Manufacturers' Codes - The PSV Circle Website

NEW ZEALAND 732-OJ-44 NEW ZEALAND
223 KD 7485 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17015 Hawke B40D 1982
224 KD 7486 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17017 Hawke B40D 1982
225 KH 4273 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17016 Hawke B40D 1983
226 KD 7487 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17018 Hawke B40D 1983
227 KH 4274 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 16008 Hawke B40D 1983
(w) 228 KH 4357 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17019 Hawke B40D 1983
229 KH 4358 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17020 Hawke B40D 1982
230 KH 4360 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17024 Hawke B40D 1982
231 KH 4359 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17021 Hawke B40D 1982
232 KJ 8245 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17054 Hawke B40D 1983
233 KJ 8244 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17029 Hawke B40D 1983
234 LQ 2643 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17052 Hawke B40D 1984
235 LW 6465 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17070 Hawke B40D 1985
236 MA 8821 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17053 Hawke B40D 1985
237 MA 5210 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17060 Hawke B40D 1985
238 MA 5209 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17055 Hawke B40D 1985
239 MB 7635 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17027 Hawke B40D 1985
240 MB 7638 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17068 Hawke B40D 1985
241 MB 7636 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17023 Hawke B40D 1985
242 MB 7637 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17056 Hawke B40D 1985
243 ME 9235 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17026 Hawke B40D 1985
244 ME 9236 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17050 Hawke B40D 1985
245 ME 2504 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17059 Hawke B40D 1985
246 MJ 2012 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17063 Hawke B40D 1985
247 MJ 2016 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17025 Hawke B40D 1985
248 MJ 2015 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17075 Hawke B40D 1985
249 MJ 2014 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17076 Hawke B40D 1985
250 MJ 2013 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17074 Hawke B40D 1985
251 MJ 2168 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17077 Hawke B40D 1986
252 MJ 2169 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17073 Hawke B40D 1985
253 MJ 2171 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17065 Hawke B40D 1986
254 MJ 2172 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17071 Hawke B40D 1986
255 MO 1322 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17072 Hawke B40D 1986
256 MO 1321 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17066 Hawke B40D 1986
257 MO 1391 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17022 Hawke B40D 1986
258 SC 2911 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17064 Hawke B40D 1986
(ex MO 1390)
259 MO 1397 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17067 Hawke B40D 1986
260 MS 1707 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17057 Hawke B40D 1986
261 MS 1706 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17069 Hawke B40D 1986
262 MS 1705 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17061 Hawke B40D 1986
263 MS 1704 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17062 Hawke B40D 1986
264 MS 1703 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17051 Hawke B40D 1986
265 MS 1814 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17058 Hawke B40D 1986
266 MS 1813 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17078 Hawke B40D 1986
267 MS 1812 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17028 Hawke B40D 1986
268 MS 1815 Vo B58 BBC 4ELO 2030 17079 Hawke B40D 1986
Notes - all ex Wellington City Transport (same fleet numbers) 9/92.
215/28 had been withdrawn in 1990 by WCT.
201-268 have Brown Boveri equipment with full electronic chopper control and Telma eddy current braking.
120-139 had Ansaldo electrical equipment and had been withdrawn by WCT in 1990 (120-135) and 1991
(136-9). The story behind these vehicles is well known but is worth repeating. They were ordered by
Auckland Regional Council as part of a fleet replacement programme but before delivery, a change of
political hue at the Council led to the abandonment of the entire trolleybus system. They were locked into
the contract, however, and had to take delivery of them, only to sell them on to Wellington, unused, at a
considerable financial loss. They did not prove to be a great bargain for their new operator as the
‘Ansaldos’ were dogged by electrical problems that were never satisfactorily overcome, and they were all
withdrawn in 1990/1. After laying around Kilbirnie depot in varying states of dereliction for several years,
they were sold in 1997/8 for conversion to diesel buses, as shown below.