Driving Crown 724

[546TC]

Steve Carras...you don't have to double clutch the 10 speed equipped models, yes, a school bus with a 10 speed transmission. I rode the 5 speeds throughout my school days and drove a 1988 10 speed model for a couple of years.

[Busdude97]

I didn't know school buses had detroit diesels! Awesome!

[SteveCarras]

To one reponsdant..yes YOU DO have to double cluthc for MANY, especially older ones.

[Explorersea]

Grew up riding Gilligs from 1964 - 1977, they really were top notch buses, way better than Carpenter or Blue Birds. Too bad Gillig and Crown's are no longer made, they were actually too well made and lasted too long.

[nutforcub]

In 7th grade, i rode a 1963 crown in Watsonville, Ca. It was bus #52 for the Pajaro Valley Unified School District. It was a strong built bus, huge, had wide aisles, and loved touching the steel under the windows. I always used to sit in the back ..and could hear the engines so much better. I always wanted to be a bus driver, but seeing this here, makes me almost feel like i am there. LOVE Gilligs up to model year 73 or so....Started riding mid 50's to 60's Gilligs in school....

[dubcloc1993]

do u have to double clutch when shifting or no

[hamslice151]

no, push the clutch once and fart. from there you dont need the clutch anymore.

[dubcloc1993]

ok thank u man appreciate it

[jcnme27]

This video may only be 19 seconds but it brings back a flood of child memories. They don't make them like this anymore. Manual transmission with dual axels!! Vinyl seats over what seamed like cardboard, lol. Loud and smokey!! (sigh)

[SchoolBusCrazy]

Now thats a nice bus.

[dtcheatham]

I used to drive the single axle and double axle Crowns for EMBREE BUS CO. in Pasadena CA  for about 5 years. I drive an 18 wheeler cross country now

[2A3A66]

I rode to various PUSD schools for many years, starting in 1973, with Associated, and later Embree, in those Crown beasts. Hall-Scotts, Detroits and Cummins. Boy, what an experience. I don't think riding to school is that fun anymore.

[dtcheatham]

i believe it was 1988 to 1993 that i drove there. Those Crowns were really workhorses! Id love to buy one to convert it to an RV!!

[panamcunard]

The 40 foot long, 10 wheel Crown Super Coach buses like this one, are some of my favoite buses. Greeniron is right the one with the cummings super 250 sounds better, but I recomend you hear a turbo charge one. It a sound that is hard to forget! It sound like a beast!

[a7gr]

stick or automatic

[arclamp]

According to the pictures I've found on the Web, 724's a five-speed stick.

[SteveCarras]

Crowns had the perks of a five and later Eaton-Fuller 910 and TRX Roadranger semi-truck Diesel truck-ready (see truck videos)

10 speed sticks, but they had some Allison autos, too!

[SteveCarras]

And more from that last comment..

(Cut off to save character space!)

6 speed HT 70-with these positions

1-2

3-4

3-5

3-6

N

R

[SteveCarras]

and

MT 643 4-speed auto

R

N

D

3

2

1

That startled me big time when I saw an auto on a Crown bus.

[Snudg]

You couldnt tell from Listening to him Shifting ????

Duhhhh

[fanoseagrave]

I wonder what this sucker would sound like with a torque converter like the GM "Old Look" buses had instead of a stick?  The GM's didn't have that "tin can in the tail pipe" sound like this has.

[jpandt0]

I love these busses I have a 1984 high floor converted to a rv

[buslady]

doncha love the tin can in the tail pipe sound?? Hhehehe :D

[greeniron32]

Yes a crown bus has sound all it's own. I think these were 6-71 pancake engines. Even though I'm a Detriot fan, I recomend hearing one of these with the naturally aspirated cummins super 250.

[dwjensen]

Beautiful bus. I'm glad someone is preserving the historic Crowns.

[ClassicTVFan82]

I wonder when the new owner of this bus will do a video of a long drive.

[seagravefan]

Nice!!!