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{| align=right cellpadding=2 class="toccolours" style="margin:10px; padding:5px; z-index: 1; width=62px;"
{| align=right cellpadding=2 class="toccolours" style="margin:10px; padding:5px; z-index: 1; width=62px;"
! colspan="3" align=center |[[File:674-1.jpg]]
! colspan="3" align=center |[[File:714-1.jpg]]
|-
|-
! colspan="3" align=center bgcolor=#CCCCFF| Bus 674
! colspan="3" align=center bgcolor=#CCCCFF| Bus 714
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Chassis'''
| valign=top | '''Chassis'''
| [[:Category:Renault PR100|Renault PR100]]
| [[:Category:Renault PR180.2 Mk1|Renault PR180.2]]
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Depot'''  
| valign=top | '''Depot'''  
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| valign=top | '''Entered Service'''
| valign=top | '''Entered Service'''
| July 1985
| 1988
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Removed from Service'''
| valign=top | '''Removed from Service'''
| May 2000
| August 2013
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Desto Equipment'''
| valign=top | '''Desto Equipment'''
| Alcatel/STC Cannon flip-dot
| BROSE Roller Blind
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''VIN'''
| valign=top | '''VIN'''
| PR100MI.PN100001
| VF6PU04A200000016
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Body'''
| valign=top | '''Body'''
| Renault Vehicules Industriels
| Ansair
|-
|-
| valign-top | '''Body Number'''
| valign-top | '''Body Number'''
| ---
| R1530
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Body Date'''
| valign=top | '''Body Date'''
| 1980
| June 1988
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Seating'''
| valign=top | '''Seating'''
| B41D
| AB61FR
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Fuel'''  
| valign=top | '''Fuel'''  
| Diesel
| Diesel
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Gallery Album'''
| valign=top | '''Gallery Album
| [http://www.actbus.net/gallery-former-action-buses/nggallery/renault-pr100-3/bus-674-1 Bus 674]
| [http://www.actbus.net/gallery-former-action-buses/nggallery/renault-pr180-2-mk1/bus-714-1 Bus 714]
|}
|}
[[BUS 673 (1)|<< prev]] | [[BUS 675 (1)|next >>]]<br>
[[BUS 713 (1)|<< prev]] | [[BUS 715 (1)|next >>]]
''Also known as ZIR 888 and Bus 672 (1)''


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|'''See Also:'''
|'''See Also:'''
|-
|-
| * [[BUS 672 (2)]]
| * [[BUS 714 (2)]]  
| – MAN SG192
| – Scania K320UB
|-
| * [[BUS 674 (2)]]  
| – Scania K360UA
|-
|-
|}  
|}  


Bus 674 was a Renault PR100
Bus 714 was a Renault PR180.2 articulated bus.


==Notes==
==Notes==
* The bus was built in 1980 by ''Renault Vehicules Industriels'' (RVI), Lyon France as a PR100 demonstrator unit for the Singapore Bus Service
* Bus 714 was delivered to ACTION in June 1988.  
* It was first displayed at the 1980 International Motor Show in Birmingham.
* From 1980-84 it was a demonstrator in the United Kingdom before being stored in the Lyon factory.
* Mack Australia then had the unit upgraded to PR100.2 standard with various body changes to suit an Australian life.
* The bus was first at ACTION from 4-15 March 1985 registered as ZIR-888 however it was never put into service.
* The bus then went to MTT Perth (No. 10) from 26 April 1985 to 10 June 1985, and then returned to Mack and deregistered.
* The bus was returned to ACTION for full evaluation in July 1985, as ZIB-672.
* The bus was renumbered 674 and re-registered ZIB-674 on 11 February 1986.
* ACTION purchased the unit on 25 June 1986.
* A Gulton flip-dot destination display was installed in the bus during February 1988. (This was later replaced by STC Cannon flip-dot display.)
* It was re-registered as BUS 674 during May 1989.
* On 4 July 1992 it was transferred from Kingston Depot to Tuggeranong Depot.
* On 4 July 1992 it was transferred from Kingston Depot to Tuggeranong Depot.
* When it was withdrawn from service, the flip-dot display was removed and installed into [[BUS 869]], and was replaced by Brose roller blind equipment.
* Bus 714 was withdrawn from service in the last week of August 2013 and transferred to Woden Depot.
* In May 2000 it was sold to Cavanagh's of Kempsey
* It was removed from Woden Depot in late May/June 2014.
* In May 2014, Cavanagh's sold the vehicle to Sydney-based bus enthusiasts. It was registered 48316 H on 31 May 2014.
* In June 2019, it was sold to another NSW-based private owner. It is currently unregistered.
* It has since been acquired by the Canberra Transport Museum.
 
==Media==
* [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127206423 "Bus with difference"] – ''The Canberra Times'', 4 July 1985, page 12.
* [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127206486 "ACTION tries out new bus"] – ''The Canberra Times'',  5 July 1985, page 8.
 
==All Over Advertising==
[[File:Photo.png|link=]] '''Summernats''' – ''December 1994 to December 1995''
:* the first vinyl wrap AOA
:* following removal of the wrap, Bus 674 was repainted into the Mk2 Renault livery
 
==Other Australian Owners==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width: 15% "| <b>Owner/Operator</b>
! style="width: 15% "| <b>Location</b>
! style="width: 10% "| <b>Registration</b>
! style="width: 10% "| <b>Fleet #</b>
! style="width: 15% "| <b>Date From</b>
! style="width: 15% "| <b>Date To</b>
! | <b>Notes</b>
|-
| MTT
| Perth, WA
| 7BD 174
| 10
| 26 Apr 1985
| 10 Jun 1985
| Demonstrator, prior to joining ACTION
|-
| Cavanagh's
| Kempsey, NSW
| 4215 MO <br>MO 5083
|
| ~ May 2000
| 25 May 2014
|
|-
| Private Owners
| Oakville, NSW
| 48316 H
|
| May 2014
| Jun 2019
|
|-
| Private Owner
| NSW
|
|
| Jun 2019
| present
| unregistered
|}


[[Category:ACTION Disposals]]
[[Category:ACTION Disposals]]
[[Category:Renault PR100]]
[[Category:Renault PR180.2 Mk1]]
[[Category:Evaluation Buses]]
[[Category:Delivered June 1988]]
[[Category:One-off Buses]]
[[Category:Withdrawn August 2013]]
[[Category:Former AOA Buses]]
[[Category:Disposed June 2014]]
[[Category:Delivered July 1985]]
[[Category:Disposed May 2000]]

Latest revision as of 19:31, 1 January 2023

Bus 714
Chassis Renault PR180.2
Depot Tuggeranong
Entered Service 1988
Removed from Service August 2013
Desto Equipment BROSE Roller Blind
VIN VF6PU04A200000016
Body Ansair
Body Number R1530
Body Date June 1988
Seating AB61FR
Fuel Diesel
Gallery Album Bus 714

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See Also:
* BUS 714 (2) – Scania K320UB

Bus 714 was a Renault PR180.2 articulated bus.

Notes

  • Bus 714 was delivered to ACTION in June 1988.
  • On 4 July 1992 it was transferred from Kingston Depot to Tuggeranong Depot.
  • Bus 714 was withdrawn from service in the last week of August 2013 and transferred to Woden Depot.
  • It was removed from Woden Depot in late May/June 2014.
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