7/06!

"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse) 06/07/2015 at 17:51 • Filed to: Škoda, 706 RTO

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It’s only just still 7/6 here but never mind.

Today we have the Škoda 706 RTO bus, made from 1958 to 1972 in what was then Czechoslovakia.

According to Wikipedia:

“Engine is placed in front next to driver, and rear axle is propulsed by long driveshaft. On the right side are two doors and inside are used leatherette seats.”

You know what (s)he means. If the leatherette seats didn’t start off used they certainly ended up that way.

This particular one is in a museum in Brno.

Škoda was nationalised after WW2 because communism and was split into car and engineering divisions. VW now own the car company, the engineering company amongst other activities made the hub of the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! and also made the bus. They’re based in Plzen which is better known as Pilsen and gives its name to Pilsener beers. They still make buses and a lot else besides.

Š is a sh sound so Shkoda.

desertdog5051 > Cé hé sin 06/07/2015 at 18:19

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You got me with the 7/06. At first I thought I had gone into a coma and lost a month. Then I remembered you folks write dates different than the US.

Whew, scared me for a minute. :)

Cé hé sin > desertdog5051 06/07/2015 at 18:23

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As far as I know nobody except for Americans and some Canadians writes their dates month/day.