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Old 8th September 2020, 15:38   #1336
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Re: The Classic Commercial Vehicles (Bus, Trucks etc) Thread

A Dodge/Fargo mini bus doing ferrying duty in South India

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Old 9th September 2020, 21:39   #1337
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Possibly one of the last Premier busses still on duty

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Old 14th September 2020, 14:44   #1338
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Re: The Classic Commercial Vehicles (Bus, Trucks etc) Thread

A 1950s Dodge truck still in service
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A 1940s Chevy bus and truck seen in period images
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Re: The Classic Commercial Vehicles (Bus, Trucks etc) Thread

A rare Standard 20 Micro truck
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A 1949 magazine cover showing 4 Ford trucks, one older generation than the other 3.
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Re: The Classic Commercial Vehicles (Bus, Trucks etc) Thread

An assortment of early trucks and a Tata Mercedes bus - more lockdown facebook finds

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Re: The Classic Commercial Vehicles (Bus, Trucks etc) Thread

A Chevy school bus for St Paul's school
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A similar era Chevy truck
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Old 18th September 2020, 22:20   #1342
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A Chevy school bus for St Paul's school
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Interesting to see "SAFETY FIRST"; aeons before the current trend / fad.
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Re: The Classic Commercial Vehicles (Bus, Trucks etc) Thread

Here's one from FB, posted by Mr. Mani.

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Re: The Classic Commercial Vehicles (Bus, Trucks etc) Thread

A couple more - a 1950s (?) Ford truck that looks to be still in decent shape
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A Chevy truck in Bombay, dated 1979.
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Re: The Classic Commercial Vehicles (Bus, Trucks etc) Thread

A very early bus - can anyone read what Motor Association is written across?
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A 1950s Dodge / Fargo bus
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A Leyland Comet in 1958 in Punjab
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A very early bus - can anyone read what Motor Association is written across?
The Meenachil Motor association
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Was shared here 10 years back

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Re: The Classic Commercial Vehicles (Bus, Trucks etc) Thread

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A cool ad showing the progression of single windscreen to split design for Tata Mercedes trucks - usually it goes the other way around

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Does anyone have the date recorded?
Cab is wider in improved design - hence the 'safer' split windscreen.
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Re: The Classic Commercial Vehicles (Bus, Trucks etc) Thread

Some pictures of older commercial vehicles from Kerala

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Re: The Classic Commercial Vehicles (Bus, Trucks etc) Thread

Shared by Kapurthala city of Palaces, picture from 1966

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A very early bus - can anyone read what Motor Association is written across?
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The "MEENACHIL" Motor Association.

The Malayalam description translates roughly into "Joseph Agasti, Kerala's (Travancore's) first bus operator seen with his driver registered a company named The Meenachil Motor Assoc. in 1910. The bus is a Thornycroft"

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