What Can Be Done With an Old Bus
This is an example of an old Soviet-Russian bus LIAZ that still can be often meet in Russian cities on public transportation routes, like on the pic above.
It usually has maybe already old-fashioned “back from sixties” interior, but still it’s OK for short trips.
But when the city bus companies cancel it on route it goes to the private hands of crafty Russian people, look what they can do with an old city bus for their everyday needs:
They can make a big pick-up style car, still having the face of a bus.
Put some wood in it….
…and carry it away!
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the pick-up looks quite useful actually
Turning garbage into some useful, so innovative
Thats my niggas bus !
These buses are still in use, even in Moscow, believe it or not..
Its so nice to see your governmet treasuring our past in such as way.. [COUGH]..
Maybe Russian cities should buy new busses and preserve the old architecture.
That’s a good point. I mentioned this issue on the forum before. Luzkov is not modernising moscow, he is destroying our cultural heritage. Instead of restoring a beautiful Czarist building, they prefer to knock it down and build an ugly modern office building on its place. This is how all of moscow will look in about a decade:
http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/2554307/2/istockphoto_2554307_apartment_houses_in_moscow.jpg
http://www.richard-seaman.com/Travel/Russia/Moscow/Highlights/ModernMoscowArchitecture.jpg
I find it really sad.
If they want to build structures like those, they should be built away from the older part of town. Where there is vacant property, a good architect can design a buiding that blends in with the existing architecture. That should be a requirement of city building codes.
Building codes? - there are no such things in Moscow. Bribes used to be our Building codes. Now, when the wife of the mayor ownes the biggest construction company in moscow, there is even no need for them. So There, unless we get rid of Luzkov, Moscow is destined to look like Ney York
Oh, I see. Is there anyone at all that advocates for preservation?
There are some pressure groups, but they are so insignificant, that most of moscovites don’t even know they exist
whats wrong with looking like New York?
i like modern architecture!
Modern architecture can be fine, but an ancient city like Moscow should preserve its history and culture by keeping its old Imperial era buildings, which are beautiful.
Agreed
pretty cool. russians are known for their great inventive skills. Support the monarchy!
Haven’t seen such machines for the past several years… I believe it could work for some remote routes but not in big cities.
we still have them in karelia.
If I had the time I would buy and Ikarusz Busz and make it to my liking.
OK, who the hell let ‘em watch The Monster Garage???
I have seen this done with old school buses in the USA.
Hah, I just had a flashback from my childhood… the bus seats here in Finland during the 80′ies (and early 90′ies) were exactly like the ones in these pics, with that weird dark red “is it leather or plastic?”-surface on the seats. Those seats were probably easy to keep clean - at least your ass would easily slide right off them if the driver made a tight curve…
yeah, nice thinkn
I could kick that bus’ ass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQBw1Qxud1w
here in central america, the same shit in public transport, no big deal
!!! Liaz is from Czech Republic and not Russian. !!!
These people have a tradition in building trucks, busses and cars, so please pay respect.
I found TWO company, named LIAZ:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LIAZ
Hello, Here in Argentina the public transport works almost the same. We have old russian TROLE-BUS (My english is not very good) like the one behind the bus in the first picture… They have even cyrillic (i guess) inscriptions in some parts,
Suerte rusitos.
That is a “trolley” bus. TROLE-BUS = “Trolley Bus”
The vehicle behind the bus in the first picture is a tram, not a trolley bus.
Here in Argentina we have the same kind of vehicles made from old buses. Some bus lines even transformed old buses to tow trucks to tow the other buses when they die alongside the road. Too bad I couldn’t find any pictures of them.
I remember days of less traffic: when Ikarus trolley buses (not pictured - combination of rubber tires and electric receptor) had much better acceleration than the buses that burned dinosaur farts. And, smoother ride! No vibrating engine.
First photo - it’s a Zlatoust - city on Ural.
Don’t laugh - the first pic on this page is a bus I took in Beijing in 2000, except it has the extension on extra wheels in the rear. Every 2-3 lights, the engine would die and the driver would be cranking it 10-20 seconds. That was the “1 yuan” bus which is what all the locals took. The “3 yuan” bus was modern, air-conditioned and very clean inside - only Chinese yuppies could afford it. I was ‘protected’ from the former but I’m so glad I took a ride on it.
Aside story, was on the bus with a family member. At one point, a pregnant woman got onboard but because the bus was very full, she was standing. I whispered to him that I was going to let her sit down but he say, “see that guy standing there?” I nodded. “he’ll sit down when you get up”. So I set for the rest of the trip. He was right, of course. Would the same thing happen in Russia?
Cheers,
Fil
Some of them look exactly the same as the buses in the China(in the 80s-90s)
I’m from China.I can tell!
lol!!
!!! Liaz is from Czech Republic and not Russian. !!!
The Czech LIAZ (now defunct) and the Russian LiAZ are entirely unrelated.
didn’t know that before that there is also a russian liaz.
thanks for getting me updated
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