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Title: Interesting Bus
Post by: DandM on January 06, 2017, 02:45:56 PM
Was surfing another site and spotted this.

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Post by: DandM on January 06, 2017, 02:48:21 PM
I was going to add  What is it   but hit the post button. So....What is it?

Mike
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Post by: daddysgirl on January 06, 2017, 03:01:08 PM
IDK, but it looks like a 40's model Hound married a Volkswagon.
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Post by: Gary Hatt - Publisher BCM on January 06, 2017, 03:04:38 PM
How long do you think it will take you to renovate it?  The basic structure is there and that is what matters. :-)
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Post by: luvrbus on January 06, 2017, 03:26:56 PM
What is it ? it's not a American made because it is a right handed driver, interesting bus though it had to be a transit maybe in England   
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Post by: Dave5Cs on January 06, 2017, 03:42:17 PM
It has to be a trolly bus there are no wheel wells!
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Post by: daddysgirl on January 06, 2017, 04:09:47 PM
Did Volvo ever make a bus?
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Post by: Oonrahnjay on January 06, 2017, 04:54:22 PM
   It looks like the climate in Zimbabwe isn't being very good to it!
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Post by: DoubleEagle on January 06, 2017, 04:55:26 PM
There is rubber showing all around, so it's not a trolley. Judging by the soil and vegetation (and the oddness of the bus), my bet is that it is abandoned somewhere in Africa.
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Post by: CrabbyMilton on January 06, 2017, 06:10:22 PM
VOLVO has been building buses just about forever. Plus, they own PREVOST.
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Post by: Iceni John on January 06, 2017, 08:57:57 PM
Australia?   Are they gum (eucalyptus) trees?   I guess it's good for long straight roads, maybe not so good in the twisties.

John
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Post by: daddysgirl on January 07, 2017, 08:10:52 AM
Thanks for the info Crabby...I thought they had built buses, had no clue they owned Prevost.
The front of that bus looks like a Volvo, IMHO.
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Post by: Oonrahnjay on January 07, 2017, 09:36:58 AM
Quote from: daddysgirl on January 07, 2017, 08:10:52 AM... The front of that bus looks like a Volvo, IMHO.

   It's also vaguely reminiscent of a 1965 Ford Thames van, made in England.  With the RHD, I'm guessing British (of course, it could be some "commonwealth" sub-owned manufacturer, like Ford of Australia or South Africa, or something CKD/"Completely Knocked Down" - built overseas from a kit of parts and maybe fitted to a locally made chassis/body.)
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Post by: Jim Eh. on January 08, 2017, 03:34:33 AM
Could even be a RH steer as sometimes picture formatting gets messed up when posting, forwarding, coping, linking, etc.