Me driving and parking a 1966 5303 GMC New Look Bus Virginia Transit Company 418

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(5-9-2015) Enjoy a video of me driving a historic bus! Stay tuned for a video detailing the move from the Virginia Museum of Transport to the Commonwealth Coach and Trolley Museum! I volunteer at the Commonwealth Coach and Trolley museum so stay tuned for many more videos about this amazing museum! Robert Preston and Mary Tyler Moore rode in this bus as it was featured in the movie Finnegan Begin Again
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@micmac99 7 лет назад

That engine is the sound of my childhood. Rode AC Transit growing up in Oakland/SF in the 70s/80s.

@atribecalledcookies6thru284 6 лет назад

They have the sexiest front glass and that screaming jimmy engine!

@ericaricketts8363 5 лет назад

Especially the steering wheel,,,dash panel,,and engine sounds!!!! God I wish these buses still were in service,,,miss them dearly,,,thanks diesel duct,,,great vid,,,love all you're videos....

@lawdog490 6 лет назад

just listening to the motor while driving brings back memories

@tomc8929 3 года назад

Great video. I drove those "fishbowls" in the 1970s in Manhattan to Queens. No air conditioning and no power steering. I've driven mci and prevost. I still have fond memories of the gmc. Im now a subscriber.

@mikemccloud1276 6 дней назад

@@tomc8929 LORD HAVE MERCY, How do you stand no air conditioning when it's 96 outside and 106 inside the bus!!! No power steering either? Mercy. They really were testing your stamina.

@adriancressy8363 5 лет назад

I remember riding in these in Wash DC. DC Transit..O. Roy Chalk started buying Air Conditioned New Looks. WOW. what a ride. Never felt bumps on those terrible Washington DC streets with the super comfy air-ride. The A/C was perfect. Seemed like a huge dinosaur unit that really dragged the power of the engine. Towards the end of their reign, The New Looks started getting old and I would see them driving in town with one side of the bus leaning to the left or right. Must have been the air ride system failing. And I would see hydraulic fluid on the back window as the condenser fan drive system would fail. It was a helluva bus made in America. They were designed for maintenance. Engine could easily be replaced. The structure support system of the bus body was pretty neat.

@Okanagan48 Год назад

I was a driver in Ottawa for 25 years. Oldest unit I remember driving was a 1967. Those old buses were fun to drive.

@kjchicago1 8 лет назад

This bus is , like, 50 years old(since it's a 1966)and it's got a great Detroit Diesel Engine in it

@369Bandido 9 лет назад

Get em Boyee! You are driving the most recognizable and most iconic American Vehicle of the 20th Century!

@mb1284 26 дней назад

BRINGS BACK GOOD OLD MEMORIES THOSE COLD WINTER DAYS, WHEN YOU CAN SMELL THE DIESEL HEAR THE ENGINE ROARING AND FEEL THE HEAT INSIDE. IT GAVE YOU A COMFORT FEELING. GOD BLESS.

@DieselDucy 26 дней назад

I loved it.

@LittleRockElevators 9 лет назад

Nice bus. I was expecting this bus to be stick shift instead of automatic. Only thing is needed is the fare box :)

@patrickrichmond9896 6 лет назад

I rode a fishbowl in Kansas City for a few feet and they came with two colors on their interiors. One had a green interior and one with a red interior.

@domsama1619 9 лет назад

Andrew, I'd rather have you drive me somewhere than another bus driver. You drive extremely well! ;)

@donaldswink6259 3 года назад

Nice job acting into the garage. Sweet looking bus.

@QuietSundayLibrary 9 лет назад

Never in my days would I ever expect to see you drive an honest-to-goodness bus on your channel, Andrew, but I guess that day has indeed arrived. Awesome, unexpected surprise, my friend! I share in your enthusiasm.

@Ih8kone 4 года назад

Move that bus! Move that bus! Move that bus! Move that bus! Move that bus! Move that bus! BUS DRIVER!!! MOVE THAT BUS!!!!!

@GMC6523 9 лет назад

Thanks for the ride I preheated that

@geneseetrainselevators2448 9 лет назад

As of right now, I am at the Hochstein School of Music in Rochester,NY for my oboe recital. Wish me luck Sincerely, Alexander AKA L Etling.

@mannyistheman2221 9 лет назад

Washington DC still has a 1955 GMC BUS that was from the old DC TRANSIT. Metro restored the bus to original 1955 condition and they only bring it out for special occasions. It could be used on a route but they don't because they wish to preserve the bus.

@mikemccloud1276 6 дней назад

You are good. If u can back that bus and park it with such precision and accuracy YOU ARE GOOD MY FRIEND!!!!

@DieselDucy 6 дней назад

Thanks.

@dieselbuddysatgeisslertran777 8 лет назад

the 2 stroke diesel sound is amazing.... ;))) great job without power steering..........well done !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@robertdyerofficial 9 лет назад

Awesome.

@jimster586 9 лет назад

Next stop please! I couldn't resist... :-)

@mikemccloud1276 6 дней назад

@@jimster586 I used to have fun playing jingle bells with the pull chord. Yes yes I was a mischievous little shit. The drivers would look at me and say MIKEY!!! And I would just laugh. I am sweet and innocent. I didn't do nuthin. The drivers would say .. yeah right!!!

@TrainsOfSander 9 лет назад

What a nice sound. Great video

@jerradcampbell74 6 лет назад

Is a shame what happened to these busses . :(

@dominoesseven 8 лет назад

you've done a great job driving that bus, awesome video, I love buses.

@JordanLoweElevaToursCanada 9 лет назад

Great video Andrew the bus is quite the epic motor!

@retroolschool 9 лет назад

Your the man my friend! Youve obviously done this before, and its a big surprise from your usual vids! Go Detroit!

@user-qs8ub8yt2b 11 месяцев назад

Great bus and great driving skills!

@lindsayzdadkevin 8 лет назад

great job driving

@WestCoastElevators 9 лет назад

That does dot looks easy to drive! From how far the wheel has turns compared to the wheels, I'm guessing electric steering was not a luxury the drivers experienced.

@kathrynannwattsfabofkitt 6 лет назад

It kinda reminds me of the buses from Phoenix Transit System.

@markh5210 9 лет назад

The steering wheel action reminds me of the Leyland Atlanteans double deckers at my local bus company (some of the fleet is preserved but not in use).

@ElijahMagniez 9 лет назад

Nice!

@Datsun7705 6 лет назад

those 2 strokes really scream torque

@aronvincent1744 5 лет назад

🤟🏻 hatsoff from India..i need that speed movie GM bus

@shaneinkster 9 лет назад

I'm surprised that bus even still works

@scottprendergast3143 8 лет назад

nice rig

@marcuswarfield9119 Год назад

That's a nice old school 🚌

@Joel66004 9 лет назад

Nice! I have a Renault Rambler from 1965 :)

@scottgfx 9 лет назад

Back in the early 1980's, I rode a similar GM bus at Kennedy Space Center.

@thewildeeper 9 лет назад

Meep meep! Nice driving Andrew!

@ElevatingNoCo 9 лет назад

Gotta love Detroit Diesel

@missourielevators9252 Год назад

I feel like it would be fun driving one of these

@azumi-osaki 5 лет назад

GM FishBowl are my top models ! +1000 ups ↑

@Ayeobe 6 лет назад

In a bit late, but that livery is gorgeous!

@mannyistheman2221 9 лет назад

Washington DC METRO used to have those buses but they have been gone for almost 20 years. These even had Air Conditioning too!

@BusTVChan 7 лет назад

I have to see your guys units one day.

@elijahharvey5169 8 лет назад

nice video and I like buses

@derrickw3021 7 лет назад

I was interested in becoming a transit vehicle operator for San Francisco's Muni system and one of the drivers that I talked to said that it takes months of training . You have to know not only how to drive the bus but be familiar with it , learn to stay on schedule , deal with unruly and fussy passengers , and return to the barn so the next driver can use it at the end of the day .

@exoressdelivers70 7 лет назад

iluvmusic62 it certainly does not take months of training. I drove a Transit bus for a 15 years. The training in South Florida is a 5 week training course. The first week is pretty much in class training. After that you go out on the road in a bus with the trainer. Each day it's a different bus model. You take turns driving the bus because the training is done in classes. The last week of the training you actually drive around with passengers with an experienced driver over seeing you. After that you're on your own.

@mikemccloud1276 6 дней назад

C'mon muscles!! Crank that steering wheel!!! Those old gmc buses were missing one VALUABLE thing... Power steering! Those things gave the arms quite a workout. I used 2 ride them in the 70s and 80s and I used to get tickled watching the drivers try to turn those things. I also giggled at the cusswords they used to utter.

@DieselDucy 6 дней назад

Love the old buses.

@mikemccloud1276 6 дней назад

Yes, it's a shame none of them are running in regular service these days.

@42NORRIS 4 года назад

Thanks for the upload.I love videos about old public transportation buses,trolleys and trains.

@craigbrowning9448 9 лет назад

A. C. Transit had a shitload of these buses for years. My mother quit her job at San Leandro office of GM Truck and Coach about the time this bus was built.

@keonta81 8 лет назад

they had these in Norfolk va over 30 years ago

@scottprendergast3143 8 лет назад

22,000lbs empty.. RTSII has about 6 tons on it, weighing in at approx. 37,000lbs empty

@AlainHubert 6 лет назад

Thanks for the video, brought back memories of my youth when I took a similar model bus in Montreal every day to go to school, I used to sit where the cameraman is sitting to watch the driver work and the road ahead. Ours didn't have that thing on top in the back though. Is that air conditioning or something ?

@adamcrane7732 3 года назад

Hello DieselDucy Form Adam

@craigs3183 9 лет назад

Looks a little bit like the bus from the 1994 movie "Speed".

@SteveCarras 8 лет назад

+Craig S It IS the bus form the 19994 Sandra Bullock film! (VER underrated compared to the year's or decade's others!)

@denzel387 8 лет назад

nice

@RanHam 9 лет назад

No power steering?

@kyleflanagan9595 7 лет назад

Nice video, love the old detroit engines..sadly someday they will be forgotten...anyway, why wasn't the bus backed in to start with? Why risk backing out a piece of history onto any road??

@Jeremiah3322 8 лет назад

Is the wheel hard to turn ?

@xX_Kryptis_Xx 9 лет назад

You should drive city buses if you dont already

@kingjames8283 5 лет назад

I never did like the steering in these New Looks and if I do end up buying one at some point, first thing I'm doing is converting steering to the new high-ratio rack'n'pinion with 18" steering wheel. Today's semi-trucks and buses steer like cars do which I love.

@Ramcharger18 5 лет назад

Was the manual transmission in these new looks faster then the 2 speed auto?

@rafitaramirez2022 3 года назад

Los "chatos", así les llamaban a estos camiones en la Ciudad de México en la década de los años 60's, hubo de estos camiones especialmente en el municipio de Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl en el Estado de México, se les conoce como "chimecos"

@darinwilkerson7436 9 лет назад

THEY NEED TO PAINT THIS BUS IN DC TRANSIT COLOR ORANGE AND GREEN AND PUT THE SIGN METROBUS ON THE 1966 GMC FISHBOWL. AND PUT THE NEW SMARTRIP BOX. AND UPDATES ALL ROUTES FOR DC MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA.

@Lucenabonde 8 лет назад

que bacana adorei este video vc tem face ???

@scottprendergast3143 8 лет назад

approximately 17O-diesel hp

@TheElevatorandAirplaneFinder 8 лет назад

Who filmed?

@ericdee6802 2 года назад

GM had their ducks in a row when they started building buses, especially with the Silversides, 4104 and especially with the PD4106's and the Bufalo buses, those are top notch, high tech back in those days. Beautiful bus, what Detroit was in those, I heard some of the City transit buses were 4 Cylinder detroits, then also heard some were 6v's series but not the 6v92's IDK???

@DieselDucy 2 года назад

This was a 6v. Also sadly this bus burned up.

@ericdee6802 2 года назад

@@DieselDucy WHAT???Do you mean it caught fire???

@Artessnow 9 месяцев назад

I believe their bus barn caught fire and many irreplaceable buses were destroyed, the idiots didn’t have a sprinkler system!!!

@richarddonaldson286 2 года назад

That's is a great. Bus

@DieselDucy 2 года назад

Sadly it is no more :(

@creativeinspirations7806 8 лет назад

Do yall have your bus licence man

@adamcrane3571 2 года назад

Hello Dieselducy from Adam

@DieselDucy 2 года назад

Hey.

@djmhyde 8 лет назад

great driving, but i prefer Sandra Bullock on the steering lol

@carljohnson621 7 лет назад

djmhyde for a moment thought the bus from the movie had powered steering but then i said to myself "forget it its a movie!!"

@carljohnson621 7 лет назад

Jon Adams i already knew that, but you just have to bear in mind that given that the bus had no powered steering it would be practically impossible to make that turn

@ElevatingDenver 9 лет назад

Nice! Didn't you have a job driving a semi-truck, I remember seeing a hotel tour from you once where you talked about the room being set up for truckers or something like that. The bus didn't have a seat belt for you either did it?

@DieselDucy 9 лет назад

Elevating Denver No seat belt that i saw. Yes I used to drive a semi :)

@blueauraretriever 8 лет назад

+Elevating Denver 1966 was the time they built buses to last. Nowadays you drive a bus a few times and it already needs an oil change.

@carlstclair9920 3 года назад

Driving a semi is a real challenge with knowing the different transmissions

@Imintune... 2 месяца назад

Unfortunately the museum burned down 2017. Lost several busses in the fire

@DieselDucy 2 месяца назад

Yep

@MrWill1985 6 лет назад

You have a passenger endorsement? I wanted one but I would have to take a separate road test for it

@scottprendergast3143 8 лет назад

6v71 was a high torque low speed underpowered diesel

@tarneshalloyd2212 9 лет назад

Hey dieselducy

@joshuamoran4691 9 лет назад

Do you have a bus license

@elevatorman427 9 лет назад

If you do any more of these anyway you could actually do a startup and drive. In other words record the bus starting up before you take off and drive

@muleman1701 9 лет назад

427 Elevating Productions That would be awesome to hear this and other wonderful old buses started. Also ***** could you do a few walk around/walk through videos with start up? That would be great as well.

@elevatorman427 9 лет назад

***** betcha some of these old buses may start better than some of these Thomases out there

@budeminurudeen1803 7 лет назад

rjebel1701 in

@jerrytherobloxarchitect3126 9 лет назад

do you own this bus

@marcusheinn2321 7 лет назад

that bus looks like the bus form speed the movie

@DieselDucy 7 лет назад

+Trevor Klein same model.

@johndoe3964 7 лет назад

The speed bus was never variant pretty sure.

@josephheston9238 6 лет назад

The _Speed_ bus was a T8H-5307.

@Scienceburritto 9 лет назад

I take it that does not have power steering 😂

@DieselDucy 9 лет назад

Scienceburritto No power steering :)

@dieselducyhasgasandisgonna362 9 лет назад

***** my stink patch is angusry !

@kjchicago1 8 лет назад

+DieselDucy Did you know the CTA(Chicago Transit Authority)and every other transit agency used these kind of GM fishbowl buses?

@mrceleb2006 7 лет назад

As well as Halifax Metro Transit in Nova Scotia...I actually rode in that kind of bus a few times during my lengthy stay in Halifax back in the spring-summer of 1983!

@SteveCarras 5 лет назад

No.,

@thetorontoyeller453 3 года назад

Where is the fare box

@themaritimegirl 9 лет назад

That's awesome! Does this have the single-speed transmission, by any chance?

@DieselDucy 9 лет назад

***** I THINK it is 2 speed. Ill have to ask. It only appears to work in one gear though.

@kjchicago1 9 лет назад

***** This bus can go from 0 to 60 in a minute

@sheilatrachtenberg8997 6 лет назад

It only has 1 forward gear. But there's a quirky converter that's open at low speeds that has a lock up for crusing spped. Thus it works like a 2 spped in ormal driving - but no facility for engine braking.

@carlstclair9920 2 года назад

CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY HAS THEIR WONDERFUL HERITAGE FLEET OF BUSES AND TRAINS.

@dieselducyhasgasandisgonna362 9 лет назад

oh no dieselducty is gonna fart in the bus and stink it up ! my stink patch is turned on !

@disneyfan9099 9 лет назад

@ericsupermagnificent 9 лет назад

Old bus

@jamal23227 6 лет назад

I wonder if this bus is destroyed by the tragic fire.

@TexasGirl22 6 лет назад

jamal23227 it was

@jamal23227 4 года назад

@@TexasGirl22 That bus was a part of my youth in RVA. 😔 inspired me to become a bus driver.

@MrBrombomb 9 лет назад

Does this bus feature a 671 Detroit Diesel Engine & how many speeds is the Alison Automatic Trans?

@SteveCarras 7 лет назад

Liam Brom either 1 or 2.

@sheilatrachtenberg8997 6 лет назад

Actually, the transmission has only 1 forward gear. It works like a 2 speed in normal driving due to a converter clutch, but it can't be used to create engine braking.