Saehan (SMC) BL064 is a licensed built
Isuzu Journey M series.
Description
Saehan Motors reintroduced this micro bus series after a brief absence since taking over from
GM Korea
GM Korea Company ( ko, 한국지엠주식회사) is the South Korean subsidiary of multinational corporation General Motors. GMK is also the third largest automobile manufacturer in South Korea. GM Korea's roots go back to the former Daewoo Motors ...
. It continues to have the capacity of 25 passengers. However, this bus series received larger Isuzu based 4BA1 engine series from its predecessor. Production of this Micro Bus series ceased to be made after the government enacted “Automobile Industry Rationalization Policy.” Only 945 units were made during its production run.
Paint Scheme
The default color sold by the company was used at the Seoul area starting in 1977; white with orange horizontal stripes. Other colors were also applied as green with midsection of beige up to near front of the rear wheel with twice alternating colors in oblique angle strip at the bus. The remaining midsection part was matched to the body color. By 1980, some of these buses were painted as white divided with marine blue at the top at the windows area and the bottom horizontal.
See also
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Saehan Motor Company (1976~1983)
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Automotive industry in South Korea
The automotive industry in South Korea is the fifth-largest in the world as measured by automobile unit production and also the sixth-largest by automobile export volume.
While its initial operations were merely the assembling of parts impor ...
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Isuzu Journey
The Isuzu Journey (kana:いすゞ・ジャーニー) is a minibus produced by the Japanese manufacturer Isuzu since 1970, and in 1973 in its current somewhat larger format. The range was primarily available as a city bus and a tourist coach.
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Isuzu B Engine
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새한 BL
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いすゞ・ジャーニー
References
기업연혁: 새한자동차연혁: 1970 ~ 1980년대
External links
서울시내버스 도색역사(Seoul Paint Scheme starting 1977)
대우버스 50년사(1st picture of 3rd panel of this first bus rolled off the assembly line)
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