Preserved: ex Sydney Buses [m/o 2817] Mercedes Benz O 305 • PMC Mark 4

Filmed on 15th March 2020 at Sydney Museum’s Classic Mercedes Benz Day

before COVID-19 shutdowns


Body • Pressed Metal Corporation "Mark IV"
Engine • Mercedes Benz OM 407h, rear mounted 6 cylinder direct injection
Output 147kw at 2200 rpm of 11.1 litres displacement.

• Transmission • Mercedes-Benz W3D080 3-speed automatic with torque converter
Fuel • Diesel
Low-floor • No
Air Conditioning • No
Length 10.75m
Wheelbase 5.33m
Seating capacity 43

Seats PMC bench seats with blue & black vinyl trim (tartan pattern),
However 2800,1,5,6,7 and 3027 which had red fabric trim for Sydney Explorer services as well as the odd numbered vehicles between 2761 and 2799 were delivered with blue frontrunner fabric
see individual list for exceptions
Doors front and centre double-width glide-away doors
Windows rubber mounted Beclawat 4-part sliding windows
Ventilation Two roof hatches
Destination Equipment Twin roller blinds with 3 track route number front and near side. 3 Track route number on rear.
Supplementary destination roller blind under the nearside windscreen.
However, 2717 (the prototype) and odd numbered vehicles between 2761-2799 were delivered
with STC-Canon dot matrix destination systems on the front, side and rear these were eventually retrofitted with roller blonds
Some units received electric motorised roller systems later in life