This Flxible New Look Bus Roster Fleet No. 7340 sure has a strong kinship and ancestry with the Grumman Flxible 870 Bus Roster Fleet No. 236 since both models were descendents of the same company family tree. This Flxible New Look Bus #7340 can definitely be matched with the GM/Blitz New Look#5227 just as potentially the Grumman Flxible 870 #236 be with the MCI Classic transit version only MTA Bus Company #5887. This is what I would call the best analogy ever because of these buses roots.
Although the Flxible Newlooks look very similar to a GM Fishbowl, do the Flxibles have a "monocoque" frame, like the fishbowls, or a separate chassis?
Unlike a fishbowl being built like an aircraft inside out side skin riveted together on "stays" making a structural wall and the floor and roof making it an integral body construction, a Flxible has what they call a skeleton which is tubular and plating welded making a "space frame" and the skin is riveted on the plates and so is not part of the structure, and the skin is thinner. I own a Flx newlook and been in the walls floor and roof when restoring it.
@ACLTony So the older Flxibles had the larger three piece window? I remember seeing the differences but was too young to understand why. I also remember seeing some (but very few) without the A/C unit out on top.
@vynilspinner - Hi. I used to work on them so many years ago. I remember that many of the late 60s-1972 Flxible New Looks had the large back window. But , I don't recall if it was one big piece, or one large center piece & two small end pieces. I've been googling photos of New Looks & did find lots of front and side shots, but haven't found any back shots of the units with large back windows. I'm going to continue searching as I'm sure there has to be some back view shots on the web. :-)
@ACLTony I guess I've always been a N.Y.C. transit fan. Always loved looking at the buses( and subways) roll by and see the differences. I was probably 5 when I first got the bug for them but I'm almost sure the older Flxibles had the three piece window. The big center piece with the two small pieces at the ends ( at least I remember them having strips at the ends). If you find a good picture, let me know.
@ACLTony Hey Tony, I was wrong, the older Flxibles had a FOUR piece window. Type in " 4727 at 79th Street Circle" and you will see it clearly. It's even still painted in the old green paint scheme.
there runing those buses in passenger service on the m34 m42 and m50 bus route rush hours only from 7:30am to 10:30am from 3pm to 6pm and from dec 10 to the 28. you can use your metro card they put a new farebox on them. in the city
These Vintage buses need some 4sp ATs, not them PowerGlides.
AdmiralArcher 10 months ago
7340 has my favorite all time livery! Love that bus!
busrailfan 1 year ago
Them Flexibizzles is OLD.
AdmiralArcher 1 year ago
It's like they painted the front of the bus to look like a cartoon line drawing of the front of a bus.
Go to 0:05 and pause.
dsevil 2 years ago
Oh No!
AdmiralArcher 1 year ago
This Flxible New Look Bus Roster Fleet No. 7340 sure has a strong kinship and ancestry with the Grumman Flxible 870 Bus Roster Fleet No. 236 since both models were descendents of the same company family tree. This Flxible New Look Bus #7340 can definitely be matched with the GM/Blitz New Look#5227 just as potentially the Grumman Flxible 870 #236 be with the MCI Classic transit version only MTA Bus Company #5887. This is what I would call the best analogy ever because of these buses roots.
M6SouthFerry 3 years ago
Is there a bus museum for nyc? I never seen one before, but I know there's a nycta museum only for subway located on downtown Brooklyn.
mik987 3 years ago
Although the Flxible Newlooks look very similar to a GM Fishbowl, do the Flxibles have a "monocoque" frame, like the fishbowls, or a separate chassis?
B58PMCSA 3 years ago
Unlike a fishbowl being built like an aircraft inside out side skin riveted together on "stays" making a structural wall and the floor and roof making it an integral body construction, a Flxible has what they call a skeleton which is tubular and plating welded making a "space frame" and the skin is riveted on the plates and so is not part of the structure, and the skin is thinner. I own a Flx newlook and been in the walls floor and roof when restoring it.
mikewarmblood 2 years ago
Nice! This looks like a 1974 or later version. (small one-piece back window).
ACLTony 3 years ago
@ACLTony So the older Flxibles had the larger three piece window? I remember seeing the differences but was too young to understand why. I also remember seeing some (but very few) without the A/C unit out on top.
vynilspinner 1 year ago
@vynilspinner - Hi. I used to work on them so many years ago. I remember that many of the late 60s-1972 Flxible New Looks had the large back window. But , I don't recall if it was one big piece, or one large center piece & two small end pieces. I've been googling photos of New Looks & did find lots of front and side shots, but haven't found any back shots of the units with large back windows. I'm going to continue searching as I'm sure there has to be some back view shots on the web. :-)
ACLTony 1 year ago
@ACLTony I guess I've always been a N.Y.C. transit fan. Always loved looking at the buses( and subways) roll by and see the differences. I was probably 5 when I first got the bug for them but I'm almost sure the older Flxibles had the three piece window. The big center piece with the two small pieces at the ends ( at least I remember them having strips at the ends). If you find a good picture, let me know.
vynilspinner 1 year ago
@ACLTony Hey Tony, I was wrong, the older Flxibles had a FOUR piece window. Type in " 4727 at 79th Street Circle" and you will see it clearly. It's even still painted in the old green paint scheme.
vynilspinner 1 year ago
these videos turn me on
Filth4life 3 years ago
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BryceCBS 3 years ago
what type of problems was the bus having?
jerone2003 4 years ago
probably transmission or bad starter
ILOVEDC4LIFE32 3 years ago
there runing those buses in passenger service on the m34 m42 and m50 bus route rush hours only from 7:30am to 10:30am from 3pm to 6pm and from dec 10 to the 28. you can use your metro card they put a new farebox on them. in the city
1987gmusa 4 years ago