Showing posts with label Bus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bus. Show all posts

Friday, July 14, 2023

Road Bandit Hot Wheels 1:64 Philippine Islands Transit










The Road Bandit is based on the Jeepney, a public transit bus that is ubiquitous in the Philippine Islands, a cultural icon in itself. It's origins can be traced back to repurposed Jeeps left by American forces from World War II. They are often decorated with stickers and bright colors. It has been turned into a hot rod, and a blown motor in the front.
 

Monday, March 7, 2022

Surfin´ School Bus Hot Wheels Metro 1:64











The Surfin' School Bus is a Hot Wheels original bus.

The casting received a retool for 2021, gaining new plastic cladding which goes up into the interior to act like faux windows. Construction for the casting also changed, going from a tab-post design to a post-post design.

 

Saturday, July 7, 2012

1962 Volkswagen Type 2 Classical Bus Microbus Combi WELLY 1:24












From Wikipedia:

The Volkswagen Type 2, known officially (depending on body type) as the Transporter, Kombi or Microbus, or, informally, as the Bus (US) or Camper (UK), Pão de Forma (Loaf of Bread) (Portugal) is a forward control light commercial vehicle introduced in 1950 by the German automaker Volkswagen as its second car model. Following – and initially deriving from – Volkswagen's first model, the Type 1 (Beetle), it was given the factory designation Type 2.

As one of the forerunners of the modern cargo and passenger vans, the Type 2 gave rise to forward control competitors in the United States in the 1960s, including the Ford Econoline, the Dodge A100, and the Chevrolet Corvair 95 Corvan, the latter adapting the rear-engine configuration of the Corvair car in the same manner in which the VW Type 2 adapted the Type 1 layout.

European competition included the 1947–1981 Citroën H Van, the 1959–1980 Renault Estafette (both FF layout), and the 1953–1965 FR layout Ford Transit.

Japanese manufacturers also introduced similar vehicles, such as the Nissan Caravan, Toyota LiteAce and Subaru Sambar.

Like the Beetle, the van has received numerous nicknames worldwide, including the "microbus", "minibus", and, because of its popularity during the counterculture movement of the 1960s, "Hippie van/bus" has become its most popular.

Brazil contained the last factory in the world that produced the T2 series of Type 2, which ceased production on 31 December 2013, due to the introduction of more stringent safety regulations in the country. This (after the 2002 termination of its T3 successor in South Africa) marked the end of the era of rear-engine Volkswagens, which originated in 1935 with their Type 1 prototypes.