Home time shot
Up there with the most unusual vehicles we've had to work on is this preserved Budapest Ikarus 260. It now lives in the UK, owned by Ikarus enthusiasts Dave Fricker and Michael Sherston.
The bus conforms to continental practice of limited seating capacity, maximum standing and three entrance / exits. Unusually for a relatively modern city bus though, it's high floored and underfloor engined. The latter is no doubt due to its length of time in production from when such a layout was pretty much standard. The Raba engine is a horizontal 6 cylinder turbo unit of about 9.6 litres and I believe owes its parentage in the dim distant past to MAN.
The photo was taken this evening as I left work, the Ikarus and the adjoining Royal Blue RE looked good in the car headlights so I thought I'd stop for a snap.
Home time shot
Up there with the most unusual vehicles we've had to work on is this preserved Budapest Ikarus 260. It now lives in the UK, owned by Ikarus enthusiasts Dave Fricker and Michael Sherston.
The bus conforms to continental practice of limited seating capacity, maximum standing and three entrance / exits. Unusually for a relatively modern city bus though, it's high floored and underfloor engined. The latter is no doubt due to its length of time in production from when such a layout was pretty much standard. The Raba engine is a horizontal 6 cylinder turbo unit of about 9.6 litres and I believe owes its parentage in the dim distant past to MAN.
The photo was taken this evening as I left work, the Ikarus and the adjoining Royal Blue RE looked good in the car headlights so I thought I'd stop for a snap.