AF 1047 Car/Van

	Build: 27/06/1908
	8 wheel(2 bogie)
	Built as A 1047 at Newmarket on 27/06/1908 with longitudinal seats for 56, as second-class car.
	It was re-seated on 25/04/1936 to its present type of seats for 40. It was rebuilt as a car-van on 15/09/1939 with 28 seats and renumbered AF1047.
	It was a rather odd re-build as it was different to most other conversions in that the guards compartment is smaller and the sliding doors hang outside the body - rather than inside. To allow the doors to fully open, the window-sills are cut back for a short distance. This would mean that the 'usual' Guard's lookouts would not have been fitted.
	It was part of the Auckland suburban fleet until 'written off' on 09/10/1976, when it was purchased by B.T.C.
	There are 8 car-vans still left, but ours is the only one of its kind.