ZIB 156

[Buzz Killington]

Happened across this over the weekend at Oakville - it's ex ZIB 156, an AEC Swift AH505





There were a few other ex ACTION buses tucked in amongst the collection but unfortunately they were parked in and I couldn't get any shots of those.

[Barry Drive]

Nice find.

This bus has historical significance: according to this article by Ian Cooper, 156 was the first semi-automatic AEC Swift purchased by Canberra Bus Service and the first of 30 CVI bodied Swifts. The earlier Swifts were manuals. This batch marked the last buses built by CVI (which was a subsidiary of Commonwealth Engineering).

[p_stampy]

Nice one!

Was the Belco desto already showing, or did you change it?

[Snorzac]

When I was there in April it was showing