This is a 1987 Crown Supercoach. This bus has a Detroit 671 turbo and 643 Allison Automatic drivetrain. Crowns are like a Southern California staple. The weather is nice here so the buses don't rust much and there's no need to replace them (almost ever). There are still hundreds (if not thousands) of these on the road here in SoCal currently in 2010 but people from out of the area are always surprised to see them.
See 1967 crowns had old metal dashes with a red brake actuator for the single system. They had rounded wheel wells, and the rear tail light were different - they had them on the back trunk doors and or on the outter sides with no reflector. The seats are post 77 high backs which didnt exist in 67. I could go on. I can tell you the day it was built if I had the job #. It used to be owned by Laidlaw also.
ah that's a late 80s Ortley #271, 38' crown...the small windows up front and the little one by the E-door tells plenty (hubbys says around '87-'88 model)
Not only a true bus of style and beauty, but the safest vehicle in the history of pupil transportation. R.I.P. the mighty Crown. Our famous Crown was the Joseph (Oregon) School District's touring bus. A lot of Crowns still roll in the Yakima River basin of central Washington state, and I recall seeing a bus yard full of them in Bend/LaPine, Oregon back in the 80's/90's.
My high school had a fleet of crown coaches. There were two particular ones that had a very loud exhaust system....like they had some kind of cherry bomb muffler. Would you happen to know why they were like that? These were the smaller lenght crown'...one axle in the back.
Haha! The Clover Park School District in WA still had these when I was in elementary school ('90-'93 ish). I remember vividly the thud it made when the door opened and the double thud when it closed. Brings back memories!
Yeah, but the wheel wells look like they are from one of the later buses... wouldn't a 1967 bus have rounded wheel wells, instead of the ones that are flatish on the top? How could they change something like that?
I can guarantee you it's not a '67....Ortley didn't have anything that old....
buslady 9 months ago
dam thats cool
tonyjr1325 10 months ago
This is Video is so COOL!!! I love school buses. check out the school bus trips from
Mark 5 Express.
JAY5MAY 1 year ago
This is a 1987 Crown Supercoach. This bus has a Detroit 671 turbo and 643 Allison Automatic drivetrain. Crowns are like a Southern California staple. The weather is nice here so the buses don't rust much and there's no need to replace them (almost ever). There are still hundreds (if not thousands) of these on the road here in SoCal currently in 2010 but people from out of the area are always surprised to see them.
Bmilesonline 1 year ago
THAT MADE BY HOUSE ON MONTE VISTA AVE
mccrackenphillip 1 year ago
See 1967 crowns had old metal dashes with a red brake actuator for the single system. They had rounded wheel wells, and the rear tail light were different - they had them on the back trunk doors and or on the outter sides with no reflector. The seats are post 77 high backs which didnt exist in 67. I could go on. I can tell you the day it was built if I had the job #. It used to be owned by Laidlaw also.
I've seen this baby many many times on my drives.
buslady 2 years ago
ah that's a late 80s Ortley #271, 38' crown...the small windows up front and the little one by the E-door tells plenty (hubbys says around '87-'88 model)
buslady 2 years ago
Not only a true bus of style and beauty, but the safest vehicle in the history of pupil transportation. R.I.P. the mighty Crown. Our famous Crown was the Joseph (Oregon) School District's touring bus. A lot of Crowns still roll in the Yakima River basin of central Washington state, and I recall seeing a bus yard full of them in Bend/LaPine, Oregon back in the 80's/90's.
mellotrongirl 2 years ago
that bus was made monte vista ave next door to me
mccrackenphillip 2 years ago
it looks like an 86 or so.
heroyoon 2 years ago
thats not a 67, it had flat top wheel fenders, Crown was in LA in 1967 as well.
buslady 2 years ago
My high school had a fleet of crown coaches. There were two particular ones that had a very loud exhaust system....like they had some kind of cherry bomb muffler. Would you happen to know why they were like that? These were the smaller lenght crown'...one axle in the back.
jerone2003 2 years ago
those are call the tin can in the tailpipe mufflers. they're jsut cheap junky mufflers. i know the sound. the nonturbos sounded that way.
buslady 2 years ago
those were great buses I used to ride one in elementary, jr. high and sometimes in high school
Trainman11185 2 years ago
Haha! The Clover Park School District in WA still had these when I was in elementary school ('90-'93 ish). I remember vividly the thud it made when the door opened and the double thud when it closed. Brings back memories!
PGH7SG 2 years ago
The Christmas music and the bus are just as nice.
jefferyb304 3 years ago
"OSB= One Sexy Bus. "
With one big ass!
SteveCarras 3 years ago
ok.. anyways whatever the date that is an OSB.. since crown was and still is the best!
bitsyray 3 years ago
That's not a 1967 Crown Bus...
...it's a late '70s or '80s Crown.
(I can tell just by looking at
the dash)
efleck999 3 years ago
it must have been rebuilt then, because the builders plate next to the driver seat clearly said 11/1967.
FL92002 3 years ago
... get a pic of the metal sign on the passenger side above windshield.. (or usually there) it does look 80's..
bitsyray 3 years ago
the chino tag up front is from an 80's model.
The thing is many crowns are rebuilt and updated using the newer parts as the 35 foot supercoach had almost the same construction for 40 years.
0lord0kinbote0 3 years ago
Yeah, but the wheel wells look like they are from one of the later buses... wouldn't a 1967 bus have rounded wheel wells, instead of the ones that are flatish on the top? How could they change something like that?
efleck999 2 years ago
Now THATS an OSB!!! They don't make them like that no more.
OSB= One Sexy Bus.
TheDonOfAllBuses 3 years ago 2
anypne wanna shoot a movie? lol
jkeating12345 3 years ago
i likez it
HemiJeep19 3 years ago
Nice!
fleecejackets 3 years ago