Motor Body Specialists

Motor Body Specialists was founded in 1964 by five former Athol Hedges employees, initially bodying Bedford and Leyland chassis from premises in Harvey Avenue, Eagle Farm.^[1] In January 1965, it signed a deal to distribute Commonwealth Engineering bodied buses in Queensland and northern New South Wales.^[2][3][4]

In 1983 the business was acquired by Rogers & Son by which time it was concentrating on bodying Isuzu and Hino chassis. In 1998 it was renamed Rogers and moved to Wacol.^[3] The bus division closed in May 2000, but the business continued to perform other work.^[5]

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