelict condition 6/16.
m/o 8900 Mercedes-Benz O305307-001-21-006836 PMC 5027 10/78B43D
ex STA Mk II 1992 6/99.
Sold to Shire Coaches, Heathcote as m/o 8900 3/05, then to Select Courtesy Coaches as (1) m/o 8900, then renumbered m/o 8592.
m/o 8996 Volvo B58-566911 Smithfield SBC483 5/12/75B46F
ex Metro Tasmania, Hobart, TAS (26) GT 7736 (B39D) 28/6/96; ex AM 2432.
Withdrawn by 9/99 & sold to Murphy's Commercials, Mayfield (dlr).
m/o 9243 Bova Futura FHS12-380XL9AB21CG0L004593 Bova - 9/91C46FT
ex Greyhound Pioneer Australia Ltd, Brisbane, QLD (799) 057 CWK 15/4/97; ex Bus Australia Ltd, Glynde, SA (799) VNL 632; ex (99); ex (NT) m/o 675; ex VV82AD.
Sold to Advance Australia Tours Pty Ltd, Cooranbong as m/o 9243 by 5/00, rego cancelled by 17/3/01.
m/o 9250 Bova Futura FHS12-330XL9AB21CG03003732 Bova 3732 -/88?
ex Greyhound Pioneer Australia Ltd, Brisbane, QLD (780); ex Bus Australia Ltd, Glynde, SA (80).
Sold by 11/11/99.
MO 7221 Denmak - GM 4.71 (RE)73-4-001 Custom Coaches 75-162 28/7/75RB49F
ex Kuring-gai Bus Co (Parker family), Gordon MO 7221 by 3/96; ex E Street Bus Service, Regents Park MO 7221 7 or 8/95; ex Busways Macarthur Pty Ltd, Camden (19) MO 7221 (RC49F) 6/2/93; ex Higlett's Motor Coach Service Pty Ltd, South Camden MO 7221 6/86.
Sold and converted to a motorhome, dereg 6/2/03.
TV 392 Austral DC122B373 Austral Tourmaster B373 3/86C48FT
ex Pleasure Tours, Wollongong TV 392.
Sold to G & R Tours, Perth, WA as TC 2877 by 2/94, then to Inter National Coachlines, Welshpool, WA as TC 2877.
TV 393 Austral DC122HR122PB2581083 Austral Tourmaster B258 10/83C48FT
ex Pleasure Tours, Wollongong MWP 232 -/86.
Sold to Wallan East Roadlines, VIC as 4582 AO via Pickles Auctions 10/4/03; then for a motorjome (noted permanently parked in a caravan park at Alice Springs 10/21).
TV 586 MAN 22.280479-0041 Nambucca 093 10/85C46FT
ex G & A Tourist Service, Mascot TV 586 by 8/01; ex Hannaford's Coaches, Tamworth (40) TV 586 6/97; ex MO 0707.
Sold to ASF Tours (Asaf Ali), Ingleburn as TV 3573 via Pickles Auctions 10/4/03 - Auctioned by Pickles Auctions, Chipping Norton 4/08 but not sold and reinstated as TV 5657 - then dereg 15/3/10.
TV 826 RFW 6x2 - GM 8v71GMB62126 Ansair RFW986 8/78RC49F
ex Pleasure Tours, Wollongong TV 826 -/86; ex Landliner.
Dereg by 5/87, then briefly reinstated as TV 834 by 1/88 - Sold to W Phillips t/a Fun Runner Charters, Kingston, QLD as 430 AQC 3/88; then to WG & EM Brooker, Beenleigh as 034 EDW; then for a motorhome.
TV 834 Austral DC122B236 Austral Tourmaster B236 3/83C48FT
ex Pleasure Tours, Wollongong MEL 168.
Sold to Chris's Coaches, Campbellfield, VIC as DFM 406 -/88, then EUZ 700, then to JT Coaches, Alphington, VIC as EUZ 700, then 2070 AO - Sold for a motorhome in 2001.
TV 834 Asia Combi Asia 9/88C18C
Sold to Brendan Manion Coaches Pty Ltd, Beaconsfield, TAS as DF 4393 via Auction 15/6/93, then DJ 6110.
TV 888 Denning Landseer 6v92ttaDL1153-837-86 Denning 1153 8/86C48FT
ex Westbus Luxury Coaches, Arncliffe TV 888; ex Calabro Bros Bus Service, Bonnyrigg TV 888 8/6/89.
Renumbered TV 3945 & sold to Nowra 5/05.
TV 1760 Austral DC122B385 Austral Tourmaster 1208 5/86C46FT
ex Troys Country Coaches, Young TV 1769 by 4/93; ex Firefly Coaches Pty Ltd, Maidstone, VIC (32) CVL 227; ex IU 3752.
Sold, noted in 2016 as a motorhome reg LLUCY.
TV 3610 Mercedes-Benz O303-3WDB30031561045781 Denning Majestic F0159 2/87C46FT
ex Moreswent Pty Ltd t/a Summit Coaches,Tuggeranong, ACT c11/04; ex Aerostar Tours, Hinchinbrook TV 738; ex Fraser's Coaches (Dubbo) Pty Ltd, Dubbo TV 738; ex Forest Coach Lines Pty Ltd, Terrey Hills TV 738 by 1/93.
Sold to Aussie Sights Coach Tours Pty Ltd, Guildford as TV 3610 by 6/05; then to Explocia Tour Pty Ltd, Brighton-Le Sands as TV 3610 7/12.
WWW 507 Iveco Daily8259 Iveco - 10/00B19C
ex Department of Corrective Services, Little Bay late-2004.
Dry hired to Bankstown Coaches during the second half of 2005 - later sold.
? AEC Reliance 590 2U3RA5638 Smithfield SB598 6/77B53F
ex Revesby Bus & Coach m/o 911; ex Helensburgh Bus Service m/o 005.
Sold.
No of withdrawn buses listed = 57

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