Author Topic: OGB-339 R. H. Bryant's Open Chevrolet Tourist Bus by Emsley & Flocton 1950 Dunedin, Queenstown, New  (Read 5390 times)

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Re: OGB-339 Name this autobus
« Reply #100 on: May 10, 2020, 11:44:27 AM »
Yes. Almost the same two surnames

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Re: OGB-339 Name this autobus
« Reply #101 on: May 10, 2020, 11:49:54 AM »
Cooke Howlison ?

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Re: OGB-339 Name this autobus
« Reply #102 on: May 10, 2020, 12:05:20 PM »
No

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Re: OGB-339 Name this autobus
« Reply #103 on: May 10, 2020, 04:45:11 PM »
Emslie Consolidated / Emslie & Flockton ?
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Re: OGB-339 Name this autobus
« Reply #104 on: May 11, 2020, 01:07:57 AM »
That's the new company, this bus builder's name is very similar. Locked for you

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Re: OGB-339 Name this autobus
« Reply #105 on: May 11, 2020, 05:19:43 AM »
Company was already named Emslie & Flockton in the fifties. I can't find any other name.

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Re: OGB-339 Name this autobus
« Reply #106 on: May 11, 2020, 06:55:06 AM »
Maybe my source mispelled the name. I have it as Emsley & Flocton. Just one piece is missing, the company for this bus was built.

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Re: OGB-339 Name this autobus
« Reply #107 on: May 11, 2020, 07:49:21 AM »
Mount Cook & Southern Lakes Tourist Co. ?

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Re: OGB-339 Name this autobus
« Reply #108 on: May 11, 2020, 09:01:40 AM »
No. It's just a surname

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Re: OGB-339 Name this autobus
« Reply #109 on: May 11, 2020, 09:15:15 AM »
Whiston ?

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Re: OGB-339 Name this autobus
« Reply #110 on: May 11, 2020, 10:26:05 AM »
No

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Re: OGB-339 Name this autobus
« Reply #111 on: May 11, 2020, 11:11:10 AM »
I've found a very similar bus with this caption : "Restored 1937 Chevrolet bus that used to work in the Glenorchy area".
Am I on the right track ?

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Re: OGB-339 Name this autobus
« Reply #112 on: May 11, 2020, 11:14:27 AM »
"In 1942, an open top 1937 Chevrolet bus was brought up to Kinloch on the SS Earnslaw to join the fleet of six buses operated by R.H. Bryant of 'Routeburn Valley Motors', one of the first tourist operators in the region."

Is Bryant the name you're expecting ?

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Re: OGB-339 Name this autobus
« Reply #113 on: May 11, 2020, 11:24:00 AM »
That's all!!!! Congrats!

R. H. Bryant's Open Chevrolet Tourist Bus by Emsley & Flocton 1950 Dunedin, Queenstown, New Zealand

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I think you can safely say the correct spelling of the builder's name is Emslie & Flockton; there aren't two different companies with almost identical names surely?!
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