This Volvo bus slowly baking on the Sinai Desert sands of Neviot might be well laden but I'm afraid the palm tree growing on the roof is purely an illusion. When I took my Easter Holiday there back in the Eighties I didn't need to travel all over Israel to see these buses they just came and parked on the beach.
Thank you for yet another Israeli oldtimer!
ReplyDeleteHere is a Volvo B58-60, dressed in a Merkavim 3212a body, dating from late 1977.
B58 is the B10B predecessor, and was quite popular in the non-public transportation sectors in Israel, right after imports of Volvo bus chassis into Israel re-started, in 1972.
This is the more modern local incarnation of the B58. And as in January 1978 the Merkavim logo was updated, this points to this 1977 modelyear chassis being bodied in late 1977.
One more thing: I dare assume reg is actually 334036.
The operator, Hadar, does not exist today.
It's good that you know so much about the Israeli bis scene. No doubt these photos are of great interest to you as with everywhere else so much has changed and most of the character too.
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