Alpine Buses

djfordmanjack · Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 2:41 am Post subject: Re: Alpine Buses

something is off here. the bus clearly has a post 55 fresh air roof peak and the Fiat Seicento wasn't introduced before 1955 as well, so maybe the postcard was dated 1957 or rather 1962. Anyways, great old postcard !

RockStock · Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 8:06 am Post subject: Re: Alpine Buses

djfordmanjack · Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 8:31 am Post subject: Re: Alpine Buses

The flowers depicted on the Feldkirchen bus are called Enzian.

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typical for Alpine regions (like the Edelweiss).

btw 'Reiterer' ....another travel agency that is still alive and well to this day in Feldkirchen as a taxi and travel business. Very Happy

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RockStock · Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 10:14 am Post subject: Reiterer Feldkirchen

^Thank you DJ…good stuff
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RockStock · Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 10:25 am Post subject: Austria Guide

1. TS User Quick Guide to Austria

1.1 Quick Facts

1.2 Austrian States
With number plate leading letter tbc

W

N

O

St

T

K

S

V

B

Other plate letters (cities): Linz L

1.3 Main Mountain Ranges

The Tauern range is home to Austria’s tallest peaks.

1.4 Grossglockner

https://www.grossglockner.at/gg/en/grossglockner/thegrossglockner

1.5 Grossglockner High Alpine Road (Hochalpenstrasse)
Car toll cost approx €35

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RockStock · Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 10:44 am Post subject: Re: Alpine Buses

German bus
Maybe a ‘51 Deluxe, so pretty special
Named Der Globetrotter?
Schüh = shoe?
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djfordmanjack · Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 11:18 am Post subject: Re: Alpine Buses

Those are not ü dots , Chris. Up until ca 1960 the handwritten lower 'u' was written with an added line( rather a small bow) on top, which was a carryover from the prewar/war era Kurrentschrift font to tell apart the letters n, e and u which looked very much alike in Kurrent. so this reads Schuh. My father still writes all his 'u' that way to this day (as he learned it that way in elementary school).
interestingly enough it seems to read Schuh Wirtschaft, like Shoe business, probably hinting at the (national?)shoe production division /guild.

I just love all those minor details of that bygone era.
Would love to see more Swiss area pics.
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RockStock · Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 11:35 am Post subject: Re: Alpine Buses

A few of their directors off on a jolly to pimp some hiking boots? Smile

Yes, need some Swiss content. I’m not even familiar with their licence plates.
And what’s the Swiss equivalent of the Grossglockner High Alpine Road?
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Tizian · Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 12:11 pm Post subject: Re: Alpine Buses

djfordmanjack · Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 12:42 pm Post subject: Re: Alpine Buses

you have a point there but I still don't think that reads Schulz. It should either read Schultz (tz) which it doesn't and the old font style of a 'z' nearly looks like a lower g, not like we are used to a z these days.
this is the old handwritten German Kleinbuchstabe z at the end of a handwritten word.

But we may never know until we find another pic of this 51 DLX. maybe it's Florian's? Very Happy

RockStock · Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 2:09 pm Post subject: Re: Alpine Buses

djfordmanjack · Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 2:31 pm Post subject: Re: Alpine Buses

aaaand the license plate of the vintage Salzburg based barnbus reads..... Laughing

72.5xx

That's Peters OW-DLX1.... Cool

and the guy in the bus - well. people will recognize Mr Heb.... Wink

Those mountains are just fabulous.
Makes me want to go for a trip, NOW ! (but I can't).
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mandraks · Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 5:19 pm Post subject: Re: Alpine Buses

Blue Baron · Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 11:57 pm Post subject: Re: Alpine Buses

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Blue Baron · Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 12:10 am Post subject: Re: Alpine Buses

RockStock · Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 11:50 am Post subject: Re: Alpine Buses

That bus makes the cut…they don’t have to be tour buses, just Alpine Region!

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Border crossing..

djfordmanjack · Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 4:45 pm Post subject: Re: Alpine Buses

nope. these are German post 55 plates. Swiss plates are indeed white with black digits, but the font is different and the rear plates have Swiss Kanton badges on them. The German TÜV sticker looks entirely different than the Swiss badges. I totally love the Swiss plates style, they are so classy !

mandraks · Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 6:29 pm Post subject: Re: Alpine Buses


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