Welcome to Driver Classics heritage collection, Melbourne, Australia.
This site is primarily focussed on displaying the Driver Classics Heritage Fleet and Driver Bus Lines history.
Over time we will add photos and stories on GM, MCI, Flxible, Denning and similar coaches that operated in Australia from the 1950s onwards.
21/03/2025
1954 Ansair Flxible Clipper Story - Added new photo:
• Interior of an Ansair Flxible Clipper Model 6b Intercity coach showing the standard bag type seat without optional 'head rolls', circa early 1950s
19/03/2025
1959 Bedford SB3 Story - Added new photo:
• Driver Bus Lines #5 Bedford SB3 'wrap around', in the latest Driver colours but now with a 'DBL' logo on the side
12/12/2024
1984 Eagle Model 10 - Added new photos:
• Russell Penfold (left), owner of Greyhound Australia handing over #1001 Eagle Model 10 to Doug Lever (right), Brisbane QLD, July 1984
• Lever #1001 1984 Eagle Model 10, Queanbeyan NSW, January 1990
• Fallon’s ex Lever #1001 1984 Eagle Model 10 with Fallon’s restored Comair Bedford SB, Alexandra VIC, July 1999
21/11/2024
1972 MCI MC-7 Challenger - Added new photo:
• 1972 MCI MC-7 with 1961 GM PD-4106 behind, HCVC display day, Yarra Glen VIC, November 2024 (Hayden Ramsdale photo)
20/11/2024
1989 Eagle Model 20 - Added new photo:
• 1989 Eagle Model 20 with 1972 MCI MC-7 behind, HCVC display day, Yarra Glen VIC, November 2024
7/11/2024
1984 Eagle Model 10 - Added new photos:
• 1984 Eagle Model 10 Lever #1001, ex Lever, ex Fallon’s, ex Sims, now Driver Classics in Greyhound Australia colours
22/10/2024
1954 Ansair Flxible Clipper - Added new photo:
• Flxible Clipper, during full restoration at the then Driver Bus depot, Glen Iris VIC, May 1984
21/10/2024
MCI MC8 Article - Added new photo:
• Grenda’s 1976 MCI MC-8, ex Pioneer #822, Historic Commercial Vehicle show, Sandown Park VIC, circa early 2000s
18/10/2024
1936 Federal - Added new content:
• Driver Brothers #1 1941 Federal with Martin & King 19 passenger body
• Driver Brothers #4 1950 Bedford OB with Federal #1 behind, Ferndale Park, opposite Glen Iris bus depot
26/09/2024
1947 Bedford OB - Added photo of C. Britton’s 1946 Bedford OB, 23 seat, short wheelbase model, Derrinallum VIC, likely late 1960s
26/09/2024
1968 GMC PD 4107 - Added 4 new photos (top row)
04/09/2024
1948 White 798-12 - Added new video (White 798-12 and Flxible Clipper) and new pictures
30/08/2024
1989 Eagle Model 20 - Added 3 new videos from recent trip to outback NSW in August 2024
22/08/2024
1989 Eagle Model 20 - Added Many new photos from a recent trip to outback NSW in August 2024
17/08/2024
1989 Eagle Model 20 - Added new hero image: 1989 Eagle Model 20, Mirrool NSW, August 2024
29/07/2024
1947 Bedford OB - Added new content:
• Significant Copy and caption updates
• Added Photo of 23 passenger prototype, on tour with Bob J. Pollard, Healesville VIC, circa late 1940s
• 1946 Bedford OB prototype, with a tour group, Yarra Valley VIC, circa 1949/50
• Added Photo of 27 passenger prototype, body #1 builder’s plates
• Added Photo of 1947 Bedford OB, #3 KP-495, in front of Driver Glen Iris Road depot circa late 1940s (with window curtains)
29/07/2024
Added photo of GM advertising of the full 1959 range
26/07/2024
Added 1968 GMC PD 4107 builder's plate - 1137
15/07/2024
Added photo of 1967 GMC Ansair Scenicruiser builders plate RE185
15/07/2024
Added Line drawing of a pre-war Greyhound USA Yellow Coach PDG-3701 Silversides
15/07/2024
Line Drawing by Chuck Boie of a Greyhound USA 1954 GM PD-4501 Scenicruiser
08/07/2024
1988 Denning Landseer Article - Added new content:
• Added 1983 GM Denning Mono builders’ plate - 955
• Added Photo of 1983 GM Denning Mono, Parliament House VIC, 1983
08/07/2024
Added 1967 GMC Ansair Scenicruiser builders plate RE185
01/07/2024
Added Late 1960s Greyhound USA advertising featuring an MC-7 line drawing
01/07/2024
1988 Denning Landseer Article - Added new content:
• Added Photo of Denning Landseer builders’ plate - 1318
• Added Photo of Pioneer GM Denning Landseer, circa 1990.
26/06/2024
Added photo of #181, the first Deluxe Denning Landseer ‘Double Deck’, Yulara NT, July 1988
20/06/2024
1988 Denning Landseer Article - Added new Photos and content:
• #10 Driver 1985 GM Denning Landseer, Uluru NT, July 1988
• #35 Driver 1992 GM Denning Landseer, Camberwell Town Hall VIC, February 1994
• #15 Driver 1988 GM Denning Landseer ‘High Screen’, Albert Park VIC, January 1989
19/06/2024
Added photo of 1984 Eagle Model 10 R, under restoration, Pakenham VIC, June 2024
30/05/2024
Added photo of 1959 Ford Fairlane, first car off Ford’s new factory assembly line, Broadmeadows VIC, August 1959 (Ford promotional photo)
29/05/2024
Added photo of White 798-12s at transit agency service centre, USA, circa 1950s
24/05/2024
Added photo of The Driver fleet in 1962
18/03/2024
New Flxible Clipper Hero Photo - 1954 Ansair Flxible Clipper with Gray Line Scania Irizars behind, Mt Waverley VIC, February 2024
08/12/2023
New vehicle addition - 1984 Eagle Model 10
16/08/2023
1989 Eagle Model 20 Article - Added new Photos and content:
• Bob Redden’s restored 1952 GM PD-4103 highlighting American Buslines stylized Eagle insignia, Florida USA, 1984
• Continental Trailways promotional material for the 1959 Super Golden Eagles
• 3 new photos of Greyhound (Australia) 1976 Silver Eagle Model 05 #554 (later #520), Caulfield South VIC, April 1981
• Model List Updates
• Fleet List Updates
10/07/2023
1989 Eagle Model 20 Article - Added new Photos:
• Bob Redden’s restored 1952 GM PD-4103 highlighting American Buslines stylized Eagle insignia, Florida USA, 1984 (Bob Redden Photo)
• Wilson Bus Lines restored 1959 Super Golden Eagle with the front end ‘brow’ or ‘moustache’ removed, East Templeton MA USA, October 1992
10/07/2023
New vehicle added - Ex Driver Classics 1969 Ford Mustang Convertible
16/06/2023
Ansair Flxible Clipper Article - Added 3 New Historic Photos
• 1956 Ansair Flxible Clipper, At The Olgas NT, circa late 1960s
• 1957 Ansair Flxible Clipper, At Devil’s Marbles NT, circa late 1960s
• 1956 Ansair Flxible Clipper, slow progress on the old road from Ayres Rock to The Olgas, circa late 1960s
9/06/2023
MCI MC7 Article - Added 5 New Photos and 1 new Video
• Photos: 1976 MCI MC7, On tour to Woodstock NSW, May 2023
• Video: MCI MC7 (1972 Model) and special friends, Junee and Woodstock NSW, May 2023
24/03/2023
MCI MC8 Article - Added New Historic Photos
• 1976 MCI MC8, Pioneer #2PC821 in the bicentennial/Pepsi colours, Footscray Road yard, Melbourne VIC, April 1987
• 1976 MCI MC8, Pioneer #2PC824 in the final white livery, Footscray Road yard, Melbourne VIC, April 1987
23/03/2023
MCI MC7 Article - Added New Historic Photo
• 1972 MCI MC-7 Challenger, Pioneer #1PC803 in the bicentennial/Pepsi livery, Footscray Road yard, Melbourne VIC, August 1981
23/03/2023
1983 GM Denning DenAir Mono Article - Added 4 New Historic Photos Highlighting Liveries:
• 1983 GM Denning DenAir Mono, Driver #4, highlighting its original livery with white rear pillars, Middle Park VIC, August 1983
• 1983 GM Denning DenAir Mono #4, Flinders Ranges SA, July 1989 (Klaus Winand photo)
• 1983 GM Denning DenAir Mono #4, Mt Hotham VIC, circa early 90s (Klaus Winand photo)
• 1983 GM Denning DenAir Mono #4 in Southern Sights livery, Freycinet Peninsula TAS, Mid 1990s
22/03/2023
1972 MCI MC-7 Challenger Article - Added New Photo:
1972 MCI MC7 Challenger, Pioneer #801 in original livery, Footscray Road yard, Melbourne VIC, circa 1973 (Geoff Foster photo)
20/03/2023
1983 GM Denning DenAir Mono Article - Added New Photo:
• 1983 GM Denning DenAir Mono, Driver #4, highlighting original livery, now with black rear pillars, Melbourne VIC, May 1984
16/03/2023
1954 Ansair Flxible Clipper Article - Added New Photos:
• Recently discovered pictures of the imported US 1947 Flxible Clipper 29B1-47 ‘pilot’, Ansair designated model P3.
• New 1947 Ansair Reo ‘Pusher’ Prototype photo
15/03/2023
1983 GM Denning DenAir Mono Article - Added New Video:
1978 GM Denning Mono with a 6V71 GM Detroit Diesel engine filmed in the mid-1980s at Glen Iris depot Melbourne.
14/03/2023
1961 GM PD-4106 Article - Added New Video:
8/03/2023
1954 Ansair Flxible Clipper Article - Added New Photo:
Interior of 1954 Ansair Flxible Clipper
7/03/2023
1983 GM Denning DenAir Mono Article - Added Brochure:
Greyhound advertisement featuring an early 1960s Highway Traveller and a late 1960s GM Denning Mono
28/02/2023
1972 MCI MC-7 Article - Updated content:
Information to explain and updates to reflect, the recent discovery that Driver Classics’ 1972 MCI MC7 is actually fleet #806 rather than #805
23/01/2023
1947 Bedford OB Article - Added Photo:
Bedford OB illustration, Greyhound Australia promotional advertising, late 1940s
9/11/2022
1948 White 798-12 Article - Added Photo:
1948 White 798-12, preparing for a school service, Lever Coach Lines, Queanbeyan NSW, November 1982
28/10/2022
1947 Bedford OB Article - Added Photo and new copy:
1947 Bedford OB, Glen Iris depot, June 1996
28/10/2022
1954 Flxible Clipper Article - Added Photo:
1954 Ansair Flxible Clipper in Driver colours after completion of restoration, Narooma NSW, February 1985
27/10/2022
1989 Eagle Model 20 Article - Added Photo:
Continental Trailways 1959 Super Golden Eagle (Bob Redden)
25/10/2022
1947 Bedford OB Article - Added Brochure:
Cheney’s proudly present BEDFORD buses and parlour coaches, 1946 (brochure courtesy of Lil Pollard)
25/10/2022
1947 Bedford OB Article: - Update of "The Story" copy
24/10/2022
1967 GMC Ansair Scenicruiser Article - Added Photo:
Ansett Pioneer promotional shot of GMC Ansair Scenicruiser RE-148, fleet #408 with Don Sloan at the wheel (Courtesy of Lil Pollard)