Half a bus with half a van, please

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We've recently found this strange picture which reunites many rarities in the same scene. The first one is that it´s a colour picture, not common in the rural life of the early 1960s. The second one is the coincidence between the colours of the building and the truck... well, if it can be considered a truck, because its first half is clearly like a bus, and the second half carries a transport body, which itself is the third rarity. This exotic combination of two body styles in one wasn´t due to the creativity of a "rural racing team"  but  was common long years ago for the cattle transport from the little villages to the fairs in towns. And this one isn´t the only combined body in the photo. If you spot the Fiat 600 in the right you'll notice the fourth rarity: it´s second half is also a transport body, something like an urban micro-van. This last one isn´t an artisanal conversion but an uncommon version called "Formichetta" which was produced in small numbers by the Siata factory near Barcelona.

(Text by Francisco Carrión)

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