Many know my more recent genre Buses and Girls photography as those earlier buses I really like have all gone so now I enjoy my bus hobby more for the photography. As well as being an artist I owned a small transport business before I retired but today I have a little job too driving a minibus dong a school run to Wolverhampton in the afternoon and occasionally other jobs. It gets me out and about and satisfies my childhood ambition to drive a bus.
Friday 28 August 2009
Iveco in Lisbon
Carras Lisbon 3052 in 1984 and lots of drying washing.
That's right small engines, too much technolegy and expensive up-keep means that both modern buses and cars have a limited life. Somehow some of the old buses got better with age whilst the new ones just got old.
Beautiful photo!
ReplyDeleteThe Iveco series [from 1984, if i am not wrong] did not last for too long in Lisbon... probably because their maintenance.
They were retired after 14/15 years of service.. forcing the Volvo B59's [1975 ~ 1979] to achieve 30 years in service in some cases...
But it was ok for me...as i loved them best!
The era of the long lasting buses is now gone... today a 10-year bus is old and rubish =(
That's right small engines, too much technolegy and expensive up-keep means that both modern buses and cars have a limited life. Somehow some of the old buses got better with age whilst the new ones just got old.
ReplyDeleteThis is hot !!!
ReplyDeleteI rather prefer these crapy IVECO to the MAN on these same body from Salvador Caetano.