With the old high sulfur fuel, I loved the exhaust smell as a kid! I could listen to those 6v71's all day. I must say I'm "green" with envy! That's for showing this wonderful piece of history.
My biggest two memories of these buses are just how seriously loud they were and about half of them were running around with their rear engine bay doors flapping around and every time a bus pulled away from a stop the doors would swing open 1 or 2 feet.
Takes me back to my childhood when my grandmother would take me on bus rides into town to shop. When would visit my mom on her lunch break. Back when the port authority of Allegheny County had all fishbowls
I had the pleasure of operating a coach like this in the early 80’s. I worked for a transit agency in Los Angeles county, and was fortunate enough to be able to operate this beautiful coach picking up passengers.
I spent many many hours in those vehicles. Washington DC (DC Transit) was buying those buses as fast as they could be made. Hard to believe how nice it was to ride in Air conditioning during the humid how Washington DC summers. And the air ride made those horrible DC streets like velvet smooth roads
That is a beautiful, GM "fishbowl" in incredibly nice condition inside and out. How is it that a transit bus that old has such relatively low mileage? Thanks for sharing!
This bus was purchased new by the Ohio Highway Patrol who used to transport Swat officers. They didn’t use it a whole lot because it only has 60,000 original miles.
The San Juan AMA fishbowls from 1962 thru 1968 have the same configuration, 35ft. unit, blue color or golden brown. Later, the 1976 units receive 6v71 and Allison 730, the others with VS2. 1976 receive blue and white and red and yellow color
All GM buses had transverse engines. Those were a 6V-71 engines which were a V6 turned so both cylinder heads were accessible from the rear. For major service, the entire engine and transmission could be removed easily on its cradle. A new or rebuilt engine could be reinstalled in a few hours.
I live in Los Angeles California I would like to get the bus brought out here if it can be done and it can make arrangements as soon as I can come up with the money
She is a Beauty. but i’m looking for one to Convert and she is too nice to rip apart i’m sure someone will snap her up fast as good of shape as she is in
Beautiful bus in beautiful condition. But there's almost no market for them. Guys like me who collect old Fishbowls look to pay $5000 to $20,000 for them. Certainly this one is worth a premium but who's buying? I'm trying to buy a Fishbowl right now that's been restored from the ground up. We're haggling in the $25,000 range.
The market is certainly small and it's a niche community. This bus is listed for so much because not only is it fully restored but it only has 40,000 original miles on it which is near impossible to find in one of these buses. Who knows if anyone will end up buying it. Once in a while we rent it out for movies in NYC.
Son los camiones que les llaman "Chimecos" en Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, eran muy ruidosos y contaminaban mucho, ahora ya hay puras microbuses y camiones nuevos
En El Norte De México Se Usaron Mucho Estos Autobuses Más En Tijuana Baja California Como Azul y Blanco Verde y Crema ABC Tres Estrellas De Oro y Norte
Do you still have this bus for sale I will be coming in money soon in the next couple months I should have about $2,000 to come up with the money for down payment on this bus if you still have it 🤔
