Isuzu F Series Bus

Buses constructed on Isuzu F series truck chassis

FRR L180

Waipawa Buses Ltd

This is a used 1989 truck chassis combined with a 1966 Midland body off a 1966 International AACOD in 1998

#	Chassis Nbr/VIN	Year	Original Reg	Later Owner	#	Later Reg	Date	Comments
21	FRR12LA3610413	9/7/97	WI8985

FSR500

8.5 tonne GVW 5.8 litre 6BD1 diesel engine wheelbase 4780mm.

Dunedin City Council

Never a bus but looking very much like one is the Dunedin Mobile Library. According to the rules for this site having never been a PSV it shouldn't appear.

#	Chassis Nbr/VIN	Year	Original Reg	Later Owner	#	Later Reg	Date	Comments
?	FSR11HK3601641	24/4/91	PT7534

FSR600 FSK

11.9 tonne GVW 8.2 litre 129kw diesel 6HH1 engine wheelbase 5650-6100mm.

Designline Citibus Ltd

Ashburton. Designline DP43F body

#	Chassis Nbr/VIN	Year	Original Reg	Later Owner	#	Later Reg	Date	Comments
?	JAL FSR33LT 3000179	17/3/98	WT5278	Waimamaku Transport, Omapere	7	BUS7	24/8/98	Donald Robertson; chg plate 31/8/98
?	JAL FSR33LT 3000179	17/3/98	WT5278	Kerikeri Rentals & Buses Ltd	?	BUS7	22/6/05

Dorset Buses

Ruakaka (Sandra & James Dorset). Designline C44F body

#	Chassis Nbr/VIN	Year	Original Reg	Later Owner	#	Later Reg	Date	Comments
?	JAL FSR33LT 3000176	17/7/98	XE9350	Caves Buses, Whangarei	16	XE9350	12/9/00	Maryanne Cave

East Otago Coachways

John McLew Palmerston. Designline C44F body

#	Chassis Nbr/VIN	Year	Original Reg	Later Owner	#	Later Reg	Date	Comments
30	JAL FSR33LT 3000257	20/2/98	WT5275

Kaeo Passenger Transport Services

Frank Stewart. By November 2005 the buses were liveried as Stewarts and the trading name of Kaeo Passenger Transport Services had been dropped. Designline? B44F body

#	Chassis Nbr/VIN	Year	Original Reg	Later Owner	#	Later Reg	Date	Comments
2	JAL FSR33LT 3000256	25/9/98	XJ9695	Frank & W L Stewart Ltd, Kaeo	2	XJ9695	20/10/03

Katikati Bus Co Ltd

B47F body constructed by Katikati Bus Co Ltd using a Kiwi front panel

#	Chassis Nbr/VIN	Year	Original Reg	Later Owner	#	Later Reg	Date	Comments
20	JAL FSR33LY 7000096	15/5/03	BGU114
21	JAL FSR33L1 7000076	13/8/04	CET446					New bus body on used 2002 truck chassis

Kerikeri Rentals & Buses Ltd

#	Chassis Nbr/VIN	Year	Original Reg	Later Owner	#	Later Reg	Date	Comments
	JAL FSR33LT 3000462	22/10/98	XL5675	Kerikeri Rentals & Buses Ltd		US4BUS	9/11/98	Designline B47F
	JAL FSR33LW 3000177	2/11/98	XM3534	Kerikeri Rentals & Buses Ltd		WEBUSU	24/11/98	Designline B47F

Kiwi Bus Builders Ltd

Tauranga

#	Chassis Nbr/VIN	Year	Original Reg	Later Owner	#	Later Reg	Date	Comments
?	JAL FSR33LT 3000113	29/1/97	UY1702	E C Reesby Buslines, Rotorua	R90	UY1702	9/6/97	Kiwi C46+16F

Matamata Passenger Transport (1977) Ltd

#	Chassis Nbr/VIN	Year	Original Reg	Later Owner	#	Later Reg	Date	Comments
4	JAL FSR33LT 3000259	8/10/88	XK6461	Go-Bus Transport Ltd	xx4	XK6461	3/10/05

Okato Bus Lines Ltd

This bus is a Midland body from (unknown)fitted to a 1993 Isuzu FSR600 chassis in 2000. The truck was used by Leighton Transport Ltd, Auckland before having the bus body fitted

#	Chassis Nbr/VIN	Year	Original Reg	Later Owner	#	Later Reg	Date	Comments
5	FSR32HR3000007	14/4/00	SC867					"Scamp"

Reesby Buslines

E C Reesby Ltd, trading as Reesby Buslines, of Rotorua have three Isuzu FSR600 buses. This is the only one initially registered to the company.

#	Chassis Nbr/VIN	Year	Original Reg	Later Owner	#	Later Reg	Date	Comments
R89	JAL FSR32HP 3000530	24/5/96	UF7465					Kiwi B46+10F

E J Simpkin

Rotorua.

#	Chassis Nbr/VIN	Year	Original Reg	Later Owner	#	Later Reg	Date	Comments
?	JAL FSR33LW 3000176	4/5/98	XA6565	EC Reesby BuslInes, Rotorua	R95	XA6565	10/2/00	Kiwi B46+16F

FTR12HK

13.5 tonne GVW 6.5 litre 6BG1 diesel engine wheelbase 4860mm.

Okato Bus Lines Ltd

This bus is a blend of a Duple body mounted on a used Isuzu truck chassis. The 1990 truck was used by Telecom prior to being acquired by Okato Bus Lines. Source of body unknown.

#	Chassis Nbr/VIN	Year	Original Reg	Later Owner	#	Later Reg	Date	Comments
55	JAL FTR12HK 3600105	2/12/98	PG7786	Tranzit Group Ltd, Okato	560	PG7786	1/7/08	B43F "Domino"

FTR12??

13.5 tonne GVW 6.5 litre 6BG1 diesel engine wheelbase 5460mm.

Okato Bus Lines Ltd

Is this an FTR12HK as above but with a change of chassis length to fit the Midland body? Source of body unknown. The truck is a 1992 model. The body was placed on this truck by Kiwi Body Builders in 2002

#	Chassis Nbr/VIN	Year	Original Reg	Later Owner	#	Later Reg	Date	Comments
?	?	1992	?	Okato Buses Ltd	6	AUH783	15/8/02	B41F "Onedin"
?	Tranzit Group Ltd, Okato	575	AUH783	1/7/08

FTR750

15 tonne GVW 8.2 litre 150kw diesel 6HH1 engine 6m wheelbase truck chassis.

Katikati Bus Co Ltd

Self built body

#	Chassis Nbr/VIN	Year	Original Reg	Later Owner	#	Later Reg	Date	Comments
22	JAL FTR33M47 000132	19/1/07	DSE78					B53+25F
23	JAL FTR34M67 000068	11/1/08	EHE238					B53F

FTS650

13 tonne GVW 8.2 litre 150kw diesel 6HH1 engine wheelbase 4265mm 4x4 truck chassis.

Ruapehu Alpine Lifts Ltd

Mount Ruapehu. RAL operate the Whakapapa and Turoa skifields on Mt Ruapehu. The buses are mostly built on 4x4 truck chassis and include storage for skis. Transport to Whakapapa runs from Mt Ruapehu village and to Turoa from Ohakune.

#	Chassis Nbr/VIN	Year	Original Reg	Later Owner	#	Later Reg	Date	Comments
1	JAL FTS33H1 7000021	6/8/02	ATU768	Ruapehu Alpine Lifts Ltd	?	CLP296	30/9/05	B26D
?	JAL FTS12HJ 3600180	14/5/92	RJ8592					B21C 6BG1 engine
05	?	1985	MC592					truck with B23 body

Last updated 28 November 2008