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New Zealand Listener, Volume 22, Issue 553, 27 January 1950, Page 2

What s the Difference between a bus and a bus ? This question is of importance to all who travel in buses There are buses and buses, and the difference concerns you because it concerns your safety. To date, the strongest, safest type of bus body is undoubt- edly the all-steel welded type because, SO far, there is no- thing stronger than steel: And the one way to know that the bus you travel in is all-steel, is j to look for the trademark of the New Zealand Motor Bodies Ltd, that is usually above the head of the driver. When you see that trademark ou will know that the entire framework of that bus is all- steel, welded together into the strongest framework yet de- vised, In the 80,000 square foot fac- tory of New Zealand Motor Bodies Ltd. at Petone the all British steel is cut and shaped on huge cutters and presses. The thousand and one pieces are put into position on jigs 2 and welded into one complete, tremendously strong frame The frame is built: on to the chassis, the metal panel pieces rivetted to the frame-_the in- terior seats (also completely made in the plant) and other accessories fitted, and finally the entire bus given its beau- tiful Dulux finish; This sounds simple and it is, but it is because every process on the assembly line is care- fully planned and carried out by hundreds of skilled work- men: It takes about 5 to 6 weeks to build a bus body, but with, say, twelve on the assembly line at one time then a completed bus rolls off the line ready for the road about every 3 days: Without a doubt the strongest, safest, most comfortable buses on New Zealand roads today are the all-steel buses made by the New Zealand Motor Bodies Ltd.