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Queensland Coach Company was an Australian bus bodybuilder in
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History

Queensland Coach Company was established in February 1999 by Greyhound Pioneer Australia to body 135
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coaches over five years, including 94 for its interstate coach operation. Originally an alliance was formed with bodybuilder
Alan B Denning Denning Manufacturing is an Australian bus manufacturer in Acacia Ridge, Brisbane, Australia. In September 2019, it was acquired by Custom Bus, but its branding and operations will be retained. Current Operations Denning Manufacturing was for ...
with it proposed the ''Galaxy'' body design be used. But following the collapse of the
Clifford Corporation Clifford Corporation was a listed Australian company that purchased several bus manufacturing businesses in the mid-1990s before collapsing in November 1998. History In August 1995 Clifford Corporation purchased the Ansair Ansair was an Aust ...
, the rights to the Austral Pacific ''Majestic'' body were purchased. In July 2000 Queensland Coach Company ceased trading and was put into liquidation. The rights to the ''Majestic'' body were sold to
Mills-Tui Mills-Tui was an Australian manufacturer of heavily specialised vehicles in Narangba, Queensland. History Mills-Tui Australia was established in 1999 when the fire appliance business of Austral was purchased from the administrators of Clifford ...
. While many of the coaches bodied were Scania K113TRB and K124EBs for Greyhound Pioneer Australia, it also bodied buses and coaches for external clients. A total of 46 bodies were completed.Queensland Coach Company - Majestic Body Production
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