Once as well as Leylands and of course AEC, British built Guy buses from Wolverhampton were also quite common in Portuguese bus fleets. When I was there in 1984 at least I found one or two still at work with the Railway like Utic bodied (CP) No.7 seen here awaiting it's next duty at the depot next to the railway station in Porto.
Thank you for this photo of a bus company that has nothing to do with RN, bus has also disappeared from the roads. Funny is that the Utic guys have used a standard chrome grille for buses with the destination roll in the lower front, whilst the Portuguese usually do some manual adaptation work in matters like this. At the far end one of CP's (Caminhos de Ferro de Portugal) beautiful Volvos.
ReplyDeleteAlso... the rather unattractive livery that reminds you more of police vehicles, is an instant translation of the front paintwork on CP locomotives.
ReplyDeleteHello Duarte
ReplyDeleteThese Guy buses when thay came out of Utic had 2 destination rolls.
One in the upper part (but bigger than the one on the picture) and one lower. The front apparently suffered a transformation.
Original livery was more attractive: Wine and cream above the window line.
Regards
Alberico Duarte