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SOLVED: del 78 no. 67 by DeAutogids: DeLorean DMC-80 by FFG

Started by del78, October 31, 2010, 05:45:08 PM

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DeAutogids


del78

Quote from: DeAutogids on January 01, 2011, 09:04:44 AM
DMC 80, a bus build by FFG in Germany for America.

i have this as a creation of DeLorean but we are talking about the same bus
point for You

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DeAutogids

It was until I introduced them to it, unknown to the Irish National Motor Museum.

I am surprised you are not asking how I know it was FFG who actually made it...
FFG also made another design bus for a company on the same Island. They were in the end produced by Bombardier in a special factory near Shannon.

del78

I am suprised how could DeLorean make something like a bus
is this one exist ?

DeAutogids

Well you can see DMC did not really make it; FFG did. They are a Hamburg based company, I believe at the time a maintenance company for the Hamburg public transport company. FFG made, as said, the prototype for the Bombardier busses as well and are based on German Standard Bus specifications.

DMC was a New York based company, eventhough they made the cars (for political and financial reasons) in Northern Ireland. As such, they thought they could make an extra buck by making busses. I believe the bus was supposed to be actually made in the US, though others say it was actually thought to better use the factory in Dunmore. Engines for these busses were 6-cylinder diesel MAN or Mercedes-Benz ones. FFG means Fahrzeugwerkstätten Falkenried GmbH