In 1888, Isaac Bolton founded a coach building business as Bolton & Sons in
Fremantle. Isaac retired in 1912, with sons Alfred and Leonard taking over the business. In 1926, the business of Daniel White & Co was purchased. In June 1936, a new factory on land purchased from
Holden in
West Perth was opened by the Minister for Industry,
Albert Hawke. In 1948, the company passed to Leonard's two sons. In the early 1950s, Boltons bodied 40
Sunbeam trolleybuses. During this period, Boltons established a relationship with
Commonwealth Engineering. Boltons bodied over 400 buses and coaches for the
Metropolitan Transport Trust on
AEC,
Albion,
Daimler,
Guy and
Leyland chassis. It also bodied coaches for the
Western Australian Government Railways and private operators. ==References==