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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 |[[Image:012-2.jpg|400px]]
|-
|-
! colspan="3" align=center bgcolor=#CCCCFF| Bus 674
! colspan="3" align=center bgcolor=#CCCCFF| Bus 012
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Chassis'''
| valign=top | '''Chassis'''
| [[:Category:Renault PR100|Renault PR100]]
| [[:Category:Hino AC140K|Hino AC 140K]]
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Depot'''  
| valign=top | '''Depot'''  
| Tuggeranong
| ---
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Entered Service'''
| valign=top | '''Entered Service'''
| July 1985
| 1996
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Removed from Service'''
| valign=top | '''Removed from Service'''
| May 2000
| ---
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Desto Equipment'''
| valign=top | '''Desto Equipment'''
| Alcatel/STC Cannon flip-dot
| None
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''VIN'''
| valign=top | '''VIN'''
| PR100MI.PN100001
| JHDAC140KXXX40463
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Body'''
| valign=top | '''Body'''
| Renault Vehicules Industriels
| Hino
|-
|-
| valign-top | '''Body Number'''
| valign-top | '''Body Number'''
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|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Body Date'''
| valign=top | '''Body Date'''
| 1980
| Dec 1996
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Seating'''
| valign=top | '''Seating'''
| B41D
| B17CW
|-
|-
| valign=top | '''Fuel'''  
| valign=top | '''Fuel'''  
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|-
| valign=top | '''Gallery Album'''
| valign=top | '''Gallery Album'''
| [https://www.actbus.net/gallery-former-action-buses/nggallery/renault-pr100-3/bus-674-3 Bus 674]
| [http://www.actbus.net/gallery-former-action-buses/nggallery/hino-ac140k/Bus-012/ Bus 012]
|}
|}
[[BUS 673 (1)|<< prev]] | [[BUS 675 (1)|next >>]]<br>
''Also known as ZIR 888 and Bus 672 (1)''
{| class="toccolours"
|-
|'''See Also:'''
|-
| * [[BUS 672 (2)]]
| – MAN SG192
|-
| * [[BUS 674 (2)]]
| – Scania K360UA
|-
|}


Bus 674 was a Renault PR100
Bus 012 was a Hino AC140K and formed part of the ACTION Special Needs Transport fleet.


==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
* A disposal date is unknown, however the photograph shown was taken in 2007.
* It was first displayed at the 1980 International Motor Show in Birmingham.
* It was transferred to ACT Parks, Conservation and Land. It was painted in a Tidbinbilla livery and registered as 213-652.
* From 1980-84 it was a demonstrator in the United Kingdom before being stored in the Lyon factory.
* As at September 2016, this vehicle's whereabouts is unknown.
* 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.
* 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.
* In May 2000 it was sold to Cavanagh's of Kempsey
* 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|25px|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:Hino AC140K]]
[[Category:Evaluation Buses]]
[[Category:One-off Buses]]
[[Category:Former AOA Buses]]
[[Category:Delivered July 1985]]
[[Category:Disposed May 2000]]

Latest revision as of 00:24, 9 July 2022

Bus 012
Chassis Hino AC 140K
Depot ---
Entered Service 1996
Removed from Service ---
Desto Equipment None
VIN JHDAC140KXXX40463
Body Hino
Body Number ---
Body Date Dec 1996
Seating B17CW
Fuel Diesel
Gallery Album Bus 012

Bus 012 was a Hino AC140K and formed part of the ACTION Special Needs Transport fleet.

Notes

  • A disposal date is unknown, however the photograph shown was taken in 2007.
  • It was transferred to ACT Parks, Conservation and Land. It was painted in a Tidbinbilla livery and registered as 213-652.
  • As at September 2016, this vehicle's whereabouts is unknown.