IBC was an Australian bus chassis manufacturer based in
Brisbane
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.
History
IBC was founded in the 1963 by Ian & Bruce Campbell and manufactured bus and coach chassis powered by
Caterpillar
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As with most common names, the application of the word is arbitrary, since the larvae of sawflies (suborder Sym ...
or
General Motors
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engines. In 1980 it had a chassis bodied by
Pressed Metal Corporation
Pressed Metal Corporation was an Australian automotive body building and assembly operation based in New South Wales.
History
Pressed Metal Corporation (PMC) was established in the late 1930s as a joint venture between Larke Hoskins, the Austi ...
to the same style as being delivered to the
Urban Transit Authority as a demonstrator. It ceased trading in October 1991.
["IBC Goes Under" ''Australian Bus Panorama'' 7/5 January 1992 page 20]
Further reading
*Queensland Omnibus & Coach Society Issues 44 - 48 2001
References
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Bus manufacturers of Australia
Manufacturing companies based in Brisbane
Australian companies established in 1963
Australian companies disestablished in 1991