Restorers of the Moscow Transport Museum have restored one of the three surviving Ikarus 180 buses in the world. reported on the city hall website.
During the work, experts replaced power elements, faulty mechanisms and side trim, and also restored the appearance of the wheel arches in accordance with the historical appearance of the car. The articulated bus Ikarus 180 was produced in Hungary from 1966 to 1973; Such buses with a capacity of up to 200 passengers appeared in Moscow in 1968.
A total of 7.8 thousand units of these buses were produced, but only three copies have survived in the world at the moment. Buses of this model operating in Moscow were removed from the line before the 1980 Olympics.
The rare bus, which will take part in the museum’s exhibition on Novoryazanskaya Street in 2024, was brought into working order in 1995. However, twenty years later he requested a more in-depth restoration work.
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