I love that sound, brings back memories of my childhood, rideing these buses on field trips..i remember the smell too was so distinctive every MCI had that same refreshing smell in the inside.
Love the sound of these and could go to sleep listening to it as i did when u was a kid riding with dad. He worked for Domenico Tours, Evergreen/Pocono Mountain Trails and Aristocrat Bus companies. MC-9 was his favorite.
I grew up riding greyhound and continental Trailways and fell in love with the 8V 71, 318 diesel engine, where they be a manual or automatic! Good sound 6:09
Long ago i grew up inside my country blessed by the music of the Detroit two stroke, and traveling in that buses PD 4103 until PD 4107 and more. Now i miss that sound, years ago i used to travel to USA and i could listen the sound of that engines in all the cities..... now i miss them include in americans cities.
Oh man that sound gives me the goosebumps. The distinctive smell inside. I rode these greyhound buses from Winnipeg all the way through ontario in my childhood years at Christmas time. Nice video man thanks
Hello... RU-vid just suggested this video.. I have an 83 Mc-9 with the 6V92TA ... conversion. My VERY first time driving it "any bus" was during COVID lockdowns Through downtown Portland, Salem through the Santiam pass where it was all ice uphill and downhill with 7% grades... Man what a WHITE KNUCKLE DRIVE.... SCARED SHISTLESS... But she drove Great, stopped on a dime for such a beast.
RU-vidrs like you, Darius, and Engine are who I hope to model my channel like in the future, especially if I manage to buy me an Orion Ng or EPA 10 lmao. Please keep up the content!
Con todo respeto sin mal interpretar mi mensaje:Soy de Guatemala y Nací en 1,980 Y recuerdo cuando yo era un niño de 6 a 7 años de edad era fanático de autobuses . Rápidos del sur . Y está compañía todavía está trabajando y prestando sus servicios ,y en esta época todavia tenía en sirculacion el MCI MC-7 y. El. MCI MC-5 y ahora la compañía . Rápidos del sur.Todavia sigue trabajando con.MCI claro con otros modelos no en los dos qué yo escribo de primero dónde yo viaje de niño:Y Yo recuerdo que le desia a mis difuntos padres qué cuando IVA ser mayor de edad quéria ser chófer o piloto de uno de estos autobuses en Guatemala.Per por sircunstancias de mi vida no ,se iso realidad mi sueño de niño.
I can say it's not an ex Greyhound as it has the MCI lettering on the front and small rub guards. Some of Greyhounds dash 9s had the small rub guards, mainly the Canadian ones. Also, by 1981, Greyhounds dash 9s all had the 6v92.
On the 8100 and maybe 8200 series MC-9s, a lot of them seemed to have the rubber side rails. This was actually the base setup and the full size metal rails were an option. The Canada buses that had the flat bumpers with no rubber strips and the rubber side rails was the base no extra cost setup, anything different there was extra.
You should've pulled into the Greyhound station you passed on Gilbert. Unfortunately, it's gone now, and Greyhound picks up from the side of the road on Galbraith. Crazy times.
@Ricky Webster sadly our friend that owned it had sold it and the parts that he needed for it had been hard for him to find but trust me if he still had it i would of love to record more vids
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