http://myntransportblog.com/2014/09/16/buses-rocar-dac-bucharest-romania-1951-2004/
http://myntransportblog.com/2014/01/26/buses-dac-romania/
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Rocar DAC 112 UDM bus in Bucharest, in the 1996-2006 RATB livery. RATB was the main operator of such buses in the late 1980s and early 1990s, with over 500 buses and 100 trolleybuses. No Rocar DAC vehicle is still present in the RATB fleet. |
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Body and chassis | |
Doors | 1 to 3 doors |
Floor type | step entrance |
Rocar DAC was a series of buses and trolleybuses produced by the Autobuzul (later Rocar) company of Bucharest, Romania, between 1979 and 2000. They were available in both standard (non-articulated), 12-meter models and articulated, 17-meter models.
For much of the 1980s and early 1990s, these buses and trolleybuses were the backbone of the urban transportation network of Romania since, throughout the 1980s, public transportation companies were not allowed to import any type of vehicle.
The buses were designed and built in a period of severe shortages, the main emphasis being put on economizing material usage and simplicity of the design. Most buses of this type did not have power or assisted steering, and only a small number of buses, built in the early part of the project (1979-1982) employed automatic gearboxes. The passenger area was also very spartan, having no interior sound or display systems, seats being built out of plywood, light fixtures being 6-8 small 12-volt light bulbs providing insufficient lighting.
During the late 1980s, some were converted to run on methane gas, by installing two or three gas tanks on the roofs. After the fall of the communist regime, the buses were converted back to diesel. DAC buses were equipped with Hungarian RABA-MAN engines, or with Romanian IABv engines capable of 192 horse power DIN and a 4 or 6 gears gear box for a maximum speed of 65 km/h.
In 1996, Rocar began replacing the model line-up with the new Rocar De Simon range that was produced until the bankruptcy of the company in 2003 (however, Dac 112 UDM buses were built until 2000). Most Rocar DAC buses have been withdrawn from service, and replaced with more modern buses. However, some survive with smaller transport companies, on some rural services and in small towns. Trolleybuses, on the other hand, have fared better, because of the higher purchasing cost and lower wear-and-tear, and are still a common site in cities such as Cluj or Kiev.
http://myntransportblog.com/2014/01/26/buses-dac-romania/
http://myntransportblog.com/2014/01/22/buses-bodybuilders-de-simon-osoppo-udine-italy/
1993 United Nations Cocar fieldambulance hospital in Mogadishu
Rocar Ambulance
Rocar 106r
Rocar 108r
Rocar 108
Rocar 109rdm
Rocar 109
Rocar 111rdt
Rocar 111udf
Rocar 112rdtld
Rocar 112rdtld
Rocar 122ud
Rocar 118
Rocar 122ud
Rocar 207t
Rocar 207t
Rocar 211r
Rocar 211ud
Rocar 318et tandem
Rocar 318et tandem
Rocar 318et tandem
Rocar 412u
Rocar 412u
Rocar 812u
Rocar 812u
Rocar minibus
Rocar-MTD-front-view-romaniancar
Rocar-MTD-classic
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Buses DAC Romania
Today we travel to Roemenia. It was a complicatet search for DAC, because ROCAR, Autobuzul, ROMAN, Rohan, TAM, TV and lots of other marks were made in Roemenia. Some were made in association with MAN Germany.
The Buses I’ll show are not only made under the name DAC, will come back in later chapters. First they were made by Autobuzul, and that’s called ROCAR Nowadays.
Autobuz DAC 117 UD în Târgu-Jiu
Autobuz Rocar 117 UD în Piteşti
Autobuzul Boekarest Roemenië
Bedford Bus PUM-575 DAC 1963
dac 112 udm 5 228
DAC 112 UDM Gas en Diesel Timisuara
DAC 112 UDM Gas en Diesel
DAC 112 UDM
dac 112e 117 Trolleybus Zie ook duits MAN
Dac 112e Trolleybus (MAN)
Dac 112e-2
Dac 112em-1
Dac 112udm-1
Dac 112udm-2
Dac 112udm-3
Dac 112udm-4
Dac 112udm-5
Dac 117ud-1
Dac 117ud-2
Dac 117ud-3
DAC 1301
Dac 117ud-6
Dac gpl-3 udan 2002
DAC Traveller
DAC-deSimon-Jun 1982 JC Nice
Kolozsvari trolibusz DAC
roman-rocar-dac-109-udm-03
Trolleybus DAC
Filed Under: Autobuzul, BUSES, DAC, ROCAR, Romania