Singapore's Berliet Bus

[Fazer9553]

Interesting (to me) post here:
http://bigbus.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/berliet-pgk205/

Note the 'half' conversion from LHD to RHD (except the gear stick)

[G-CPTN]

Hmmmm - an interesting compromise (bodge-up?).

[Fazer9553]

It's not clear if the conversion was done by Berliet or the coachbuilder. Interesting though that only those few years ago manufacturers didn't always offer both LHD and RHD versions.

[G-CPTN]

Berliet (especially buses) didn't really feature outside of France (and their colonies) until they were absorbed into Renault.

Get a load of this:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berliet_T100

Images here:- https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Be...w=1345&bih=559

[Fazer9553]

Jet powered...
The cabover version (No.4) looks impressive.

[G-CPTN]

It was experimentally fitted with a Turbomeca jet engine in 1962, but fuel consumption was excessive, so the conventional diesel engine was fitted again.

Leyland's gas-turbine engined truck suffered from similar excessive fuel-consumption (even on motorways) at a time when fuel costs were rising steeply.

The rise in fuel costs resulted in Vauxhall ditching their OHC V8 engine (a double version of the slant-four engine) and the associated luxury limousine model saloon.

[coastie]

"The rise in fuel costs resulted in Vauxhall ditching their OHC V8 engine (a double version of the slant-four engine) and the associated luxury limousine model saloon."

IIRC that was the engine which was originally intended for my VX 4/90 (OCC 608M)