How interesting. When I was living in Orleans, I went to school riding a
Chausson bus. The gear shift lever stuck out of the dashboard rather than the
floor. It had a diesel engine and a manual transmission. When the driver
threw in the clutch it sounded like a lot of heavy chains rattling beneath the
floor and the whole bus shook terribly. The short wheelbase allowed it to
easily negotiate sharp turns in cities and mountain roads. I have not been
able to find much information about those buses even though they were a
mainstay for public transportation back then. Here's a photo of one:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8155/7443509154_e5fa9fd3af_z.jpg
The one I rode had a red banner under the windows. Here's a photo of the Dinky
Toy model:
http://www.dinky-northeast.com/photos/Buses/29F%28F%29%201956-60.jpg
I still have my Norev model, painted up as the one I rode for three years.
>
>Yup!
>
>Here's my camera bag from tomorrow onwards to August.
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Playground/Camera+bag+2016-0530.jpg.html
>
>Alice uses the back of the van, and since I don't always mind overheads,
>my gear will have to be crammed into the hump above the front seats ;-)
>
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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