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Mitsubishi Fuso’s rare dual front-axle bus has been restored

According to the Hokkaido Shimbun, only 12 of the Mitsubishi Fuso MR430 were ever sold in Japan. They were the first dual-axle model built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (and later by Mitsubishi Fuso after a reorganization of the parent company). Built from 1955 to 1965, they arrived at the time when most Japanese buses were of the front-engined “bonnet” type, and typically measured 10 meters (33 feet) in length. The MR430’s flat front and bizarre axle configuration with the engine at the rear was strange enough, but it was also huge. It measured 12 meters (39 feet) long and could carry 110 passengers, about 50 percent more than a typical bus of the era.