Johnston Blue Motors Bedford Coaches

Johnstons A9 was unusual in having a Stratford Motor Bodies DP24F body. It was exported to the Cook Islands. Photo Peter Trevor 12 Jul 82

While Johnstons have a long line of interesting coaches the Auckland Airport service has tended to run fairly standard equipment. In my youth Bedfords were the mainstay of the service to Whenuapai Airport and later to Auckland International Airport at Whenuapai. A12 is one of a batch of 5 VAS's purchased 1978-80 that were the last Bedfords in Johnstons fleet. Photo Paul Williams

This NZMB bodied Bedford YRQ was used to provide transport between the airport and the city after Auckland's airport moved to Mangere. It is photographed at NAC's Victoria St terminal which is where passengers check in. Like all Johnstons coaches of this period it carried a Kiwi number, in this case 4. Photo Peter Trevor

Johnston Blue Motors Kiwi 10 was a Bedford VAS with Hawke C20F body. Photo Peter Trevor

Former Kiwi 14 a Bedford SBO with Hawke B40F body. Photo Mike Butler 8 Feb 07