I love that Wayne! Took me back to my Preschool Days with Mrs. Shaffer & Mrs. Edwards in the late 1990s during field trips at Centerville-Abington Community Schools.
That ride in the Wayne bus was great!! Nice trip down memory lane. I rode Wayne Internationals as a kid and actually rode an 88 Ford Wayne on several occasions (in high school, 20 years ago) as a spare.
I owned an 84 Chevy Thomas back in the early 2000's retired from South Bend Indiana. Just like that one, but with 4 way reds. That one brought back some nice memories.
I remember the bus that took me to grade school every day: 1972 Bluebird with a Dodge chassis and Dayton axles with a 5 speed. Our district converted them to LP at some point...I remember the standpipe for the propane tank being added to the side of the bus!
it looks like Minnesota in Wisconsin lol love the bus a bunch of my friends and family bought a school bus like this one and drove around Minnesota so much fun in the summer with all the windows open lol windy.
I miss living in the midwest, I have cousins living Cedar Rapids, Iowa. I've driven a bus like this (RTS) & trained on one like this for our local transit system Citibus here in Lubbock, Trxas of January 2012.
Growing up we had a 1959 Ford D bus with a 292 in it. We converted it into a camper and used to take it on trips every year. I think the last year it was on the road though was in 1989. When my Pappy passed on my Sister gave it to a guy whose house had burned down as a place to stay while he built a new house. Those Wisconsin hills look just like Southern Indiana hills, lol. Lots of Amish around here too, but most of the ones around here have the open buggies.
I will always loved school buses as a kid and now the Ford d700 is my most favorite of all time I am a fan just love the face on the ford 700 I love the turn signals underneath the headlights rather than the ones above they just look much more meaner and aggressive looking the engine sounds pretty wicked cool as well nice video
My senior year 1999, we finally got a new bus on my route a '99 blue bird tc2000, had the white roof and tinted windows. It was a really nice bus. Then a couple years later it was lost to fire, while it was parked for the day.
Hey uh there is a bus for sale down here in Maryland, it looks like a old Wayne Lifeguard, mostly a manual transmission. Used to be a summer camp bus. Maybe you could add it to your collection.
in the video the fishbowl busses they are powered by a Detroit Diesel 8v71 two stroke. as they are still around as Bus Grease Monkey travels across the country to work on them as he is a travelling vintage bus mechanic.
Awesome group of vehicles at the show grounds at the beginning of the video. How about that short bus at 7:11 ? In the 70s my church (in northern NJ) had a `65 Superior International Loadstar with a V8 and 5 speed. No Diesels, automatics or air brakes in those days. When I first got my license I remember going up to the church with my dad's key and driving the bus around in the parking lots, practicing using a clutch.
Cool channel Tom, watched a few of your videos with my kids and they are wondering how these buses were ever legal. Hahahah 😂 their new ones today have everything including a hotspot. You believe that. We got in trouble for using headphones and walk-mans on the bus. Hahah
When I see the fishbowl GMC buses reminds me when I was a kid in the 70's in Rochester, Minnesota seeing these as Minneapolis, Minnesota when the transit company had these which were red with the white "T" logo.
Hi Tommy this is Aldrick GMC I just wanna let you know that I’ve been collecting all kinds of model school buses so I can be like you for automotive history I hope somebody will get the license to design the school buses as diecast model school buses for the future
Back in school,every 2 days or so,a different bus pulled up to pick us up,so i saw pretty much all of them and they were all very cool to see and ride! Even as a kid,i loved the look,the sound and smoke of each models! Now they’re all generic,automatic,economic buses (and ugly!) I understand the safety part but still...Very nice video btw! Thank you sir!
You should go down to NC and pick up one of those NC Thomas Chevy C60 school buses. They are on the NC school bus surplus website. Still in school bus yellow.
You're right - a GMC "Fishbowl" in school-bus service? (I remember the "Fishbowls" in WMATA service in the 1970s - but never saw a "Fishbowl" in school bus service setup - until now.)
Hey Tommy my name is David I love your videos. Remembers me my childhood and when I was teenager. I am from Guatemala and I am familiarize with it. I live in California and I only saw 5 buses stick shift I wish find something like these in California but unfortunately is very hard to see something almost Immaculate cause almost all buses went to Guatemala in 80s and 90s
Hi Tommy, looks like a lot of fun to see all those older buses in one place. I've been searching for a couple of my own, I would love to know how you find all these rare buses. I'm looking for an early 80s S series International with a 9 liter diesel, or a loadstar from the 70s.
This bus brings back childhood memories. The fleet of buses I rode on were a mix just like your collection. All bluebirds, fords gmc’s chevy’s international’s etc. loved them all. Also do you rent these out or just sell them?
Tommy Retro, what engine is better in your opinion. The 5.9L Cummins Diesel or the C7 Catepillar Engine? In regards to a Blue Bird All American 28 passenger short bus.
I thoroughly enjoyed watching your school bus videos. I was wondering if you could possibly help me out. I would be very interested in purchasing a specific school bus of which I have extremely fond memories from my childhood. I can't seem to find where to purchase a 1964, '65, or '66 GMC Superior Coach school bus. Any information which you could give me to point me in the right direction would be tremendously appreciated. Thank you so much -- Joe.
the Gm busses and Fishbowl busses Bus Grease Monkey works on some of them as he specializes in the old two stroke Detroit diesels they have. too bad the fishbowl used in school service don't have a modern crossing control arm in addition to the 8 way and stop arm. as modern school busses are built in a way to protect school kids a sturdy safety cage as the roof should support the weight of the bus. as busses by Carpenter made from the 80s-1995 were plauged by this problem with defective roof bows. Had you tried to find an old Superior bus they were made to the mid 1980s in Lima Ohio. as then superior was part of the Sheller Globe corporation. as SG also owned The Leece-Neville Co that made the small 3 inch heater and electric motors as well as starters and alternators. as SG went till 1989 till sold to United Technologies formally United Aircraft corporation in its days.
Monday, I purchased the 1985 Chevy Ward bus I rode in high school in 1991/1992. It was transferred by the state to the local prison farm until 2018 and driven 8000 miles from 1997 to 2018. I’m having a terrible time getting insurance on it as it’s a commercial vehicle. Anyone who has suggestions on this, I’d greatly appreciate advice.
I'm an insurance agent in Kansas. My advice would be to talk to a commercial insurance carrier. Some personal lines carriers can even classify it as a RV if you got paperwork
how many school busses do you have and are you doing any new updates on your school busses .. i'm a big fan to you and your school busses .. my youtube channel is jd tank videos like me up and i got done doing a jd bus
Public Service in Newark, NJ had some of their old GM coaches equipped for school bus service with the 8-ways. I'm talking back in the 70s with 50s vintage buses.
