It’s pretty warm down there, Philippe. My mother is in the Algarve, near
Moncarapacho, and she reports great heat.
Have a wonderful time.
Chris
> On 14 Jul 2016, at 16:40, Philippe <photo.philippe.amard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> Le 14 juil. 2016 à 16:16, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto: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/
> <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
>> <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
>> <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
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