Spotted - Buses meant for Export.

Jomz · 16th October 2007, 08:28

Hmm... KP it might be a leyland..

Leyland Exports to Dubai,mauritius, South africa, Bangaldesh and Srilanka.. I'm not very proud to say this... :-)

Daewoo also has some bus thingy called bh

darklord · 16th October 2007, 09:01

i have seen a couple of them being driven through udupi....i guess to mumbai port....

kpzen · 16th October 2007, 12:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jomz

Hmm... KP it might be a leyland..

Leyland Exports to Dubai,mauritius, South africa, Bangaldesh and Srilanka.. I'm not very proud to say this... :-)

Daewoo also has some bus thingy called bh

What about the Engine no. nomenclature which is quite unlike an AL engine no?

Jomz · 16th October 2007, 19:09

Oh.. yes forgot that...
Leyland engines are numbered XYZ 999999
But this Engine no series are difeerent... Quite possible that it may not be a Leyland..

BaCkSeAtDrIVeR · 16th October 2007, 19:55

If the snap was taken at Trichur, looks like the vehicle is lying in front of the Income Tax office at Sakthan Stand, facing Kunnamkulam direction. is the vehicle being taken to M'lore or some other port?

The bus looks like an AL - probably, built on a Viking Chassiss.

It would have helped identification if a side snap, with focus on the wheel hubs of both front and rear wheels
was made.

I remember seeing such vehicles from AL in Cochin TWO DECADES back - approx same length, LH drive being taken back, as export REJECTS. There were more than a few of them - probably close to 50 such vehicles. (Used to stay near the present TVS dealership then).

fx45 · 17th October 2007, 14:16

most of these are built on the same chasis as the new BEST MUTP buses..
and the name on it is FALCON on the export buses.

Transsenger · 26th November 2007, 11:32

the buses under discussion here are not Leyland or Tata....but Made in China. The chassis of which are imported and assembled (including body building) by a local SSI unit here at Kalamassery Cochin, Kerala. This has been happening for long. The bus shown in the link "busexplorer" also is abt the same. These are exported to dubai either throug manglore or mumbai ports.

BaCkSeAtDrIVeR · 26th November 2007, 19:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by Transsenger

The chassis of which are imported and assembled (including body building) by a local SSI unit here at Kalamassery Cochin, Kerala. This has been happening for long. The bus shown in the link "busexplorer" also is abt the same. These are exported to dubai either throug manglore or mumbai ports.

Whoooops!!! Where in Kalamassery?? On the NH?? And why not Kochi port? I know that buses have been exported through Kochi port, so why take them 350 or 2500 KM for shipping when Kochi is hardly 23 KM away?

16th October 2007, 08:28	#31
Jomz BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Detroit, MI,USA Posts: 834 Thanked: 335 Times	Hmm... KP it might be a leyland.. Leyland Exports to Dubai,mauritius, South africa, Bangaldesh and Srilanka.. I'm not very proud to say this... :-) Daewoo also has some bus thingy called bh
	() Thanks

16th October 2007, 09:01	#32
darklord BHPian Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: TVM (KL-16) Posts: 743 Thanked: 3,112 Times View My Garage	i have seen a couple of them being driven through udupi....i guess to mumbai port....
	() Thanks

16th October 2007, 19:09	#34
Jomz BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Detroit, MI,USA Posts: 834 Thanked: 335 Times	Oh.. yes forgot that... Leyland engines are numbered XYZ 999999 But this Engine no series are difeerent... Quite possible that it may not be a Leyland..
	() Thanks

16th October 2007, 19:55	#35
BaCkSeAtDrIVeR BANNED Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Kochi Posts: 2,522 Thanked: 752 Times	If the snap was taken at Trichur, looks like the vehicle is lying in front of the Income Tax office at Sakthan Stand, facing Kunnamkulam direction. is the vehicle being taken to M'lore or some other port? The bus looks like an AL - probably, built on a Viking Chassiss. It would have helped identification if a side snap, with focus on the wheel hubs of both front and rear wheels was made. I remember seeing such vehicles from AL in Cochin TWO DECADES back - approx same length, LH drive being taken back, as export REJECTS. There were more than a few of them - probably close to 50 such vehicles. (Used to stay near the present TVS dealership then).
	() Thanks

17th October 2007, 14:16	#36
fx45 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: mumbai Posts: 1,823 Thanked: 384 Times	most of these are built on the same chasis as the new BEST MUTP buses.. and the name on it is FALCON on the export buses.
	() Thanks

26th November 2007, 11:32	#37
Transsenger BHPian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: KOCHI Posts: 368 Thanked: 96 Times	buses of china the buses under discussion here are not Leyland or Tata....but Made in China. The chassis of which are imported and assembled (including body building) by a local SSI unit here at Kalamassery Cochin, Kerala. This has been happening for long. The bus shown in the link "busexplorer" also is abt the same. These are exported to dubai either throug manglore or mumbai ports.
	() Thanks