Nice bus! The engine is acctialy a 6-71 in line (not a 6V-&1), First gear really was not a granney gere, Taking of in second is a litlle hard on the dry clutch plates used, air brakes have been a around since the 1920s, Aluminum has first produced in the late 1900s
This particular model had different passenger windows than the more familiar version and weren't seen that often, which makes this bus even more of a classic.
I thought these busses ( Old Look )just came with a 6 or 4 71 not V engines. I used to work on New Look Fishbowels that were either 6 or 8V71's back in the 80's.
The headphones I have make this sound so good and oh my gosh the three dementional sound out of this is so good it actually puts a tear in my eye. A tear of emotion. I am so crazy about buses I do get tears in my eyes listening to these kinds of videos old bus like this is pretty amazing. It is so emotional just listening to this working and knowing that this use to bee a transit bus. I am pretty sure that there are people that feel the same way I do about buses. I am so crazy for them. And it is sooo emotional just hearing this old thing run and the music behind this all. Even the bus when it is idling seems to sing its song from yesteryear. This is history and it will never bee forgotten. Just listening to this is so emotional and the emotional part of this is just hearing everything behind this bus. Sounds like it would bee extremely hard to drive. Definitely the bus….
I am totally blind a business owner. I am a working pianist but I love buses. I take buses every day pretty much hahahaha. I am a bus nut. I always have had fassanations with buses. Loved them ever sense. This old bus wow!! Sounds soooo good. It sounds like it is a work horse and very hard to drive. Modern buses sound pretty big too but the old ones they sound so beefy. And they are big!! So emotional listening to this and the music that was in the background the 1960’s really matched in with it although it is a 1954 bus. It was pretty cool. Interesting to know that that was a transit bus. I can only imagine how that would ride.
This bus reminds me of the movie A Bronx Tale with Robert De Niro where he is a City Bus Driver. The bus he drives is simular to this bus in looks. Watch this fantastic movie on you tube.
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We some type in montreal and this type was good on flat terrain but on hill on downtown is was dog.they have mack bus yup big dog no power.when was winter this type bus was real freezer yup no heat very much and summer was blast furnance yes hot like hell.thank video😊
SO SO glad this beauty didn't end up as an RV. In my home city we had about two dozen of these but they were 1956 & 1957 models (no difference) and they had automatic transmissions. They were retrofitted with air conditioners around 1961 (we're talking 100+ degree summers in Phoenix, AZ) They remained in service until 1980 as the city kept growing and they had to hold onto them longer than expected. I miss them a lot.
To the person that commented about Ralph Kramden. I can remember some promotional photos taken for the honeymooners that indeed showed Jackie Gleason at the wheel of a bus just like this. He drove for the fictitious Gotham bus lines. In NYC a statue of Gleason as Ralph Kramden is on the sidewalk outside the Port Authority bus terminal.
No matter if it’s an in-line or a v type 2 cycle Detroit the secret to smooth up shifts is to wind it right up to the governor and hen it will fall right into the next gear without grinding And you may just need the clutch to get it out of gear
Also better for the two-stroke engine. Even the MC9 Operators Manual up into the 80's said not to short shift and "remain in each gear until engine reaches it's full governed rpm."
My 12 v rod idles and runs crazy. I had a p0113 code for a AIT sensor. I put a new sensor and still does same thing but the code p0113 does not come up anymore. I already replaced fuel pump not fuel filter though
