Abadal – Imperia – Buick

Abadal

The Imperia-Abadal model was manufactured by Imperia under Abadal license

Abadal Vehicles

The Abadal was a Spanish car manufactured between 1912 and 1923, named after Francisco Abadal. Considered a fast luxury car, it was closely patterned on the Hispano-Suiza and offered in two models. One had a 3104 cc four-cylinder engine while the other had a 4521 cc six-cylinder engine.

Soon after the inception of the Abadal line, the Belgian company Impéria began building Abadals under license as Impéria-Abadals. In 1916 Abadal acquired the Buick agency, and Barcelona-built Abadals after that year had Buick power units and featured custom coachwork. These cars were called “Abadal-Buicks”. M. A. Van Roggen (formerly of Springuel) took over the Belgian operation soon after, and built around 170 more Impéria-Abadals. Among the models produced were a 2992cc 16-valve four-cylinder OHC sports model and three prototype 5630 cc straight-eights. The company ceased automobile production in 1923.

Francisco Abadal (nicknamed Paco) was a Hispano-Suiza salesman and racing driver in Barcelona. He began this enterprise in 1912, and upon its cessation became an agent of General Motors in Spain. General Motors’ plans in 1930 related to a prototype named the Abadal Continental never materialised.

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  Abadal 25 HP 1914

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  Abadal-Buick 1923

Abadal Y-12 aero-engine

Abadal also produced the Abadal Y-12 aero-engine, a multiple bank in-line engine with twelve cylinders in three banks of four arranged in a Y.

References

1. Jump up^ Burgess Wise, David (1979). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles. London: New Burlington Books. ISBN0 906286 16 6.

Imperia Automobiles

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Impéria Automobiles was a Belgian automobile factory, active from 1906 until 1948. The factory in Nessonvaux, Liège, Belgium, had a rooftop test track since 1928.

Imperia 7-25 CV from 1932

History

Imperia TA-9 BS 1938

1948 Imperia TA-8 Sport

Standard Vanguard convertible built by Imperia

Impéria was a Belgian automobile manufactured from 1906 until 1948. Products of the Ateliers Piedboeuf of Liège, the first cars were designed by the German Paul Henze. These were four-cylinders of 3, 4.9, and 9.9 litres. The next year, the company moved to Nessonvaux, Trooz municipality, and began production in the old Pieper factory. Impéria produced a monobloc 12 hp (8.9 kW) in 1909. In 1910, the company merged with Springuel.

The Nessonvaux factory began producing Impéria-Abadals from about 1916. In 1921, it built three ohc 5.6-litre straight-eights. These were quickly replaced by an ephemeral ohc 3-litre 32-valve four-cylinder which had a top speed of 90 mph (140 km/h). This was followed by an 1100 cc slide-valve 11/22 hp four designed by Couchard, one of the first cars ever built with a sunroof. Its engine rotated counterclockwise, and its transmission brake also served as a servo for those on the front wheels. In 1927 a six-cylinder of 1624 cc appeared; this had been available in three-carburettor Super Sports form from 1930.

In 1925, the company hired Louis de Monge as chief research engineer. Some of his work included torsion bar suspension and automatic transmissions. De Monge left in 1937 to join Bugatti, where he would design the Bugatti 100P racer plane.

Around and on top of the factory buildings, there was a test track over 1 km long. The track was built in 1928. The only other rooftop test tracks were on Fiat’s Lingotto plant, opened in 1923, and Palacio Chrysler in Buenos Aires, opened in 1928.

Over the course of four years, Impéria took over three other Belgian car manufacturers: Métallurgique (1927), Excelsior (1929), and Nagant (1931). From 1934 until the company folded it built mainly front-wheel-drive Adlers with Belgian-made coachwork. The company merged with Minerva in 1934, but they split in 1939.

In addition to its production in Belgium, Impéria made a number of cars in Great Britain; these were assembled at a factory in Maidenhead.

From 1947 to 1949 Impéria built its last model TA-8 which combined an Adler Trumpf Junior-type chassis with an engine originally intended for the Amilcar Compound.

After 1948 Impéria assembled Standard Vanguards under license and also built a unique convertible version. After Standard decided to set up a new factory in Belgium, the factory was left without work and had to close doors in 1957.

Imperia Nessonvaux piste

In popular culture

In Michael Chabon‘s 2004 novel The Final Solution, set in 1944, the Anglican vicar drives a Belgian Impéria.

2009 revival

The Imperia GP was going to be sold in 2013. The car was designed by Denis Stevens. The Imperia GP roadster would have had PowerHybrid motorization technology developed by Green Propulsion.

Pictures from my collection:

SONY DSC

SONY DSC

 

References

1. Jump up^ Pegasus, newsletter of the Bugatti Association, issue 23
2. Jump up^ “Trooz (Municipality, Province of Liège, Belgium)”. 12 January 2010.
3. Jump up^ “Testing cars on the factory rooftop – Imperia (Nessonvaux, Liège, Belgium)”. 21 April 2009.
4. Jump up^ Ritzinger, André. “Imperia TA-8”. http://www.ritzsite.nl. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
5. Jump up^ The Final Solution, pp. 87, 88.
6. Jump up^ “Imperia Automobiles”. Imperia-auto.be. Retrieved 19 July 2009.

David Burgess Wise, The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Automobile

External links

History of the company (in French)

Site with pictures

Imperia

Green Propulsion

WILLEMS Belgium

WILLEMS

To my nowledge is Willems a Belgium manufactor of Motors.

But there is a problem. I search and search and find nothing about it. In the past there was a site called: De Geschiedenis van de Belgische auto and another one called: Per Autocar door de Twintigste Eeuw and both do not exist anymore. I can only show you the photo’s I found before.

1935 Willems Ragheno

1935-willems

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Willems

Willems

DEPLA en DENOLF Bus and Coachbuilders Belgium

Carrosserie DENOLF & DEPLA Belgium

DENOLF  &  DEPLA

tot 1991 zelfstandig, toen overgenomen door VDL

825BCZ Mercedes-Benz O817 Denolf & Depla Evidence F23 (1994)

Bussen DENOLF en DEPLA (RAI 1992)

Denolf & Depla Peugeot Belbus “de LIJN” België

Mercedes-Benz O 614D Denolf & Depla

Bussen DENOLF & DEPLA (Car & Bus 1997)

ProCity van Denolf & Depla (VDL) Station Leeuwarden Fryslan NL

 Mercedes-Benz  Denolf & Depla 609D Belbus “de LIJN” België

Bussen DENOLF & DEPLA (Car & Bus 1999)

Denolf & Depla on MAN chassis was built in 1996 belgabus

DENOLF & DEPLA Midimix (Car & Bus 1999)

Denolf & Depla Pro-City n° 3931 TEC België

Peugeotbus Boxer van Denolf & Depla v d Lijn in Oostende

DENOLF & DEPLA Pro-City (Car & Bus 1997)

Peugeot Denolf & Depla Pro City #23

Mercedes-Benz O 614D Denolf & Depla

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VAN HOOL BELGIUM 1947 Bus and Coachbuilders

Van Hool

Van Hool
Type	Private
Industry	Automotive manufacture Automotive engineering
Founded	1947
Headquarters	Koningshooikt, Belgium
Key people	Bernard Van Hool (founder) Filip Van Hool (CEO)
Products	Bus Coach semi-trailers
Subsidiaries	Van Hool USA
Website	vanhool.com

Van Hool Astromega TD927 coach for the Oxford Tube

Van Hool Alizée HE-II body on a ScaniaK113CRB coach for New Enterprise Coaches

A British spec double deck Van Hool coach.

A bi-articulated Van Hool AGG300

Front view of AGG300.

A Van Hool single articulated bus with North American specifications north of Toronto, Canada.

Van Hool NV is a Belgian family-owned coachbuilder and manufacturer of buses, coaches, trolleybuses, and trailers.

The company was founded in 1947 by Bernard Van Hool in Koningshooikt, near to Lier, Belgium. In the early years, the company introduced serial production and exported their products all over Europe. Since the mid-1980s, the company has also been active on the North American market, where it has become an important player.

On February 15, 1957, Van Hool signed a commercial agreement with Fiat; Van Hool would incorporate Fiat engines and other mechanical components (gearboxes, axles, steering) in its vehicles. It developed from a coachbuilder to a Belgian manufacturer of integral buses and coaches, known as Van Hool-Fiat. Alongside these activities, the company continued as a renowned coachbuilder, enabling further expansion.

The Van Hool-Fiat co-operation was immediately a great success: a year and a half after the agreement was signed, in August 1958, the 100th Van Hool-Fiat was delivered, and by July 1961, the figure had exceeded 500. The co-operation agreement with Fiat was terminated in 1981.

In 1990, Van Hool purchased the coachbuilding business of LAG Manufacturing and continued producing their EOS models for about ten years.

Most of the buses and coaches are built totally by Van Hool, with engines and axles sourced from Caterpillar, Cummins, DAF and MAN and gearboxes from ZF or Voith, with some of their production still consisting of building bus and coach bodies on separate bus chassis from manufacturers such as Volvo and Scania.

Worldwide, Van Hool employs 4,500 people and manufactures over 1,700 buses and coaches (bodyworks and complete vehicles combined) and 5,000 trailers each year. It sells an average of 600 coaches, annually, in the US.

Product range (Europe)

In Europe, Van Hool has the broadest range of coaches of all manufacturers on the market, though all designs share similar looks and are based on the same platform, the T9. The same philosophy is used on the transit bus range, the A-series. Many different versions are available, all sharing the same looks. In recent years, the company has been focussing on new propulsion technologies, introducing fuel-cell hybrid buses as well as diesel-electric hybrids.

Discontinued products

T8 series touring coach

The T8 platform was introduced in 1979. The body was based on the Alizee bodywork that had been launched the previous year. Over the course of several years, a large range of touring coaches were developed based on this platform, each distinguished by a number and a name, following a clear naming convention. For example, in ‘TD824 Astromega’:

• T = Touringcar (touring coach)
• D = Dubbeldek (double deck)
• 8 = Part of the T8 series
• 24 = theoretical maximum number of seat rows
• Astromega = name of the double deck integrals

In 1991, an updated ‘T8 New Look’ was introduced. But this was called the T9 in its North American version. Production was ended in the late 1990s, following the introduction of the new (European) T9 platform.

A-series transit bus

In the 1980s, European countries started to move away from standard bus designs, leaving the design of transit buses to the manufacturers. Van Hool’s response was the development of the A-series transit buses. The first member, the A500, was introduced in 1985. A complete family would follow, again following a clear naming convention. For example, in ‘AG500’:

• A = Autobus (transit bus)
• G = Geleed (articulated)
• 500 = height of the floor, in millimeters

Production of the A-series continued into the early 21st century, when it was replaced by the newA-series.

Current products

T9 series touring coaches

The new T9 series (not to be confused with the US T9 series, which corresponds with the European T8 New Look) was launched in 1995. It included a completely new body design, as well as many other improvements. The same philosophy as with the T8 was applied: one platform, many different versions. Also, the naming convention was retained. Over the years, many new variants have been developed, making the T9-series the most extensive series of motorcoaches available today. Different models (all available in at least 2 lengths, see ‘products’ below) include the Atlino and Atlon, so-called double earners, with different floor heights, the Alicron, Acron and Astron, standard touring coaches with different heights and thus different luggage space, the Altano, which has an underfloor cockpit, the Astronef, which features a sloping theatre-style floor, and the double deck Astromega.

Additionally, the T9 body is also available on chassis by Scania, Volvo and VDL, though only in Sweden and on the British Isles. These motorcoaches are referred to as Alizee (single deck) and Astrobel (double deck).

TX series touring coaches

A Megabus Van Hool TDX27 Astromega at Buchanan Bus Station

At Busworld 2011 in Kortrijk, Belgium, Van Hool presented the successor to the T9 series. The new series is called TX.

newA series transit buses

In 2001, Van Hool introduced the newA series transit buses, replacing the A series. It featured a new body design and many other improvements. A complete family was developed, with different length and configurations.

ExquiCity BRT solution

In April 2011 Van Hool launched a new Multi Propulsion Platform called ExquiCity, aimed specifically at the BRT market. The bus has the styling and comfort of a tram, with the flexibility and cost of a bus. The ExquiCity was launched in two lengths, the single-articulated ExquiCity 18 and the double-articulated ExquiCity 24. Both are available as trolley buses, diesel-electric hybrids, fuel-cell hybrids or full-electric buses. First orders were placed by the Italian city of Parma (ExquiCity 18 trolley) and the French city of Metz (ExquiCity 24 diesel electric hybrid). A mock-up was presented at the UITP Congress in Dubai.

EX series touring coaches

A Van Hool EX16M produced in Macedonia. Shown at the IAA 2014

At the Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung 2014 in Hanover, Germany, Van Hool presented a new series of touring coaches for the European market. This new line is called EX. It is produced in the Van Hool factory in Skopje, the capital of the Republic of Macedonia. Macedonia is considered to be alow-wage country where production costs are much lower than in Belgium.

Product range (North America)

Due to American Federal Safety requirements and other unique factors, only highway touring coaches were introduced in the US initially. Transit coaches by Van Hool were not introduced until 2002. Currently, Van Hool has four separate product lines for sale: the T21-series deluxe touring coaches, the C20-series touring coaches, the

Van Hool TD925 double-decker coach

TD925 double-decker coach, and the A-series transit buses. Van Hool’s exclusive dealer in the US is ABC Companies.

Discontinued products

T8 series touring coach

The T815 was first introduced to the US market in 1987. Later subsequent models are collectively known as the T8 series. The earliest use Cummins L10 diesels. Later versions use Cummins M11 diesels.

It was available as 30, 40 and 45 foot length versions.

T9 series touring coach

T9 series are almost identical to the T8 series visually, and are largely identical mechanically as well, except for incremental updates. T9 series upgraded the suspension airbags to larger heavy-duty versions, as well as upgraded front axle to disc brakes instead of drum brakes. However, many of the earliest T9’s indeed lack these upgrades. What’s even more interesting, Van Hool’s VIN consider T8 and T9 to be the same family.

1997 Van Hool T945

It was available as 40-foot (T940) or extended 45-foot (T945) versions.

Current products

T21 series luxury touring coach

Introduced in 1996 and based on the European T9 platform, the T21 series features an updated stream-line design and more engine choices. Whereas T8 and T9 series are almost exclusively powered by Cummins diesel engines, T21 are available with Cummins M11 plus engine, Detroit Diesel series 60 engine, or the latest Caterpillar C13 ACERT “clean diesel” engine. Most recent versions simplified the windshield into 2 panes only, replaced headlight assemblies with individual projector lamps, and consolidated the driver console.

Van Hool T2145 at Harbor and Katella in Anaheim © Andrew Novak

Available as 40-foot (T2140) or extended 45-foot (T2145) versions.

C20 series touring coach

Introduced as a lower-cost coach intended for long-line duty, the C20 series, with similar European looks to the T21 series, was introduced in 2000 to the US market. C20 is available with Cummins ISX12 or Detroit Diesel DD13 engine. Previous generations could also be equipped with Cummins M11 plus, Detroit Diesel series 60 and Caterpillar C13 engine. Both Allison B500 automatic and ZF AS Tronic automated gearboxes are available.

Greyhound operates a fleet of C2045s along with its MCI buses in Michigan.

SD956 Megabus Van Hool C2045E

Available as extended 45-foot (C2045) version only. Current model is C2045E.

A3 transit bus series

An AC Transit 30-foot Van Hool A300K bus

The popularity of A3 series in Europe led Van Hool and ABC to partner with AC Transit (Alameda and Contra Costa counties, California) to demo the A3 series as a future transit alternative in 2002. The A330 and AG300 low floor transit coaches formally entered service in AC transit fleet in June 2003. AC Transit now has over 330 Van Hool buses either in its fleet or on order as of August 2009.

Van Hool is building 16 hydrogen fuel cell buses for the USA at present (August 2009). These buses are powered by fuel cells from UTC Power and lithium batteries from EnerDell. Twelve of the buses are being purchased by AC Transit and four by CT Transit of Hartford Connecticut. This project is unusual in that the buses have been designed from the ground up as fuel cell buses and are designed, built, and integrated by a single manufacturer.

Van Hool AG 300 – CTS – Strasbourg

The AG300 is an articulated 60-foot bus, while the A330 is a 40-foot bus.

In 2008, AC Transit took delivery of a fleet of new model A300L forty-foot buses. These buses are unique in the US market as they have their engines mounted in the wheelbase which makes their ride quality extremely stable and smooth. The new layout capitalizes on basic architectural design of the A300L’s earlier released little brother the 30-foot A300K (K stands for kort, “short” in Dutch and L for lang, “long”). A recent survey of AC Transit riders overwhelmingly approves of the design and quality of the new buses.

Salt Lake City (Utah Transit Authority) has purchased ten A300L 40-foot buses for its MAX Bus Rapid Transit system. These buses differ from AC Transit’s A300Ls as they have three doors and are equipped for cold weather and high altitude operations. They have also recently placed an order for four more because of overwhelmingly positive support of the first 10 buses and the “MAX” BRT service they operate.

York Region Transit (north of Toronto, Ontario) uses the A330 and AG300 buses on its Viva routes, though the A330 buses are being transferred to the conventional YRT service as more Nova LFX buses arrive for the Viva services. The Reseau de transport de Longueuil (south of Montreal, Quebec) also uses the AG300 buses, and was the first to use Van Hool transit buses in North America (AG700) in 1989.

Van Hool AG 700 Divia 707

Washington, D.C.‘s Circulator uses the A330 buses. These 29 buses were purchased from AC Transit in 2005. In addition to the A330 models, the Circulator now uses the new A300K buses, which first went into service in April 2009. The Circulator recently took delivery of 14 A300K, 31-foot buses to build out its route structure. The A300K was chosen because of its unique ability to do the work of forty-foot buses for nearly all operations in the smaller envelope and with the smaller engine of a midi bus.

FirstTransit took delivery of 12 A300Ls and 4 AG300s in early 2009, for use on the University of Minnesota Campus Connector.

Baltimore, Maryland‘s Charm City Circulator have recently ordered and since put 5 A300Ls into service early 2011. The A300L was a supplement order to their already existing but rehabbing Designline buses.

Van Hool A300L

TD925 Astromega double-deck touring motorcoach

The TD925 Astromega is a closed-top US-spec double decker motorcoach that is a variant of the TD925 Astromega coach available in Europe.

Products

A Van Hool TD925 bus in New York City

A Van Hool C2045-L in New York

Van Hool T916 Astronef

Transit buses

Europe

• A308 midibus, full low floor, with side-mounted engine. Also available as diesel-electric hybrid
• A309 midibus, low entry (low floor up to the second door). Also available as diesel-electric hybrid
• A320 standard bus (out of production)
• A300 standard bus, full low floor, with side-mounted engine. Also available as diesel-electric hybrid
• A300 CNG standard bus
• A360 standard bus, low entry. Also available as diesel-electric hybrid
• A330 standard bus, full low floor, engine placed horizontally in the back. Also available as diesel-electric hybrid
• A330 CNG standard bus
• AG300 articulated bus, also available as diesel-electric hybrid
• AGG300 bi-articulated bus
• A330T trolleybus
• AG300T articulated trolleybus
• AG300 CNG articulated bus
• ExquiCity 18 articulated BRT bus (diesel electric hybrid, trolley, fuel cell or electric)
• ExquiCity 24 bi-articulated BRT bus (diesel electric hybrid, trolley, fuel cell or electric)
• A308E Electric bus

North America

• newA300K 30 ft bus, shortened A300L
• newA300L 40 ft full low floor bus, side-mounted midship engine
• newA330 40 ft full low floor bus, side-mounted rear engine
• newAG300 60 ft articulated full low floor bus, side-mounted midship engine

Touring coaches

Europe

• T915 Atlon

Van Hool T916 Atlon

• T916 Atlon

• TX11 Alicron

Van Hool TX15 Acron

• TX15 Alicron
• TX16 Alicron

• TX15 Acron

2014 Van Hool TX 17 Acron © bertiewillemsen

• TX16 Acron
• TX17 Acron
• TX18 Acron

van-hool-tx16astron TX16 Astron

• TX17 Astron

Van Hool TX17 Astronef

• TX15 Astronef

Van Hool TX 16 Astronef TX16 Astronef

• TX17 Astronef

• TX17 Altano

Van Hool TX18 Altano TX18 Altano

• TX19 Altano

A Van Hool EX15H available 2015

• TDX20 Altano
• TDX21 Altano

Van Hool TDXAltanoScania01a

• TDX25 Astromega

TDX27 Astromega

• EX15H (Available 2015)

2015-van-hool-ex-16m EX16M (Available 2015)

• EX17H (Available 2015)

North America

TX40 +TX45

CX45

Van Hool TD 925 Astromega TD925 Astromega USA

DAF/Van Hool-bus van de TET in de jaren zeventig.

Van Hool-FIAT 320R-touringcar van de NBM.

Van Hool-bus van de NMVB in Brussel in de jaren tachtig.

Van Hool AGG300 van voormalig GVU Utrecht.

Van Hool-bus van TEC.

Van Hool-trolleybus in Gent.

Van Hool A330FC waterstofbus in Connexxion-uitvoering.

Een Van Hool T915 Alicron van Beuk.

EOS 233

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2003-van-hool-c2000-capital-trailways-of-alabama © Robert Redden

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RAGHENO Buses, Trams, Wagons + Coaches Mechelen Belgium 1851-1960

Usines RAGHENO

Mechelen Belgium

Between the current Leopold Street and the Willem Geetsstraat founded a sure William R about 1850 the Usines R on. of these buildings only the name remains standing. Of the buildings that were built later on this place is the history to determine with certainty. We do know that since 1928 monarch successively a furniture factory, a factory and a furniture factory was located again. Finally, a toy company in 2002 left the buildings.  Every Malinois knows “the arsenal”, the Central workshop of the Belgian railways. Because the growth in the rail industry at one time, was no longer to keep up with the ferry company decided to outsource a number of assignments to private enterprises. To and around the arsenal were different private initiatives. In 1850 founded the Brussels native William R (1820-1867), whose father also worked as an engineer in the arsenal, a forge for the production of(cast iron) railroad components. The company grew further and delivered over time fully finished coaches and specially designed wagons on the Belgian railways. The second half of the years around the arsenal the factories 18OO turned on full blast. But shortly after the turn of the century started to reduce orders for the Belgian market. There had to be so looked forward to other markets and other products. R built for the Dutch to Chinese market rail carriages. But they were also involved in the construction of buses. At his death left William R to the city a sum of money from his estate. The interest was to serve for the training of worker children. In 1872 was a square named after him. As far as I know turned a part of the R-factory still well into the 1960s.

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1925

 

1926

1927

1930 Willeme Ragheno

1933 Brossel Ragheno

 

1933 Brossel Ragheno

1933

 

 

1935 Willeme Ragheno

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1938-ragheno-autocar-sabena-bel

1938-ragheno-brossel-bel

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Poirot

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1940 brossel-a-65-ds-ragheno

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1952-cfv3v-sncb-4610-ragheno

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1956-guy-raghano-belgië

1956-brossel-a96-dar-leyland-ragheno

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Brothers Emile + Léon NAGANT Liège Belgium 1859-1931

Nagant

Fabrique d’armes Émile et Léon Nagant (Nagant)

Former type	Private
Industry	firearms
Fate	Acquired
Founded	1859 in Liège, Belgium
Founder(s)	Émile Nagant, Léon Nagant
Defunct	1931
Headquarters	Liège, Belgium
Area served	Worldwide
Products	firearms
Parent	Impéria
References: Major contributors to the design of the Mosin-Nagant service rifle by Russia and then by the USSR

Nagant Phaeton 1910

The firm Fabrique d’armes Émile et Léon Nagant was established in 1859 in Liège, Belgium, to manufacture firearms.

Émile (born 1830) and Léon (born 1833) Nagant were brothers, and probably best known for their important contributions to the design of the Mosin-Nagant Russian service rifle, adopted in 1891. This introduction to the Tsar‘s military administration led to the adoption, in 1895, of the Nagant M1895 revolver as their standard-issue sidearm. By this time, Émile’s progressive blindness had led to his withdrawal from the firm which had been renamed “L. Nagant & Cie, Liège.”

1900 Nagant-Gobron 14-15 CV Type C Victoria fl3q

Car manufacture

Later, the firm moved to the manufacture of automobiles; Nagant made cars under licence of the French firm Rochet-Schneider. Nagant cars were made from 1900 to 1927 or 1928. The firm was taken over by Impéria in 1931.

1907 Nagant Monte Carlo

1909 Nagant Type D 14slash16-HP

1910 Nagant

1914 Rochet-Schneider

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motor(cycles), cars, trucks, buses, MINERVA Antwerp Belgium IMPERIA

Minerva 

motor(cycles)

cars

trucks

buses

Société Anonyme Minerva Motors

Industry	automobiles
Fate	dissolved
Founded	Antwerp, Belgium (1900)
Founder(s)	Sylvain de Jong
Defunct	1956
Products	bicycles, motorcycles, automobiles, Buses,

The Minerva was a prominent Belgian luxury automobile manufactured from 1902 until 1938. The company became defunct in 1956.

 History

In 1883, a young Dutchman, Sylvain de Jong (1868–1928) settled in Antwerp, Belgium.

Bicycles and motorcycles

A man on a Minerva motorized bicycle in Australia near the turn of the 20th century, by Alice Manfield

1902 Minerva 211 cc

1903 Romania 1¾ pk (Minerva)

1908 Minerva 432 cc (8 pk) zijklepper

1910 Minerva motorcycle

Small Minerva later BSA

Minerva started out manufacturing standard safety bicycles in 1897, before in 1900 expanding into light cars and “motocyclettes”, particularly motorized bicycles which were a forerunner of motorcycles.

They produced lightweight clip-on engines that mounted below the bicycle front down tube, specifically for Minerva bicycles, but also available in kit form suitable for almost any bicycle. The engine drove a belt turning a large gear wheel attached to the side of the rear wheel opposite to the chain. By 1901 the kit engine was a 211cc unit developing 1.5 hp, comfortably cruising at 30 km/h (19 mph) at 1,500 rpm, capable of a top speed of 50 km/h (31 mph), and getting fuel consumption in the range of 3 L/100 km (94 mpg_-imp; 78 mpg_-US). These kits were exported around the world to countries including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Australia, and other British territories of the time.

As engine power increased, frame ruptures became increasingly common, and by 1903 Minerva had developed an in-frame design for their bicycles, with the engine mounted above the bottom bracket, while still also offering the clip-on kit. From 1904 Minerva began focussing more on car production, and while development and production of the Minerva motorized bicycles and motorcycles continued through to about 1909, they increasingly became a less significant part of the company.

Minerva engines exported to the UK powered the very first Triumph, among others. Motorcycle production would continue until 1909 or 1914, and during this period Minerva became one of the world’s premier names in motorcycles and motorcycle engines. (For instance Chater-Lea produced Minerva-engines in the UK.)

Automobiles

In 1902 De Jong added cars to his production as well with a 6 hp four-cylinder model. In 1903 he founded Société Anonyme Minerva Motors in Berchem (Antwerp). Volume car production began in 1904 with a range of two-, three- and four-cylinder models with chain drive and metal clad wooden chassis and the Minervette cyclecar. The 8-litre Kaiserpreis won the Belgian Circuit des Ardennes race in 1907.

1931 Minerva 8 AL Rollston Convertible Sedan

Charles S Rolls (of future Rolls-Royce fame) was a Minerva dealer in England selling the 2.9-litre 14 hp (10 kW). The most important market for the manufacturer remained England, where at £105 the small 636 cc single-cylinder Minervette was the cheapest car on the market, followed by the Netherlands and France.

In 1908, Minerva obtained a worldwide Knight Engine license. The Knight motor, developed by Charles Yale Knight in the United States, used double sleeve valves and ran almost silently. All future Minervas would use these engines. Sporting successes continued with the new engines including the Austrian Alpine Trials and Swedish Winter Trials. Customers for the Minerva would include kings of Belgium, Sweden and Norway, Henry Ford and the Impressionist Artist Anna Boch.

During World War I Sylvain de Jong and his engineers were based in Amsterdam where they maintained development of their automobiles. Minerva cars were used for hit and run attacks against the Germans initially with rifle fire and light machine guns from simply protected open topped vehicles. These vehicles became increasingly sophisticated until trench warfare robbed them of the mobility needed for their hit and run tactics.

1937 Imperia Minerva AP 22 CV limousine

In 1920, they returned to Belgium to restart the production of luxury cars with the 20CV 3.6-litre four-cylinder and 30CV 5.3-litre six-cylinder models.^[7]The manufacturer’s star rose not only in Europe, but in the United States as well where American film stars, politicians and industrialists appreciated the cars. The Minerva had the same quality as the Rolls-Royce, but was slightly less expensive. In 1923, smaller models were introduced; the 2-litre four-cylinder 15CV and 3.4-litre six-cylinder 20CV with standard four-wheel brakes. In 1927, the 30CV was replaced with the 6-litre AK and also a new 2-litre six, the 12-14, was introduced. Large cars continued to be a specialty of Minerva’s, and in 1930 the then almost-compulsory-for-the-time straight eight was introduced in two sizes; the 6.6-litre AL and the 4-litre AP. The last Minerva was the 2-litre M4 of 1934 but it did not sell well.

With the financial crisis in the 1930s, the company was restructured as Société Nouvelle Minerva but in 1934 merged with the other major Belgian constructor Imperia. Imperia continued to make Minervas for a year and the AP until 1938 and from 1937 badged some of their cars and trucks for export to England and France as Minerva-Imperias. Just before the outbreak of the war, a group of businessmen from Verviers bought out Minerva.

1952 Minerva Land Rover. Note the sloping front faces to the wings

After World War II the company produced a version of the Land Rover under license for the Belgian army up to 1953. There were plans to re-enter the car market but these did not get beyond the prototype stage. The company struggled for survival and made the Continental-engined Land Rover-like C20 until 1956.

That’s it.

Car’s, Buses, Trucks, Tri Cars (AUTO-)MIESSE Anderlecht Belgium

Miesse

Miesse is een Belgisch historisch merk van auto‘s, autobussen, vrachtauto‘s en motorfietsen.

Jules Miesse richtte in 1894 te Anderlecht een werkplaats op, waar hij in 1896 zijn eerste prototype bouwde. Het was een stoomvoertuig. Hij noemde zijn prototype Torpille. Hij noemde zijn auto’s simpelweg Miesse, niet te verwarren met Auto-Miesse. De eerste Miesse’s met stoom werden pas vanaf 1901 verkocht.

Vanaf 1900 produceerde Miesse ook benzinemotoren, waarmee ook enkele motorfietsen werden uitgerust. In mei 1900 behaalde de coureur Mulder met een Miesse-motorfiets (no picture) een overwinning tijdens de kilometer met vliegende start in Diegem.

Daarna volgden personen- en vrachtauto‘s, sommige daarvan uitgerust met een (Bollée) stoommotor. In de vooroorlogse tijd waren de taxi‘s van Miesse een bekend gezicht in Brussel. In1927 stopte de autoproductie en werden enkel nog vrachtauto’s gemaakt. In 1929 nam het Bollinckx over. De nieuwe firma heette Automobiles Miesse et Usines Bollinckx Sociéte Anonyme, welke in 1939 werd verkort tot Auto-Miesse.

1904 Stanley 1911 et Turner-Miesse 1904

In 1972 rolde het laatste voertuig, een autobus, uit de fabriek.

1905 Belgian Englisch Turner Miesse steam car

Auto-Miesse

1904 Turner-miesse 10hp

Auto-Miesse is een Belgisch vrachtwagenmerk voor vrachtwagens en autobuschassis.

Auto-Miesse kwam voort uit de fusie tussen Miesse en Bollinckx. Het was een Belgische producent van vrachtauto’s en autobussen.

Geschiedenis

Miesse werd in 1900 opgericht en bouwde toen stoomwagens en vrachtwagens. Rond 1925 bracht het bedrijf zijn eerste door een benzinemotor aangedreven vrachtwagen op de markt, met een laadvermogen van 5 ton. In 1926 stopte Miesse definitief met het maken van stoomwagens.

1907 MIESSE JULES

Fusie

In 1929, na de fusie met Usines Bollinckx, veranderde de naam in Automobiles Miesse et Usines Bollinckx Societé Anonyme. In 1939 werd deze naam ingekort tot Auto-Miesse.

1909 taxi-miesse

Dieselmotoren

Vanaf 1932 kreeg Miesse toestemming om dieselmotoren van het merk Gardner te gebruiken in zijn vrachtwagens. Deze motoren kenden meestal een 6 of 8 cilinder uitvoering. Omdat deze motoren meer kracht hadden konden er ook zwaardere vrachtwagens geproduceerd worden. In 1939 werd een vrachtwagen met een laadvermogen van 16 ton in productie genomen. In 1946 werd het zwaarste type in productie genomen, een vrachtwagen met 38 ton laadvermogen.

1910 Turner Miesse Wedgwood

Na de Tweede Wereldoorlog concentreerde men zich op zware trucks met motoren van Gardner, later met die van Detroit Diesel en Büssing.

In 1949 werd een montagelijn ingehuldigd van de Nash ‘Airflyte’ Nash Kelvinator Corporation (USA)

Terugloop

Vanaf eind 1968 kreeg Auto-Miesse te maken met concurrentie van grotere vrachtwagenmerken en begon de afname erg terug te lopen. In 1972 moest de fabriek haar poorten sluiten. In dat jaar rolde het laatste voertuig, een autobus, uit de fabriek.

1913 Miesse Petrol Car Syndicate Turner L3

Buses bodybuilder MAES Belgium

MAES

Belgium

1947 Maes DiamondT België

1947 Maes Liberty B

1947 Maes Studebaker België

1948 Maes Berliet B

1948 Maes Citroën B

1948 Maes Citroën interieur B

1948 Maes Mack B

1948 Maes Reo B

1948 Maes Studebaker B

1948 Maes Volvo B

1949 Maes Chevrolet B

1949 Maes Reo B

1950 Maes Pallieter 3 B

1951 Maes Brossel B

1951 Maes Delahaye B

It is a pitty that the tramsportmuseum Belgium does not excist anymore. So I can’t say more about MAES Busbuilders

Buses bodybuilders JONCKHEERE Belgium

 JONCKHEERE

2002 Stadsbus van Yokohama Jonckheere Monaco

2010 Jonckheere Transit 2000 bus in Belgium. De Lijn operator

JONCKHEERE

is een autobusfabriek in het Belgische Beveren bij Roeselare. Tot 2011 voerde het bedrijf de naam Jonckheere, Nu is het een onderdeel van VDL (van de Roeselare) Daarover bij de V.

Geschiedenis

1930 Jonckheere Willeme

Henri Jonckheere

Het bedrijf startte in 1881 als koetsenatelier. De oprichter was Henri Jonckheere (1851-1910). Het atelier kwam er op de plaats waar hij voordien een herberg met smidse uitbaatte. Voor de bouw van paardenwagens en koetsen stelde hij heel wat mannen uit het dorp tewerk. Vanaf 1902, met de opkomst van de automobiel, werden ook koetswerken voor auto’s gemaakt. Aanvankelijk waren dit houten koetswerken die op het chassis van beroemde auto’s zoals Minerva, Rolls Royce en FN werden gebouwd. Jonckheere was daarmee één van de oudste Europese carrosseriebouwers.

1930 Citroën T45 Jonckheere

In 2005 werd de Brabantstraat waar een deel van het latere bedrijf Jonckheere gevestigd was, omgedoopt tot de Henri Jonckheerestraat als verwijzing naar de stichter van een van de belangrijkste bedrijven uit Beveren.

Joseph Jonckheere

1930 jonckheere mercedes benz

Vanaf 1922 richtte zoon en opvolger Joseph Jonckheere zich meer op het bouwen van autobussen en touringcars. In de jaren 1930 werd de productie van automobielkoetswerken stopgezet. In Beveren zelf waren er dan meerdere carrosseriebedrijven waardoor de concurrentie er moordend was. Het bedrijf hield zich toen niet alleen met carrosserieën bezig, maar waagde zich ook aan lichte en zware plaatconstructies. Voor die deeltak richtten Joseph en zijn zoon Henri in 1947 de firma Sadef in Gits op. Het bedrijf in Beveren zou zich daarna weer op carrosserieën toeleggen. Het was ondertussen Belgisch marktleider voor autobussen geworden. Na de Tweede Wereldoorlog nam de behoefte aan wegtransport toe. Jonckheere speelde hierop in en het productengamma werd verder gediversifieerd.

Henri Jonckheere

1936 minervabus Jonckheere

Vanaf 1964 leidde Henri Jonckheere, kleinzoon van de stichter, het bedrijf. Het honderdjarig bestaan van het bedrijf werd in 1981 gevierd met een nieuwe touringcar die de naam ‘Jubilee’ mee kreeg. De opvolgers ‘Deauville’ en ‘Mistral’ werden eveneens succesvol.

VDL

1946 Jonckheere Ford v8 b

In 1994 werd het bedrijf opgekocht door de Berkhof Groep. Die groep werd in 1998 opgekocht door de VDL Groep. In 2003 voerde de VDL Groep naamsveranderingen door, waardoor het busbouwbedrijf werd ingelijfd bij de ‘VDL Bus Groep‘ en vanaf nu werd aangeduid als ‘VDL Jonckheere’. De busjesbouwer Denolf en Depla, die sinds 1991 onderdeel was van de Berkhof Groep en in 1993 nog een nieuwe vestiging kreeg, werd opgeheven en de productlijn ging op in de Jonckheere-fabriek. Op 25 september 2010 veranderde de naam ‘VDL Bus Groep’ in de naam ‘VDL Bus & Coach’. De naam Jonckheere is in 2011 geheel komen te vervallen. Bussen die in de fabriek worden geproduceerd, krijgen nu de merknaam VDL.

1946 Scania Vabis Jonckheere België

1948 Auto Miesse Jonckheere België

1948 Volvobuss Med Jonckheere kaross.

1951 jonckheere aec bus

1951 jonckheere chevrolet-perkins bus

1952 JONCKHEERE DAF

1952 Jonckheere Brossel Chevrolet Perkins

1953 Brossel A77 DLV Jonckheere België

1953 Jonckheere Magirus Deutz België

1954 Van Hool – Jonckheere Sammlung

1955 jonckheere brossel bus

1956 Jonckheere daf16-ansichtkaart

1957 DAF autobus met Jonckheere opbouw

1957 Jonckheere Auto Miesse Bus

1957 Jonckheere DAF bus

1958 Auto Miesse Jonckheere Bus

1958 Leo Kors bus-18-daf-jonckheere

1958 Van Hool Jonckheere brussels museum van hool

1958 AEC Jonckheere atom omnibus © VDL Jonckheere

1959 DAF B1500 P533 DAF carr Jonckheere GTW 19

1959 Jonckheere mercedes benz O302 bus

1959 O302 Mercedes Benz Jonckheere Alt © Serge Pietgen

1959-daf-b1502-ds533-jonckheere-bus-20-21

1960 DAF TB 160 DS 520 DAF carr Jonckheere GTW20

1960 DAF TB160DS520 carr. Jonckheere, Roeselaere, B TB-86-84

1961 Jonckheere Guy bus

1962 BAK 16-1 Büssing Jonckheere

1962 DAF JONCKHEERE

1962 Jonckheere Verleyen AEC

1963 JONCKHEERE Sedert 1881

1964 DAF carr. Jonckheere

1964 DAF Jonckheere bus Rijkswacht B

1964 DAF JONCKHEERE

1964 Jockheere stic43

1964 JONCKHEERE AEC 1144

1964 Jonckheere Scania Vabis bus © Arie van der Vaart

1964 JONCKHEERE Solenza op DAF

1965 DAF TB BOVA Jonckheere © Fraassen

1965 Mercedes-Benz O 321 H Jonckheere bodywork

1966 Jonckheere Daf TB bus

1967 Leyland, RTW Jonckheere

1967 staan aan het station van Doornik twee Jonckheere-Volvo van de exploitant

Chaval klaar voor een volgende rit. © P Shearman

1968 AEC-Jonckheere © Verleyen

1968 Daf jonckheere

1968 Volvo B57 60 Jonckheere

1970 Daf Jonckheere Bus Philips

1970 DAF Jonckheere Texel

1970 DAF Jonkheere

1970 jonckheere TB 2100 daf bus

1971 DAF Jonckheere EHAD Philips Special

1971 daf touringcar met Jonckheere opbouw

1971 DAF-Jonckheerebus 44 van Mulder uit Hoensbroek

1972 DAF Jonkheere

1972 DAF-Jonckheere Rijkswacht

1972-vdl-jonckheere-bussen-voor-ghana-roeselare © Paul Bennink

1972 Volvo Jonckheere 60 23 GB

1973 Volvo Solenza Jonckheere 11900cc 280ps

1974 DAF, SB1602DH530 Jonckheere

1974 Jonckheere Dafb

1974 Jonckheere leyland bus

1975 SCANIA BR86+Jonckheere

1976 Eagle M31Jonckheere Bus

1976 Jonckheere Nefkens2

1977 SCANIA BR145 Jonckheere

1977 Volvo B58-60-Jonckheere semi-tourwagen met 54 zitplaatsen Schutte48

1977 VOLVO JONCKHEERE B59-55S

1978 Jonckheere leyland worldmaster bus

1980 Jonckheere TransCity Volvo Litouwen

1981 Jonckheere Jubilee Estland

1981 Jonckheere jubilee

1982 Jamaica-Volvo VDL Jonckheere Bus

1982 Jonckheere Litouwen

1982 Jonckheere

1983 JONCKHEERE Jubilee

1984 Jonckheere Mercedes Benz Bermuda

1988 Jonckheere Deauville België

1990 128 ESA 182 arch JHarmsen 182 Magirus Deutz M130-R81 Jonckheere

1990 Futura FVD BOVA Jonckheere

1991 Volvo Berkhof Duvedec Jonckheere

1992 Volvo Jonckheere Arrow 50 Denemarken

1993 Jonckheere Scania Jubilee Estland

1996 Volvo Jonkheere in Oban Scotland

1997 Jonckheere Volvo Communo

1997 JONCKHEERE Mistral (Car&Bus)

1998 Volvo Berkhof Jonckheere 2000NL NoordNed 4748-III

1998 Brussels A Volvo B10M Jonckheere bus Marcel Sloover

1999 Berkhof Jonckheere GVB469

1999 JONCKHEERE Mistral 70 Millennium (Car&Bus)

1999 JONCKHEERE TRANSIT 2000 (Car&Bus)

2000 Jonckheere Premier

2001 Jonckheere Catherine de Buyl Horse Insurance © BuzzyBeeForum

 

2001 JONCKHEERE Immage

2002 Berkhof Jonckheere VDL 2000NL

2002 B-DAF Jonckheere TB 2100-Belgian Army

2002 JONCKHEERE Arrow

2002 Jonckheere Monaco UK

2002 JONCKHEERE Procity Peugeot

2002 Premier-Solingen Berkhof Trolley

2002 ST2000 als BBA T-bus

2002 Stadsbus van Yokohama Jonckheere Monaco

2003 Berkhof Jonckheere GVB173

2004 Jonckheere Volvo 331447 van Modern Toerisme

2004 Procity of Parade BR-HG-37(NL)

2005 Jonckheere Mistral 70 Volvo

2006 Citea

2006 Parade-Procity

2006 Pro City Frysker bus

2006 ST2000 van Novio uit Nijmegen

2007 Diplomat

2007 Futura hoogdekker

2007 Jonckheere Transit

2007 Parade1902

2007 TCT-NEW-Jonckheere-Kortrijk-VP

2008 Ambassador 200

2008 Citea

2008 Jamaica-Volvo VDL Jonckheere Articulated Bus

2008 Jonckheere Transit 2000 België

2009 Ambassador

2009 APTS Phileas 1203

2009 Lexio Bus in Mannheim

2009 Mistral 30

2009 Premier

2010 Ambassador

2010 Citea

2010 Jonckheere Transit 2000 bus in Belgium. De Lijn operator

2010 Mistral 50

2011 Ambassador van Connexxion die op proef in Arnhem op waterstof rijdt en een wielnaafaandrijving heeft

2011 Citea CLF 120 Hybrid

2011 Jonckheere SH UK

2011 Jonckheere SHV

2011 Mistral 50 Jamaica

2012 Citea XLE

2012 Futura

2012 Jonckheere SHV

2013 Synergy

2014 Citea SLFA

THE END

 

 

Buses, Trucks, Cars, Firebrigade, DASSE Belgium

Buses, Trucks, Cars, Firebrigade, DASSE Belgium

 

Dasse

Dasse is een Belgisch historisch merk van tricars, auto‘s, brandweerauto‘s, autobussen en vrachtauto‘s.

De bedrijfsnaam was: Gérard Dasse, Dison.

Gérard Dasse was een technicus die zich toelegde op elektrische installaties en loodgieten. Samen met zijn zonen Armand en Yvan bouwde hij in 1894 een eerste tricar, met een horizontale 2½ pk-motor. De machine had één voor- en twee achterwielen. Bij de volgende, die in 1895 of 1897 werd gemaakt, was het andersom. De tweede machine volgde dus meer de lijnen die Léon Bollée had uitgezet.Deze tricar van Dasse was watergekoeld.

In 1896 werd een quadricycle gebouwd, en in 1898 weer een tricar (dit was de eerste die verkocht werd).

Dasse zou zich tot ca. 1930 echter bezighouden met de productie van auto‘s, brandweerauto‘s, autobussen en vrachtauto‘s.

 1898 Dasse

1899 Dasse

1899 Dasse

1900 Dasse driewieler

1904 Dasse Rear Entrance Tonneau

1907 Dasse Marguerite Brandweerwagen

1908 Dasse

1909 Dasse

 

1910 Dasse Spider

1911 DASSE VERVIERS

1912 Dasse Baybe

1912 Dasse Torpedo

1914 Dasse 1500 f België

1914 Dasse 1500 Open België

1922 Dasse Torpedo

1923 Dasse Type B

1924 Dasse

1924 Dasse Militaire

1930 Dasse bus

1931 Dasse België

FIN

Filed Under: BELGIUM, BUSES, Cars, DASSE, Firebrigade, Trucks

Buses SILVER EAGLE Germany-Belgium-USA

SILVER EAGLE Buses Germany-Belgium-USA

Eagle Bus

Eagle Bus, (in full, Silver Eagle Bus Manufacturing, Inc.), is an American bus manufacturing company with a long history. During a period of over four decades, some 8,000 Eagle coaches were built in four countries on two continents. The coaches have been a common sight on American highways and have been associated with Continental Trailways for over three decades.

History

Trailways Golden Eagle on display at the Hershey Antique Automobile Museum.

The first 54 Eagles were Golden Eagles built by the German company Kässbohrer.

1958 EAGLE Setra Golden Eagle Gelenkzug(Articulated) Kässbohrer Fahrzeugwerke Rolls Royce Diesel 275ps 1956

 They were part of an order for 200 highway coaches manufactured under a contract with Continental Trailways. Of this original group, four were articulated. All of these coaches were of the “Setra Design” which meant that they had a chassis-less frame called selbst tragend (self-carrying). The bus was called Setra, a name formed from the first letters of those two words. A slightly less highly equipped model, called “Silver Eagle” because of its stainless steel (“silver”) siding, became the standard fleet bus for Continental Trailways.

In the late 1950s, Kässbohrer announced its decision to concentrate on European coaches. At this point, Continental Trailways formed its own company, Bus & Car Co, N.V., in partnership with the Belgian company La Brugeoise and established its own factory in Belgium. Kässbohrer fulfilled its commitment under the contract with Trailways and Bus & Car picked up production. The Trailways Eagles provided a more comfortable ride than Greyhound Lines MCI coaches. During the middle 1960′s, Trailways and Greyhound ran competitive services on the Boston and New York route with hourly departure schedules. This allowed frequent travelers to draw comparisons between the lines’ equpiment. The Eagles were warmer in the winters, had a softer ride, better upholstery and cushioning on the seats and a quieter cabin.

A small number of other models were built in Belgium for different markets through 1968. In 1968 the Model 05 was introduced and was produced in Belgium.

In the early 1970s, drivers referred to Old Eagles and New Eagles. The Old Eagles had the tag axle behind the drive axle, like a MCI. The New Eagles had the tag axle located forward of the drive axle which made them interesting to drive. The front suspension was very soft with a lot of travel, and since the tag axle torsion bar was pushing the front end up also, some drivers said it was like driving a diving board. The front end went up and down at the slightest provocation and occasionally the driver had to grip the steering wheel to remain seated. Some New Eagles had air ride seats, and some drivers would take the hydraulic jack from the tool kit and set it under the seat to reduce its motion.

In 1974 Eagle International, Inc. started building coaches in Brownsville, Texas, and for two years, the Model 05 was built both in Belgium and Texas. Since 1976, all US-bound coaches have been built in Texas. The Model 10 was introduced with many design changes in 1980. In 1985 the Model 15 was introduced making the standard bus 102 inches wide, then four years later coaches could be ordered 45 feet long. In 1987 Greyhound purchased Trailways and Eagle International, Inc. The name was then changed to Eagle Bus Mfg. Inc. In the 1990s, Greyhound declared bankruptcy, which also included all of its subsidiaries including Eagle Bus Mfg. Inc. Some Eagles were being made, mostly “Entertainer Coaches” for celebrities.

In the late 1990s the company was split and moved to two locations in Mexico. Mexico has a high demand for seated buses and Eagles were built for that market – all with the Eagle Ride “Torsilastic Suspension”.

Eagle Buses today

As of January 2007, Silver Eagle Bus Mfg offers the following models: Model 15 in 38 ft, 40 ft, and 45 ft versions, Model 20 in 38 ft, 40 ft, and 45 ft versions, and the new design Model 25 in 40 ft and 45 foot. The only significant difference between the Model 15 and Model 20 is the width of the body – the Model 15 is 102 inches wide and the Model 20 is the classic 96 inch width body. One of the design changes incorporated into the Model 25 is the height of the body. A similar design analogy could be made by comparing the MCI ‘D’ series with the MCI ‘E’ series buses. The Model 25 is 102 inches wide, and (at the time of this writing) has not yet been certified and completely tested for US Government standards required for intercity buses, so it can only be ordered as a shell for conversion into an ‘Entertainer Coach’ or built as a ‘House Car’.

At the time of this writing, all three models are available with a choice of Cummins, Detroit Diesel Series 60, or Caterpillar engines. Two transmissions are available, the fully automatic Allison 500 series or the standard Eaton Autoshift.

Once again “Eagle Coaches” were planned on being made in Brownsville, Texas. As of June 19, 2009 Silver Eagle had reviewed sites in middle and western Tennessee as well as Ohio, Michigan, Alabama, and Mississippi and negotiated with several communities before choosing to break ground on a new location in Gallatin, Tennessee. Officials from Silver Eagle joined Governor Phil Bredesen, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Matt Kisber, and local officials in announcing the project. Silver Eagle Bus Mfg has brought together all of the jigs and blueprints from the original Eagles to make the classic “Eagle” once again, plus they have introduced a newer design.

As of April 2010 Silver Eagle Manufacturing has produced one single Model 25 Tour Shell Coach which has received less than stellar reviews in the cosmetic department. Prior to moving from Brownsville they had an in-process 35 foot Model 20. Here under I Show him.

Silver Eagle Model 25 bus is manufactured by Silver Eagle Bus Mfg. in Brownsville, Texas, USA.

1960 Eagle articulated 1960 Continental Trailways Articulated Golden Eagle

1961 Eagle

1961 Eagle demonstration bus

1962 Eagle TRAEN BV Belgium

1963 Silvereagle USA

1964 Eagle service uit Belgie

1964 Eagle van Maarse en Kroon en NZH NL

1964 Silvereagle pubb

1965 Silvereagle

1966 Silver Eagle-01 5773 Continental Trailways © Daniel Marra

1966 Silvereagle  Bus & Car NL

1968 Eagle old inconstitutional

1968 Silver Eagles #100 © Hank Suderman Collection

1969 Silver Eagle 07

1970 Eagle 10 6x2v

1971 Eagle number 45118 Trailways Model 10

1972 Eagle M12b Bus & Car België

1972 Silver Eagle Detroit V71 8cyl 9300cc motor België

1972 Silver Eagle 09

1975 Eagle 16 Bus&Car België Caterpillar 6cyl 10400cc

1976 EAGLE 16 CATERPILLAR

1984 EAGLE Int Model 10

1988 EAGLE 35

1988 EAGLE 35+40+45

1988 EAGLE Greyhound

1988 EAGLE Model 15

1988 EAGLE Model 20

Bussen EAGLE 05

Bussen Eagle 15 6×2

Eagle 16 Caterpillar

Eagle 16

Eagle 45ft, Right Side

Bussen Eagle’s © Hank Suderman Collection

 EAGLE-MOL BUS

 EAGLE-MOL M15

EAGLE-MOL M17

EAGLE-MOL M20C

SILVEREAGLE REBUILD

ENDE   EINDE   FIN   END 

Filed Under: Allison, BELGIUM, Bus & Car, Busbuilder, BUSES, Caterpillar, Cummins, Detroit Diesel, EAGLE Silver or Golden, Eaton, GERMANY, GREYHOUND, Kässbohrer, MCI, Rolls Royce, SETRA, SILVEREAGLE, USA

Buses Bodybuilder Carette DESOT Gits Belgium

Carrosserie Carette DESOT Gits Belgium

http://www.transportmuseum.be/desot.htm

Deze site van het Belgisch Transportmuseum is al heel lang under construction. Veel wijzer worden we daar dus niet.

1949 Scania Vabis van Carrosserie Remi Desot

Dit plaatje geeft wel een mooi beeld van de kleinschaligheid van dit bedrijf waar veel mooie en vol chrome afgewerkte bussen vandaan kwamen. Veel waren ook van het merk AUTO MIESSE, ook in een vorig hoofdstuk heb ik daar aandacht voor gehad.

Benelux

Op de Nederlandse markt was zo’n vijftig jaar geleden nog meer dan een dozijn bussenbouwers actief. Van Rooijen, Roset, Medema, Smit Appingedam, Smit Joure, Groenewold, Hoogeveen, Domburg,Werkspoor, Verheul, König, Den Oudsten en ZABO waren allemaal actief naast de nu nog bestaande Hainje (nu VDL Bus Heerenveen), Bova en Kusters, die inmiddels onderdeel zijn van de VDL Groep. Naast DAF bouwde ook Kromhout toen nog chassis‘ en motoren voor autobussen. Een busbedrijf als ESA in Marum bouwde zelfs enkele eigen carrosserieën. Overigens kwam er in 1970, toen een groot aantal van deze fabrieken al verdwenen was, toch nog een nieuwe busbouwer, Berkhof (het huidige VDL Bus Modules), bij.

Aangevuld werden ze met inmiddels verdwenen Belgische merken als Stoelen, Desot, Eagle, Brossel, Auto-Miesse en LAG. Van die diffuse wereld is weinig meer over dan twee grote concerns: Het Belgische Van Hool, met de merken Van Hool en EOS, en het Belgisch-Nederlandse VDL Bus & Coach van de VDL Groep. Qua omvang is van die twee de VDL Groep de grootste, met ruim anderhalf keer de jaarproductie van Van Hool.

Hetzelfde zien we terug in het buitenland. Groot-Brittannië bijvoorbeeld, ooit hofleverancier van de dochterondernemingen van de Nederlandse Spoorwegen, met merken als Leyland, AEC, Crossley en Guy Motors, heeft nog maar één chassisfabriek over: Dennis. Daar worden een paar honderd chassis per jaar geassembleerd. Verder zijn er slechts nog een half dozijn carrosseriefabrieken, als overblijfsel van een rijke industriële traditie.

1972 Miesse Carr. Remi Desot Gits België ©Edward J Busst

Auto Miesse 1960 Desot 1982 Van Hool België © Fernand van de Plas

1962 Auto Miesse Desot 

1962 Auto-Miesse carrosserie Desot (later Jonckheere)

Propably a by Remi Desot built bus

Mercedes met aanhanger gebouwd door carr. Remi Desot voor woestijnreis.

Mobilotel 01 blog Mercedes Remi Desot Garrette 1965 He got the patent for this sort of Hotelbus.

1965 Mobilotel Remi Desot Garette 02 blog

TO MIDDLE EAST BY MOBILOTEL

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Keywords : Kitchen, Trailer, Passenger Car, Recreational Vehicles, Hospitality / Recreation

‘WHILST coach tours to some of the exotic places in the Middle East are becoming increasingly popular, one of the problems of such extended tours is hotel accommodation, particularly in remote yet very often exciting and interesting places. What better solution can there be than to take your own hotel with you!

This solution has been chosen by Sir Henry Lunn Ltd. for a series of new tours they are offering this year to the Holy Land, Asia Minor and India and Pakistan. Named the Mobilotel, the new unit is to be operated by the West Belgium Coach Co., Ostend, for whom Sir Henry Lunn act as general agents. It consists of a 36-seat Mercedes coach, with the latest direct-injection diesel engine, which tows an ingenious trailer fitted with sleeping accommodation.

The trailer was built by Carrosserie Remi Desot Carette, who also built the bodywork of the coach, and is an extensible unit, folding up to a width of 3.49 metres (8 ft. 21 in.) for daily transit. Bunks are arranged in tiers of three, with nine single beds along each side of the trailer in its extended position, and double beds in the centre. Each bed is equipped with a first-class mattress, sheets and blankets, with space to hang clothes and a shelf for small everyday articles. Draw curtains ensure complete privacy for each passenger.

At the rear of the trailer or Mobilotel is a fully-equipped kitchen with refrigerator and full cooking range on which simple meals can be prepared. It is proposed to provide a Continental breakfast and a light supper, other meals being taken in hotels, and four large electric rings are provided on the range. Power for this, the lighting, air conditioning (an essential feature for the typeof climate encountered), refrigerator, and so on, is provided by a portable generator carried beneath the kitchen and erected some distance from the Mobilotel each evening. At the front of the trailer are two wash, basins supplied, together with the sink unit in the kitchen, from a tank above the trailer.

Each evening the Mobilotel will halt at a pre-selected site where adequate toilet and other facilities are available. The Mobilotel is not claimed to be luxurious but is comfortable and practical, offers opportunities for overnight stays at places previously inaccessible or without accommodation and allows “off-beat” tourism throughout the Middle East and into India at prices hitherto impracticable. F.K.M.

I found on december 30, 2013 another foto, this time an Alfa Romeo with a carrosserie DESOT:

Hier een Alfa Romeo (type Mille Gai) met opbouw door Desot aan het Gentse St-Pietersstation. © P Shearman

FIN.

I couldn’t find anymore about DESOT or Carrosserie-Carrette Remi Desot.

Filed Under: AEC, AUTO MIESSE, BELGIUM, BERKHOF, BOVA, Brossel, BUSES,Carrosserie, CROSSLEY, DAF, DEN OUDSTEN, DENNIS, DESOT, GUY, Hainje, Jonckheere, KÖNIG, Kromhout, Kusters & Lemmens, Leyland, Medema, MOBILOTEL, SCANIA VABIS, Smit, Van Hool, VDL, VERHEUL, WERKSPOOR

Weapons, Cars, Buses, Trucks, + Motorcycles, FN Fabrique Nationale d’Armes de Guerre Belgium III

Trucks, Part III FN Herstal Belgium

FN

Fabrique National

Herstal België

 1930 fn truck b

 1932 -1939 fn 32 kip België

 

1932 FN en fourgon intégral

 

1932 fn 32 laadbak België

1932 fn 32 tribenne België

1932 fn 32 voirie België

 1934 fn 34 C10 België

 

1934 FN-Kegress

1937 fn63C België

 

1938 FN en attente à l’ usine België

 

1938 FN Leger truck

1938 fn38M12 België

1939 FN63Cverhuiswagen België

1940 FN Tricar Т3, 3×3

 1947 Trucks FN à trois roues

1947 Trucks FN à trois roues 

1950 fn fire België

1954 FN-Brossel-Miesse 62С4RM, 4×4

1956 FN-4RM-56 België

1958 fn armee Belgique

 1958 fn-62Cb Guy Robaye

1958 fn62F4RM Begië

 1962 fn Cburger2 België

1962 fn cburger3 België

1962 fn Cburger België

 1962 fn c Metz België

1963 fn C2RM België

1963 fn Cmahy Verviers Belgique

 1963 fn fhaven België Berthold de Vynck

fn-4rm-zeilb Police

fn-8cilinderb

fn c10laiterie b

fn pantser belgië

 FN camion militaire Belge

FINI

Filed Under: ARMY, BELGIUM, FIRE & RESCUE, FN, Trucks

 

Weapons, Cars, Buses, Trucks, + Motorcycles, FN Fabrique Nationale d’Armes de Guerre Belgium IV

Final Part IV Motorcycles FN Herstal België

FN

Motorcycles

1899.FN502

 1903 FN

1905 fn5

 1905 FN-363cc-viercilinder

1909 FN

1910 Arbinet FN250cc

1910 fn 4cyl 500cc

1910 FN 498cc Four-Cylinder

 

 1910 FN

1910 fn bromfiets

 

1910-FN-1-750

 

1913 FN-500c-viercilinder hoefde niet meer te worden aangefietst er was een kickstarter aan boord

14 FN Four-Cylinder 7hp Type 700

1920 FN 285T-eencilinderzijklepper

1921 FN-750cc-viercilinder

 

1924 fn-m50-combination-748-cc

 

1924fn350cc Klassisk-bil dk

 1925 FN M50 750 cc four cilinder

 1927 FN-M70-Sahara-JC-2

 1928 FN M70 sahara

1929 11FM M70 350cc © Anciennes.net

 1929 350-M70-Sahara-350cc noire-01

1929 FN Model M70 Classic

1930 FN M70 Sahara 350 cc

1930 FN-1cyl-M67-1 500cc

1930 FN-M67-7

1932 FN M67-kopklepper van 500 cc

 

1932 fn-m67-496-cc

1935 fn86

1937 FN M86 Super Sport

1937 fn rv6

 

 1938 FN M11

 1938 fn M12b

1940 FN Tricar Т3, 3×3

1945-1965 1948 TYPE XIII

1948 FN M 13

1948 FN M13 350cc 1 cyl

1949 FN 500 Cross

 1951 moto-fn-m13-350-cc ©2ememain.be

1955 fn M13

1963 FN AS24 rv and more © ALLTIMERS.NL

 1964 FN AS24, 3×3

 FN 4-CIL. 500cc

FN 4-CIL. 500cc

FN 225cc

FN 350 type SAHARA Ad

FN 1000

FN CCI00000

FN een cylinder

FN Gillet

FN M 13 350

FN M15 Cross

FN M70 1

FN M70 Sahara 350cc SV

FN Racer

FN Timeless

FN

fn5 Liberator

FN350Sahara

FN-450

post-stempel-gedrukt-in-Nicaragua-met-een-vintage-fn-motor-fiets uit 1928-circa-1985

FINISH

Filed Under: BELGIUM, FN, Gillet, Motorcycles, Motors, Sarola Tagged With: Gillet

Weapons, Cars, Buses, Trucks, + Motorcycles, FN Fabrique Nationale d’Armes de Guerre Belgium II

Buses, Part II about FN – Herstal Belgium

Logo’s

 1931 FN T32 België

 FN Logo

 1932 FN 8cylinder bus België

 

1932 FN T32 Tule 425 liege 425 (Sandoft Museum UK)

 1932 FN T32 Tule 432

 1932 T32 Tule 432 Trolleybus in Luik(Liege)

1933 1966 FN – CEB T.32 Liege België J-G Godeaux

 

1933 FN T32 Trolley bus Antwerpen 31

 

1934 FN409België

 

1937 FN 437 België

 1938 FN – ACEC Trolleybus 45 T36 Tule 435

 1938 FN Trolleybus België

1939 FN494België

1939-1969 FN – CEB T.38 Liege B J Braive

1932 FN425 interieur België

 1932 FN425 Sandtoft UK

1949  FN T49 België

1949-1957 FN – ACEC T.49 Liege B J-G Godeaux

1954 FN 540 België John Law

 1954  FN546 België

 1954-1971 FN – ACEC  T54 Liege België ACP

 FN T54 Trolleybus zoals ze tot 1971 door Antwerpen reden P Escoyez

1959 FN – carrosserie Stoelen België

 

FN bus pubb

 

Fini Part II

Filed Under: BELGIUM, BUSES, FN, Ransomes, Trolleybuses

 

Weapons, Cars, Buses, Trucks, + Motorcycles, FN Fabrique Nationale d’Armes de Guerre Belgium I

Weapons, Cars, Buses, Trucks, + Motorcycles, FN Fabrique Nationale d’Armes de Guerre Belgique I

Logo FN

FN 1900-1968

In 1889 werd te Herstal de “Fabrique Nationale d’Armes de Guerre” opgericht met als doel het fabriceren van 150.000 Mauser-geweren voor de Belgische staat. Deze Belgische wapenfabrikant begeeft zich rond 1900 ook op het terrein van de automobielproductie.
Pas vanaf 1932 worden er ook autobussen gebouwd door FN. Het chassis van de FN 8-cilinder vrachtwagen wordt gebruikt als basis voor de eerste bussen. Tot begin jaren zestig levert FN aangepaste vrachtwagenchassis die door diverse carrosseriebouwers te lande verder omgebouwd tot autobus of touringcar.
Echt bekend als busbouwer is FN echter door zijn trolleybussen waarvan er in de loop der jaren meer dan 150 worden gebouwd en waarvan de meeste in en rond Luik worden ingezet. De elektrische aandrijving van de trolleybussen werd geleverd door A.C.E.C. uit Charleroi of C.E.B. uit Luik.
Het eerste model, de T32 was gebaseerd op de zijn Engelse voorganger, een Ransomes. Er werden er dertig geproduceerd en de T32′s deden dienst op de Luikse lijnen van 1933 tot 1961. Vandaag zijn er nog twee overlevenden uit deze serie, de TULE 432 staat in het Natalis museum terwijl de TULE 425 zelfs nog rondritten verzorgd in het Engelse Sandtoft museum.
Vanaf 1936 tot 1938 werden er 48 trolleybussen van het type T36 geproduceerd. Een extra serie van vijftien aangepaste T36′s werd besteld door de Tramway d’Anvers en kregen de opeenvolgende nummers 31 tot 45. Twaalf van hen bleven in dienst tot maart 1964 wanneer ze door dieselbussen werden vervangen. De 39 verdween eerder in 1961 uit het straatbeeld na een zwaar ongeval, de 32 en 40 zouden in 1963 verdwijnen. Alle vijftien Antwerpse trolleybussen zouden uiteindelijk verschroot worden. In het Vlatam staat de als enige overgebleven T36 tentoongesteld. Het betreft de Luikse nummer 453 die in Antwerpse livrei werd gestoken en nu het oude Antwerpse nr 45 draagt.
Vanaf 1938 tot 1940 werden er 28 exemplaren van de T38 gebouwd. Deze trolleybussen hadden meer vervoerscapaciteit , 66 passagiers tegenover 60 passagiers voorheen. De motor was nog steeds een DCT305 van 550v/91A. Dit model zou tot 1969 in dienst blijven.
Na de tweede wereldoorlog werd in 1948 begonnen met de bouw van de T49. Hier werd uiteindelijk enkel het prototype van gebouwd dat wel nog verhuurd werd aan een exploitant maar niet in serieproductie ging. De laatste in serie gebouwde trolleybus werd de T54. Met een ACEC motor van 600V en een capaciteit van 100 passagiers werden er tussen 1954 en 1955 dertig exemplaren gebouwd. Eén ervan staat nog in het Luikse Natalis museum nadat het model in 1971 uit het straatbeeld verdween. In 1957 probeerde FN het nog een laatste maal met de T57 maar deze poging leverde enkel een prototype op dat nooit in gebruik werd genomen. De opkomst van de dieselbus was dan al volop bezig en zo kwam er eind aan de productie van bussen bij FN.

bronnen:
Livre d’or de l’automobile et de la motocyclette (Royal Motor Union)
Website van FN Herstal.
Fernand Van De Plas
Albert-Jan van Kemenade
John Law

logos van FN Herstal

Fabrique Nationale de Herstal (FN) is een wereldbekende producent van vuurwapens. Het hoofdkantoor bevindt zich in Herstal (België). Sinds 1997 is het bedrijf volledig eigendom van het Waals Gewest.

Weapons we leave behind us.

We start with part I

Cars:

1900 FN

1900 FN

 

1901 FN

 

1901 fn-englebert

 

1902 Zeeuwsche FN  Z 203 Conam 

1908 FN  2700 AT  4 cyl.  2852 cc

1910 FN.

 

1914 FN-2700 Dirk de Jager – Sports Car Digest

1914-1918 FN. Type 1250, 4-cyl. 1328cc

1917 FN uit Leiden met rijksnr. 294

1919 FN 1400 4 cyl.  1452 cc

 

1919-fn-type-2700

1921 FN Kriek AD

1923 FN1400

 

1924 fn1625b Cornelis Bouman

1926 FN Car at Crofton

 

1927-FN diverse-agenten Conam

1928 FN  02

1929 FN-Super-Sport-Roadster-Waterloo

 

1930 FN 1400  4 cyl.  1452 cc

 

1930 FN België

1930 FN België

 

1930 FN Herstal Belgique

1930 FN Type 1400  4 cyl. 1452 cc

 

1930 fn type 1400 4cyl 1452cc

1930-1935 FN. Type 1800 Sport (11CV), 4-cyl. 1766cc

1934 FN 6900 30-40HP

 

1934 FN Type 42 Prince Baudouin  4 cyl.  2000 cc.

 

1934 FN Type 42 Prince Baudouin Berline België

 

1935 FN 42a Prince Albert

1935 FN Roadster V

 

1935 FN6Q8H

FN supersports sm

FN (Fabrique National d’Armes de Guerre) Logo

Finis part I

Filed Under: BELGIUM, BUSES, Cars, FN, Motorcycles, Ransomes

Buses BROSSEL Brussel Belgium

Bussen BROSSEL België

http://www.transportmuseum.be/brosselb.html

http://www.museeducamion.com/brossel.html

http://www.openbaarvervoerinboskoop.nl/rubrieken/gerritgunnink/Deel354.html

BROSSEL & D’HEURE TROLLEYBUS REVERSIBLE

 

Brossel 1933 A55 B

Brossel 1933 Ragheno B

brossel 1935 pubb

Brossel 1938 Mullem B

Brossel 1938 Salon Bruxelles Belgique

BROSSEL RAGHENO AB6DS

Brossel Ragheno MIVG

BROSSEL – DD’HEURE – CEB (1939-1961) Liege B

Brossel 1940 Ragheno België

Brossel 1946 Ragheno B

Brossel 1949

BROSSEL RAGHENO AB6DS 1946

Brossel 1953 Jonckheere B

Brossel A77 DLV Jonckheere België 1953

Brossel bl 1955 Valenciennes F

Brossel 1954 bostovo bus autocar

Brossel Brest 111

Brossel EAC 5659 model

Brossel 1959 Jonckheere België

Brossel VanHool F

BROSSEL B

Brossel 1955 Jonckheere B

Brossel 1955 Jonckheere B

Brossel 1959 Leyland B

BROSSEL A96 DAR LEYLAND RAGHENO 1956

BROSSEL A92DARV LEYLAND JONCKHEERE Belgium

Brossel 1963

Brossel 1962 Jonckheere B

Brossel 1969 Jonckheere BL55Sb

BROSSEL BL 55. (1968)

Brossel BL55 1982

Brossel BL55 1990

BROSSEL Trolleybus Brussel België

Brossel op de sloop

Brossel op de sloop

Buses BUS+CAR Belgium

Bussen BUS & CAR België

Bus&Car Golden Eagle 05 1969 België

Bus & Car Co.S.A 1964 Silver Eagle pub België

Bus & Car Co.S.A 1963 SilverEagle 01 België

Bus & Car Eagle 01 1964

Bus & Car Co.S.A Eagle Traen

Bus & Car Co.S.A 1966 Silver Eagle 04

Bus & Car Eagle Caterpillar 250-MIVB-8053

Bus & Car Co.S.A eagle14

Bus & Car Co.S.A 1965 silvereagle 01

         Bus & Car Co.S.A eagle M12

 

                                                Bus & Car Co.S.A 1969 SilverEagle 07

 

                                                                                  Bus & Car Co.S.A eagle demonstration bus

 

                                                               Bus & Car 05 1973

 

         Bus & Car Co.S.A 1972 SilverEagle 09

 

                                                 Bus & Car Co.S.A Eagle 16 Caterpillar

 

                                                                                      Bus & Car Co.S.A eagle 16 voorstelling

 

                                                           Bus&Car Eagle 05 1970

 

                   Bus & Car Eagle 7 1969

 

                                                                                 BUS & CAR EAGLE 16 CATERPILLAR

                                                                                                         bouwjaar1976

België, Bus + Car, Bussen, Caterpillar, EAGLE, Silvereagle, Verleden

Brussel, België