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Industry
  
Bus manufacturing

Defunct
  
May 1981

Founder
  
Bosnjak family

Successor
  
Custom Coaches

Headquarters
  
Smithfield, Australia

Founded
  
June 1971

Smithfield Bus & Coach Works was an Australian bus bodybuilder in Smithfield, Sydney.

History

Smithfield Bus & Coach Works was formed when Westbus proprietors Bob and John Bosnjak purchased the bus bodying designs and jigs of Commonwealth Engineering in 1971.

As well as buses for private operators, Smithfield bodied these buses for government operators:

  • 312 Leyland Leopards for the Public Transport Commission
  • 22 AEC Swift 505s for ACTION
  • 74 Volvo B58s for ACTION
  • 16 MAN SL200s for ACTION
  • 1 MAN SG192 for ACTION
  • 33 Volvo B58s for Metro Tasmania
  • In May 1981 Smithfield Bus & Coach Works was sold to Custom Coaches.

    References

    Smithfield Bus & Coach Works Wikipedia