The first full-size buses were put into service later the same year.
She steered the full-size bus over a curb and opened the door to let the other children out.
The first 36 new full-size buses were 12 double deck, 14 single deck and 10 Volvo coaches.
The slow-selling Vanguard was dropped at the end of 1996 in an effort to concentrate on full-size buses.
The business, with 24 full-size buses, has thus far vanquished would-be competitors.
And in many cases, commuting density is even too light to justify the use of full-size buses on fixed routes.
However, they also built full-size bus and coach bodies and were still carrying out production of these in late 1952, closing sometime after.
From the 1950s onwards, Melbourne's bus operators began replacing jitneys with full-size buses.
"The first thing Vinny told me was that he wasn't going in a minivan - he wanted to go in a full-size bus."
It was the only full-size bus bought new by Provincial as an independent company following privatisation in 1987.