Isuzu F Series Bus

Buses constructed on Isuzu F series truck chassis

The buses on this site are actively tracked. The last registration record search was 1 February 2010

FRD500 AMT

11 tonne GVW 5193cc 154kw diesel engine 5980mm wheelbase

Otago Road Services Ltd

Green Island Dunedin

#	Chassis Nbr/VIN	Year	Original Reg	Later Owner	#	Later Reg	Date	Comments
1	JALFRR90787000226	24/9/10	FPH989					Designline? B44F. Tilt cab retained

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

FSD700 AMT

14 tonne GVW 7.8 litre 176kw diesel engine wheelbase 5560mm.

Go-Bus Transport Ltd

Hamilton. Kiwi B53F School Bus

#	Chassis Nbr/VIN	Year	Original Reg	Later Owner	#	Later Reg	Date	Comments
124	JALFSR34787000583	27/4/09	EYA973
125	JALFSR34787000386	4/5/09	EYA972

Howick & Eastern Buses Ltd

Kiwi (Christchurch) B53F School Bus

#	Chassis Nbr/VIN	Year	Original Reg	Later Owner	#	Later Reg	Date	Comments
70	JALFSR34787000714	25/6/09	EZD858
71	JALFSR34787000788	6/7/10	FJQ543
72	JALFSR34787000806	9/9/10	FLJ931

Invercargill Passenger Transport Ltd

Kiwi B53F School Bus

#	Chassis Nbr/VIN	Year	Original Reg	Later Owner	#	Later Reg	Date	Comments
214	JALFSR34787000578	2/4/09	EWF976

FSR500

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.

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

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

Murchison Buses

Glenis & Kelvon Giblin, Murchison

9.6 tonne GVW 7.1 litre 125kw diesel engine wheelbase 5440mm.

#	Chassis Nbr/VIN	Year	Original Reg	Later Owner	#	Later Reg	Date	Comments
?	JAL FSR32HP 3000484	29/7/96	UH7211	Murchison Buses Ltd		UH7211	19/5/03	Designline B40F
				Classic Coaches Ltd, Wanuiomata		UH7211	29/4/09

FSR600 FSK

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
				Kerikeri Rentals & Buses Ltd	?	BUS7	22/6/05
				Clark's Coachlines, Kawakawa	?	BUS7	8/5/09	Perry & Maama Clark

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	Pearson Coachlines Ltd, Oamaru	?	WT5275	14/1/09

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
				Clark's Coachlines, Kawakawa	?	US4BUS	8/5/09	Perry & Maama Clark
	JAL FSR33LW 3000177	2/11/98	XM3534	Kerikeri Rentals & Buses Ltd		WEBUSU	24/11/98	Designline B47F
				Clark's Coachlines, Kawakawa	?	WEBUSU	8/5/09	Perry & Maama Clark

Kiwi Bus Builders Ltd

Tauranga. This bus has the 7123cc Isuzu 6HLE engine.

#	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 B46+16F
				Murphy Buses Ltd, Thames	?	UY1702	29/5/09

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

Mid-Canterbury Coachlines

#	Chassis Nbr/VIN	Year	Original Reg	Later Owner	#	Later Reg	Date	Comments
26?	JAL FSR32HP 3000473	17/10/95	TR8597	Bus & Coach Service, Ashburton	26	TR8597	19/8/99	reg on hold 09

Nimon & Sons Ltd

#	Chassis Nbr/VIN	Year	Original Reg	Later Owner	#	Later Reg	Date	Comments
10	FSR12HJ3600764R	10/4/92	RJ5669	Nimon & Sons Ltd	10	YQ5869	25/11/99

Okato Bus Lines Ltd

This bus is a Midland body from (unknown) fitted to a 1993 Isuzu FSR600 chassis in 2000 by Kiwi Bus Builders. 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	Tranzit Group Ltd	581	SC867	1/7/08	"Scamp"

Reesby Buslines

E C Reesby Ltd, trading as Reesby Buslines, of Rotorua had 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	Murphy Buses Ltd, Thames	?	UF7465	29/5/09	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

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"

FTR12KK

Okato Bus Lines Ltd

This bus is a blend of a 1992 truck chassis and a Midland boy from an unknown source.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
?	JAL FTR12KK 3601859	1992	?	Okato Buses Ltd	6	AUH783	15/8/02	B41F "Onedin"
	Tranzit Group Ltd, Okato	575	AUH783	1/7/08

FTR750

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	Nimon & Sons Ltd, Havelock North	11	EHE238	4/12/09	B53F

FTS650

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 Body believed to use parts of Hess body from CTB Bristol RE No 514

JCS420

NZ Forest Service

Rotorua

#	Chassis Nbr/VIN	Year	Original Reg	Later Owner	#	Later Reg	Date	Comments
?	JCS4203458544	27/2/85	MC592	Turoa Skifields Ltd, Ohakune	05	MC592	26/5/88	truck with B23 body
				Ruapehu Alpine Lifts Ltd, Ohakune	05	MC592	14/12/00	truck with B23 body

Last updated 10 May 2013