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JC #17 SOLVED by pnegyesi - Den Oudsten X98 (2001)
« on: June 15, 2010, 10:50:52 AM »
Please identify this carbus and earn a point

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Re: JC #17
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2010, 07:57:17 AM »
I suppose I need to ask the expert to identify it then.

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Re: JC #17
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2010, 02:52:46 AM »
czech?

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Re: JC #17
« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2010, 05:15:47 AM »
It's not.

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Re: JC #17
« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2010, 06:48:50 AM »
european?

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Re: JC #17
« Reply #5 on: June 22, 2010, 07:14:04 AM »
It is European

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Re: JC #17
« Reply #6 on: June 22, 2010, 07:53:45 AM »
behind iron curtain?

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Re: JC #17
« Reply #7 on: June 22, 2010, 08:01:19 AM »
It did not exist at the time this bus was build.

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Re: JC #17
« Reply #8 on: June 28, 2010, 08:29:36 AM »
Well, I assume it will not last here...

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Re: JC #17
« Reply #9 on: June 28, 2010, 04:56:37 PM »
Dutch?

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Re: JC #17
« Reply #10 on: June 29, 2010, 04:07:52 AM »
Very close. In fact, it is Dutch.

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Re: JC #17
« Reply #11 on: June 29, 2010, 05:17:14 AM »
Den Oudsten X98, 2001
Een tweede prototype lichtgewicht bus met conventionele aandrijving was sinds 1998 in ontwikkeling in samenwerking met Kooymans D'Sign
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Re: JC #17
« Reply #12 on: June 29, 2010, 05:39:03 AM »
That seems to be it, really.
It was decided after the X97 that it was better to specialize in one direction, not experimenting with drive and boyd at the same time. An order was received, but by then, the company started to go bankrupt. A shame really, because they had been the Standard Bus in Dutch streets for years.

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Re: JC #17 SOLVED by pnegyesi - Den Oudsten X98 (2001)
« Reply #13 on: June 29, 2010, 05:40:58 AM »
PS) Point added

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Re: JC #17 SOLVED by pnegyesi - Den Oudsten X98 (2001)
« Reply #14 on: June 29, 2010, 05:57:43 AM »
Some additional info:
Den Oudsten Bussen created the RET X-98 which was to enter revenue service in Rotterdam, but aside from stirring momentary interest at a few shows, the modular vehicle could not save the company from bankruptcy. The Fokker-Stork body technology was licensed to APT Systems in Helmond NL which was incorporated into the Phileas, which has achieved little success. The license for the Fokker Stork body technology is held in North America by New Flyer but this again has achieved no commercial success

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Re: JC #17 SOLVED by pnegyesi - Den Oudsten X98 (2001)
« Reply #15 on: June 29, 2010, 05:59:21 AM »

The bus still exists...