In the unpretentious hooded bus KAVZ‑685, the first prototypes of which appeared in the late 1960s, many technical solutions were surprisingly simple, but reliable.
The all-metal body had only one main passenger door – the right front door. The rear only served as an emergency exit.
At the same time, there were no handles at the main door: the driver, slightly bent, opened and closed it with a special lever mechanism.
A stopper hanging on a chain is saved from accidentally opening the door on the way.
Mikhail Kolodochkin has been collecting unusual facts from the history of technology for many years. For example, do you know how many kilometers the trolleybus route stretches along the southern coast of Crimea?
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