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1960 Neoplan NH TR Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel 
Ep. 3.7Class: Bus, Single-deck — Model origin: 
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◊ 2016-04-21 15:29 |
It's a 1960 Neoplan NH-TR, originally made for Frankfurt am Main airport http://show.melting-mind.de/auwaerter_admin/Webseite/detail.php?id=124 . Coachwork by Ernst Auwärter, as of most Noplan buses. The bus in the distance, behind the subject bus, is a similar one. The front and the rear wheels were very diffrent in size. Edit: The Auwärter coach building company started in the 1850's by Friedrich Christian Auwärter, and continued with several generations of Auwärters. It was at some point named "Gottlob Auwärter" and later "Ernst Auwärter". I don't know the exact date for the changes. -- Last edit: 2016-04-21 15:53:25 |
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◊ 2016-04-22 01:53 |
it was the first real airport passenger bus with low floor, while other designs still used trailers on tractors Auwärter was pionier of Niederflur busses. -- Last edit: 2016-04-22 01:56:27 |
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◊ 2016-04-22 09:44 |
Edit 2: Is there a possibility that "Gottlob Auwärter" and "Ernst Auwärter" were different companies? According to the catalogue for the 1967 IAA (Internationale Automobil Ausstellung) in Frankfurt they had the same home address but different stands. It said "Karrosseri- und Fahrzeugbau" for both "Ernst Auwärter" and "Gottlob Auwärter", but only mentioned Neoplan under "Gottlob Auwärter". Is it so that "Gottlob Auwärter" made the Neoplan buses while "Ernst Auwärter" made coach works for other brands? |
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◊ 2016-04-27 11:55 |
Yes, exactly the Neoplan busses were made by Gottlob Auwärter who left the former family business in 1935 So Ernst Auwärter is the original company formed by Friedrich Auwärter in 1854 Ernst Auwärter known for small busses exclusively on Mercedes chassis, but big busses, too So it is Neoplan deriving from Ernst Auwärter beeing the last classic coach builder here |
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◊ 2016-04-27 12:17 |
It seems that Neoplan buses have always been integral designs, so there's no such thing as "Neoplan with coachwork by...". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoplan Link to "web.archive.org" |
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◊ 2016-04-27 14:35 |
But who does the oily bits? |
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◊ 2016-04-27 21:05 |
I'm not sure, but as Neoplan today is a subsidary to MAN, I believe the engines are made by them. In older days, I believe the engines were bought from several companies, the most common being Mercedes, but I also believe I've seen one with a Scania engine. The transmission might be bought from ZF. |
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◊ 2016-04-28 12:18 |
Cheers! |
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