Hino BT 51 Debono

Hino BT 51 in Entebbe, Movie, 2018

Class: Bus, Single-deck — Model origin: — Built in:

01:10:33 Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
afonso ◊ 2019-02-08 20:17	-- Last edit: 2019-02-08 20:29:57
Gag Halfrunt ◊ 2019-02-08 20:55	This is a Maltese bus with British-looking coachwork, so the Hino badge might mean that it was re-engined with a Hino engine, or the badge might simply be decorative. Anyway, someone with connections to the Malta bus scene will be able to find out exactly what it is.
3asv6 ◊ 2019-02-08 23:33	This is FBY052, almost the sole Hino BT51 at Malta! Body is by Debono according to the following link... Link to "www.ipernity.com" Link to "maltabuses.piwigo.com" Hino BT51 is also rare for export, original BT51 for serviced within Japan is as follows... http://www.geocities.jp/rabuca2003/bt51-joko
Gag Halfrunt ◊ 2019-02-09 00:02	Surely the bus in the film is FBY028, the bus shown in your first link. This is FBY028: Link to "maltabuses.piwigo.com" This is a more recent photo of FBY052, with a rebuilt front but the same windscreen as in the old photo. Link to "maltabuses.piwigo.com"
Exiv96 ◊ 2019-02-09 02:21	The Debono company has an interesting history. Next to the coach building activity, it became in 1960 the first Toyota distributor in Europe. https://debonogroup.com.mt/about/history/1952-1970/