Hershey Antique Automobile Show 2009 Crown school bus

[Amalthias]

Those 3 stripes went thru the 50s and onto any crown ordered with wet wall build, not drywall(2 stripes).....

[ih8popcountry]

nice most people destroy them

[oleknutlee]

One of the best sounding Detroits I've ever heard. Nothin' like the crisp bark of a well tuned two-stroke. :)

[dangbieber4376]

The buses is from 1950

[buslady]

Detroit Diesel 6n71, midengine mount...trans no idea, probably fuller 4 or 5 sp, not sure without being in it.

[Kancelledu]

0:30 the guy rubbing his head was like look at this pathetic school bus....Then the bus roars and he was like nevermind

[nyshortline]

Great catch!!! Crowns in the eastern U.S. are very rare.

[fairmontxf87]

Love the engine braking indeed

[kb7ydu]

That was a detroit diesel

[vidguy007]

Those had a Cummins 220, flat six. I had one, painted it to look like a huge VW van. It looks like one in the front.

Believe it or not that bus is a 1950 model. You can tell by the three narrow strips on the side and the tail lights.

Yes, they last forever.

[thaihungthinh]

when I went to junior high in 1959-63 in Altadena, CA, I rode in Bus 49, a Crown with original Hall-Scott engine, I loved its roar between gear changes. The driver used this same bus on Line ET 3 for many years, one of a number of routes for the school. They're built like a tank. Thanks for sharing.

[jfs1988]

This bus sounds tough.

[linkfan95]

This bus is from the very small high school I attended back in the 80's, we only had 7 buses. The school district sold this bus back in the late 80's, I cant believe it still has the name on it and it looks so good!

This bus originally had a gas engine in it and back in the early 80's, they had a proffesional repower done on it which included a 671 detroit and a roadranger 10 speed transmission. The bus also has a jake brake. If I recall, the bus is a 1957. I'm so glad you posted this!

[morales4375]

The bus is nice

[mccrackenphillip]

R-2-4

1-3-5.

on the shift panel.

for a 5 spd.

[mccrackenphillip]

60scrown

chino ca schools still have them.

[BurgerChefGuy]

SWEET BUS!!!!!!

[AcaAllertor127]

I just made a clay model crown=D

[joe84gar]

Sad Sad Sad that we just got rid of our last crown in our school district... I would have loved to drive one. Now we got one diesel left in our fleet and its an older Blue Bird and the rest are Thomas CNG..

[busrailfan]

Wow. What a sweet sounding Crown! i would have loved to ride those to school everyday! I rode the usual Generic Blue Birds and Thomas conventionals to school when I was in my teens.

[cholamuchachita]

that jake brake is sick sounding i love it

[sanchezv8]

tht little man has a nice jake brake

[mmZo6]

This thing is freaking awesome!

[hoteldennis]

@1985jon The owner told me that it was a GM 671 engine. I dont know about the trans. Any body else know?

[82MB240D]

@hoteldennis Crown's had a 5-speed Spicer, 10-speed Eaton-Fuller Roadranger and some had Allison automatics. This bus is a 50's-60's model due to the short windshield so I'd say it has the 5-speed.

[SteveCarras]

@82MB240D

They had two versions of the 5-speed Spicer. There was the straight direct Five:

[with this shift pattern]

R24

135

Just like a truck or car.

Then there was the low underdrive five speed

R13

L24

[SteveCarras]

@SteveCarras

And the ten speeds and Allisons [four speed or double under six speed automatic]

The four-ratio autos, were:

R

N

D

3

2

1

[SteveCarras]

@SteveCarras

The Duplex Under six speed autos:

1-2

3-4

3-5

3-6

N

R

[crown9798]

@82MB240D You are right on. 1960 was the last year of the narrow windshield. 1957 was the last year of the three black striped sides before they went to two black stripes on the side. So sad these beauties are diminishing. It is amazing that this body style came out in 1947 and was made till 1991 with minor changes.

[busrailfan]

@hoteldennis - Yeah that sounded like the straight 6-71 Detroit to me as well. Sweet sounding bus! Nice catch!

[AcaAllertor127]

@hoteldennis 5 speed eaton fuller

[fdnylover]

@hoteldennis it kinda sounds like a detroit diesal

[nutforcub]

You just made my 2009 year complete!! This awesome video of a 50's era Crown with jake brake is the most awesome sounding school bus ever made...I am fortunate to have ridden many in the early 70's in the Pajaro Valley Unified school district in Watsonville, Ca.

They are currently going to get rid of 12-1978-1982 era crowns because of emmisions, and am sad to see them go. Thanks again for posting this !!!!!

[ELOfanatic]

That is nice!

[buslady]

great looking Crown. I'd like to drive that one! It's a shortie too!