Le 14 juil. 2016 à 16:16, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
> 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.
Chaussons still are exactly as you said ;-)
They no longer manufacture buses or coaches for all I know. The company was
(probably) bought by the Trigano family, those guys who created ClubMed back in
the day and have been selling camping equipment for over 50 years.
http://www.chausson-camping-cars.fr/en/
> 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.
>
Fond memories of school trips in those too :-)
Thanks for reminding me of the good old times.
Amities
Philippe
>>
>> 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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