Author Topic: Solved: PN #1340 -- ÁMG / Ikarus 529  (Read 1962 times)

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Re: PN #1340
« Reply #25 on: January 01, 2020, 05:41:22 PM »
From China?
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Re: PN #1340
« Reply #26 on: January 02, 2020, 12:00:06 AM »
not from Cuba, Poland or China
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Re: PN #1340
« Reply #27 on: January 02, 2020, 02:00:44 AM »
Rocar (Romania)?

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Re: PN #1340
« Reply #28 on: January 02, 2020, 10:29:52 AM »
not from Romania
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Re: PN #1340
« Reply #29 on: January 02, 2020, 06:00:56 PM »
Czech (from part of former Czechoslovakia and/or current Czech Republic)?
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Re: PN #1340
« Reply #30 on: January 02, 2020, 08:16:58 PM »
Austin-Morris aka BMC?

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Re: PN #1340
« Reply #31 on: January 03, 2020, 01:05:28 AM »
not from CZ
not by BMC
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Re: PN #1340
« Reply #32 on: January 03, 2020, 01:27:10 AM »
From Europe?

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Re: PN #1340
« Reply #33 on: January 03, 2020, 12:48:45 PM »
yes
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Re: PN #1340
« Reply #34 on: January 03, 2020, 12:53:23 PM »
DDR?

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Re: PN #1340
« Reply #35 on: January 03, 2020, 01:07:32 PM »
Ikarus?

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Re: PN #1340
« Reply #36 on: January 03, 2020, 01:24:39 PM »
locked for bsa to find the model designation, as this is indeed an Ikarus (but started its life under another brand).
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Re: PN #1340
« Reply #37 on: January 11, 2020, 09:34:44 AM »
A week has passed, no reply, so unlocked
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Re: PN #1340
« Reply #38 on: January 11, 2020, 09:54:30 AM »
...this is indeed an Ikarus (but started its life under another brand).
Csepel?

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Re: PN #1340
« Reply #39 on: January 11, 2020, 12:19:45 PM »
no, not Csepel

It is not that important, for the point I will need the model designation which is a number
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Re: PN #1340
« Reply #40 on: January 11, 2020, 03:03:24 PM »
...for the point I will need the model designation which is a number

ÁMG 529?

I have found the vehicle identified as an 'ÁMG', but the text is in Hungarian and difficult to read. It appears to be described as either 'GEO' or 'USZEKA' with corresponding designations of either 'Type 529' or 'Type 105'. Is ÁMG the other brand and are any of these the designation you were looking for?

Here is the image and some of the accompanying text:
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Re: PN #1340
« Reply #41 on: January 11, 2020, 11:01:33 PM »
Well found. ÁMG is the original brand. ÁMG stands for Általános Mechanikai Gépgyár (General Mechanical Machine Factory) which was based in Székesfehérvár. They designed the 529 in 1961 but by the time it got into production the factory was taken over by Ikarus.
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Re: Solved: PN #1340 -- ÁMG / Ikarus 529
« Reply #42 on: January 12, 2020, 12:14:22 AM »
Thanks for the point!

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Re: Solved: PN #1340 -- ÁMG / Ikarus 529
« Reply #43 on: January 12, 2020, 09:17:05 PM »
Thanks for the point!
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Re: Solved: PN #1340 -- ÁMG / Ikarus 529
« Reply #44 on: January 13, 2020, 12:29:28 AM »