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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2022 => Topic started by: sichel on November 27, 2022, 04:10:50 PM
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Air conditioning ex works! Name manufacturer and type of the base vehicle, the car coachbuilder and the year of construction. One point is awarded for the correct answer(s).
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Up to Experts
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Scania?
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Not Scania.
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Up to Profs.
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Austrian ?
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Swiss?
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Austrien: No
Swiss: Partly
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FBW chassis?
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For an export market ?
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Saurer D250 F4x2 for desert or export markets, like Africa?
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Yes, it is a Saurer D250 F4x2 for Export to Africa. Locked for fromwien to name coachbuilder and year of construction.
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Van Hool made a lot of bus bodies for African use
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That may be, but they had nothing to do with this one.
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1977?
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No.
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Ok, may be a little bit older, so 1975?
Two pictures of Saurer D250 F4x2 brochures attached
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1975 is going in the wrong direction. Thank you for the technical documentation.
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The attached picture is dated 1978
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The date is already correct...
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Bodywork by Leyland-DAB, Denmark?
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No.
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German coachbuilder?
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No.
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Italian?
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Yes it is from Italy. Locked for three attempts to find the coachbuilder.
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Borsani?
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Yes. It is a D250 F4x2, built by Borsani, Cornaredo (I), in two copies for student transport to a school. The school was built by Nestlé in the Ivory Coast.
The pictures of the convoy from #18 are probably part of a delivery of 30 buses to the Republic of Central Africa. 20 units for urban transport (6000 mm wheelbase, 104 passengers) and ten units for intercity transport (5500 mm wheelbase, 65 passengers). Because of the African experience, this order also went to Cornaredo.
Here is your next point.
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Thank you very much for the point.
Yes, my source says, that the pictures of the convoy are part of a delivery to the Republic of Central Africa
I wish you a 'Merry Christmas and a healthy and peaceful New Year 2023'
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Another bus in Bangui, Central African Republic.
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@fromwien: Many thanks, I also wish you a happy new year.
@pguillem: Thank you for the addition, it shows very well the differences to the Ivory Coast version.