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Re: Big Bus Puzzle No. 3
« Reply #100 on: February 15, 2012, 08:10:57 AM »
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Re: Big Bus Puzzle No. 3
« Reply #101 on: February 15, 2012, 08:12:18 AM »
No35: European chassis?
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Re: Big Bus Puzzle No. 3
« Reply #102 on: February 15, 2012, 09:38:19 AM »
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Re: Big Bus Puzzle No. 3
« Reply #103 on: February 15, 2012, 11:34:21 AM »
North American chassis?
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Re: Big Bus Puzzle No. 3
« Reply #104 on: February 16, 2012, 04:23:03 AM »
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Re: Big Bus Puzzle No. 3
« Reply #105 on: February 16, 2012, 06:27:36 AM »
And operated in Europe?
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Re: Big Bus Puzzle No. 3
« Reply #106 on: February 16, 2012, 06:55:19 AM »
And operated in Europe?

No - in the US
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Re: Big Bus Puzzle No. 3
« Reply #107 on: February 16, 2012, 01:40:16 PM »
A Studebaker chassis?
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Re: Big Bus Puzzle No. 3
« Reply #108 on: February 16, 2012, 03:09:46 PM »
#35 : Mack BK from 1929 ?

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Re: Big Bus Puzzle No. 3
« Reply #109 on: February 17, 2012, 04:20:50 AM »
A Studebaker chassis?

Not that I am aware of, but I couldn't say with absolute certainty.

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Re: Big Bus Puzzle No. 3
« Reply #110 on: February 17, 2012, 04:21:47 AM »
#35 : Mack BK from 1929 ?

It's not a Mack but you are quite close with the year.
I'm not sure if this bus ever operated commercially or if it remained experimental.
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Re: Big Bus Puzzle No. 3
« Reply #111 on: February 17, 2012, 07:04:15 AM »
At midday Friday 17th European time I'm lifting the 12 points per puzzler maximum but only to 16 points since there are only 10 points still left to garner (or maybe a few more for extra info).  I don't want just one puzzler pinching the lot immediately...

It's past 1:00 PM in Germany, so past midday in the UK. My try for points 14, 15 and 16:
#8: Yellow Coach trolleybus
#27: Yellow Coach Type Z Intra-City Coach, operated by Chicago Motor Coach Company
#34: tour bus, built by Van Hool in 1952 on a Dodge chassis

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Re: Big Bus Puzzle No. 3
« Reply #112 on: February 17, 2012, 07:41:18 AM »
Number #35 : It“s a Steam powered bus! A Brooks from 1927 and bodied by Buffalo Body Company.

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Re: Big Bus Puzzle No. 3
« Reply #113 on: February 17, 2012, 08:15:41 AM »
It's past 1:00 PM in Germany, so past midday in the UK. My try for points 14, 15 and 16:
#8: Yellow Coach trolleybus
#27: Yellow Coach Type Z Intra-City Coach, operated by Chicago Motor Coach Company
#34: tour bus, built by Van Hool in 1952 on a Dodge chassis


#8:  No
#27: Yes it was a Chicago Motor Coach Co bus - 1 point!
#34: Not a tour bus, no.
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Re: Big Bus Puzzle No. 3
« Reply #114 on: February 17, 2012, 08:19:03 AM »
Number #35 : It“s a Steam powered bus! A Brooks from 1927 and bodied by Buffalo Body Company.

Exactly!
2 points for you.
Here's the unmodified picture of it:

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Re: Big Bus Puzzle No. 3
« Reply #115 on: February 17, 2012, 08:22:13 AM »
I“m still looking for number #34 : Here“s an article.

Some kind of ambulance or medic bus?

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Re: Big Bus Puzzle No. 3
« Reply #116 on: February 17, 2012, 08:23:59 AM »
Interesting!
But the 'Site where I got the picture was quite specific about what it was built for and it wasn't a tour bus.
The 'Site may of course be wrong: it wouldn't be the first time!
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Re: Big Bus Puzzle No. 3
« Reply #117 on: February 17, 2012, 09:45:09 AM »
12 10 9 7 4 2 points still up for grabs:

#1: Model - 1 point
#6: Where this bus operates - 1 point
#8: Builder and Operator - 1 point
#9: Identification - 1 point
#15: Identification - 1 point
#27: Where this bus operated - 1 point
#32: Make and coachbuilder - 2 points
#34: Purpose of bus - 1 point
#35: Make and coachbuilder - 2 points



If #34 does turn out to be a Tour Bus then the point will go to Joao as he said that first in his reply #34..
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Re: Big Bus Puzzle No. 3
« Reply #118 on: February 17, 2012, 09:50:19 AM »
Is #8 American built and operated?

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Re: Big Bus Puzzle No. 3
« Reply #119 on: February 17, 2012, 10:03:48 AM »
# 8 :Fiat?
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Re: Big Bus Puzzle No. 3
« Reply #120 on: February 17, 2012, 10:07:26 AM »
#9 - VRL (Vijayanand Road Lines) sleeper coach running on routes in Southern India (eg - Bangalore-Goa, etc.)
Based on an Ashok-Leyland

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Re: Big Bus Puzzle No. 3
« Reply #121 on: February 17, 2012, 10:08:13 AM »
#8 - Small trolleybus from Dunedin, New Zealand?

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Re: Big Bus Puzzle No. 3
« Reply #122 on: February 17, 2012, 10:21:48 AM »
No8: Twin Coach trolley?
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Re: Big Bus Puzzle No. 3
« Reply #123 on: February 17, 2012, 10:32:38 AM »
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Re: Big Bus Puzzle No. 3
« Reply #124 on: February 17, 2012, 10:33:37 AM »
#9 - VRL (Vijayanand Road Lines) sleeper coach running on routes in Southern India (eg - Bangalore-Goa, etc.)
Based on an Ashok-Leyland

That's right.
That's worth 2 points!
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