Where I used to be a volunteer fireman we had a 1969 Seagrave ladder that had a 6-71 with an Allison 6-speed automatic transmission. With the Allison you had to start in 3rd plus the rig had a 5:1 rear for highway speed. So it sounded EXACTLY the same as this bus when starting out from a stop. I could just close my eyes and imagine that it's the old girl passing by me and not a bus. PLEASE take more video of your Old Looks. Thanks.
Right. Probaly a Allison HT 70. They had foiur drivin g positions and four gears you'd normally use, using first two gears to do emerency slow driving, they had these ranges
R/N/3-6/3-5/3-4/1-2 or backwards.But these of course would use Spicer four speed manual or Allison two speed automatic.
rode the old look buses owned by Chicago Motor Coach Company, which the CTA absorbed in the mid-fifties. They were tough buses, lasting well into the seventies. Their black diesel exhaust smoke was enough to choke a horse! At rush hour, Michigan Boulevard just reeked of diesel fumes. Well, at 25 cents a gallon, it seemed like a bargain at the the time.
@lakeshore49 You know that the CTA "old-Look" buses retired in 1972 to make way for the 1972 CTA GMC "New-Looks" What I mean by that is the series "601-700" that ran on the Chicago Transit Authority's #21 Cermak route
san diego transit used them into the 70s than pauls line charter bus co. lot them went to roserito beach mexico in serv.til the early 90s they were painted green, inside was still sdt blue. they then set in a field for years along the old highway frm tj than 1 day they were all gone cir.1996 rode them few times, in the back to hear the 671 sound smell of 2s oil the heat, best bus ever or 4104
Hey aztec bus lines in san diego ca, bought a bunch of these in the 70's. I can remember riding from San dieo to Disneyland in one of in about 1975. What a great trip.Another great trip,we rode one one of these to the Zoo & rode it all the way through (did not need the zoo's bus.)
Unfortunately when GM old looks ran in the city I grew up in I was 1 to 9 years old. My father was a big car freak, unless it was walking distance. As a result up till 1974 I was only on a city bus 8 times. 3 times on a gmc old look bus. 1974 till 1976 8 times.
I grew up in Niagara falls New York which had GMC Old look buses till 1976. They wher 1966, 30 foot GMC old look buses. They wher blue and white, repainted black and yellow, reconditioned in the fall of 1974. There was 25 of them. One 40 foot Gmc old look bus from the 50s. I never got to ride on it. I would of loved to. I loved the sound they made, the looks of them. I would pay up to 50 dollars just to get a opertunity to ride on one again.
I'll bet Ralph Kramden drove one of these!
Chicago10281 1 year ago
SUPER OLD SCHOOL! EPIC WIN!
Bus7777 2 years ago
Where I used to be a volunteer fireman we had a 1969 Seagrave ladder that had a 6-71 with an Allison 6-speed automatic transmission. With the Allison you had to start in 3rd plus the rig had a 5:1 rear for highway speed. So it sounded EXACTLY the same as this bus when starting out from a stop. I could just close my eyes and imagine that it's the old girl passing by me and not a bus. PLEASE take more video of your Old Looks. Thanks.
fanoseagrave 4 years ago
Right. Probaly a Allison HT 70. They had foiur drivin g positions and four gears you'd normally use, using first two gears to do emerency slow driving, they had these ranges
R/N/3-6/3-5/3-4/1-2 or backwards.But these of course would use Spicer four speed manual or Allison two speed automatic.
SteveCarras 3 years ago
Yes, exactly. Allison HT-70.
fanoseagrave 3 years ago
I grew up on Chicago's South Side. We
rode the old look buses owned by Chicago Motor Coach Company, which the CTA absorbed in the mid-fifties. They were tough buses, lasting well into the seventies. Their black diesel exhaust smoke was enough to choke a horse! At rush hour, Michigan Boulevard just reeked of diesel fumes. Well, at 25 cents a gallon, it seemed like a bargain at the the time.
lakeshore49 4 years ago
@lakeshore49 You know that the CTA "old-Look" buses retired in 1972 to make way for the 1972 CTA GMC "New-Looks" What I mean by that is the series "601-700" that ran on the Chicago Transit Authority's #21 Cermak route
Chicago10281 1 year ago
@lakeshore49 You mean Michigan Avenue(not Boulevard)and also, the old Safeway Suburban Bus Lines had the GM old-looks, too!
Chicago10281 1 year ago
@lakeshore49 Bet those GM Old-Looks owned by the Chicago Motor Coach/Chicago Transit Authority had that Detroit Diesel 6-71 engine in them!
Chicago10281 1 year ago
san diego transit used them into the 70s than pauls line charter bus co. lot them went to roserito beach mexico in serv.til the early 90s they were painted green, inside was still sdt blue. they then set in a field for years along the old highway frm tj than 1 day they were all gone cir.1996 rode them few times, in the back to hear the 671 sound smell of 2s oil the heat, best bus ever or 4104
micismyname 4 years ago
Hey aztec bus lines in san diego ca, bought a bunch of these in the 70's. I can remember riding from San dieo to Disneyland in one of in about 1975. What a great trip.Another great trip,we rode one one of these to the Zoo & rode it all the way through (did not need the zoo's bus.)
greeniron32 4 years ago
love to see a video of this bus accelarating. these buses sound great. last time I seen or rode a bus like that was in 1976.
newflyer500 4 years ago
Same here. I only got to ride an Old Look twice in my life and they were all over where I lived.
seagravefan 4 years ago
Unfortunately when GM old looks ran in the city I grew up in I was 1 to 9 years old. My father was a big car freak, unless it was walking distance. As a result up till 1974 I was only on a city bus 8 times. 3 times on a gmc old look bus. 1974 till 1976 8 times.
newflyer500 4 years ago
I grew up in Niagara falls New York which had GMC Old look buses till 1976. They wher 1966, 30 foot GMC old look buses. They wher blue and white, repainted black and yellow, reconditioned in the fall of 1974. There was 25 of them. One 40 foot Gmc old look bus from the 50s. I never got to ride on it. I would of loved to. I loved the sound they made, the looks of them. I would pay up to 50 dollars just to get a opertunity to ride on one again.
newflyer500 4 years ago
This bus is ex-Minneapolis.
crown8480 4 years ago
sweet! I remember these were still around in 1980-81 .......well their were a few...in my home town ,Victoria BC
fluffo75 4 years ago