Starting Up Crown 724

[yrd4snd]

I did a lot of miles in one just like this. Pancaked 6-71 Detroit with a Turbo-charger and a straight 5 speed Transmission. I saw a few in my travels that had 10-speed Fuller Road-Ranger's in them and a few with Allison Automatics as well.

My entire route was on a large hill that sloped up off the valley floor, so I got to use the only bus in the fleet with a turbo. It's too bad that Crown isn't still in business. They built the best coach on the road.

[DeserTBoB93535]

Oooh! Curved windshields! A DELUXE tandem!

[JAY5MAY]

This is Video is so COOL!!! I love school buses. check out the school bus trips from

Mark 5 Express.

[Pupster64]

WIsh they still had buses like this. This is beautiful!

[pongoid]

Detroits smoke plenty until they warm up. Nice ride.

[Hickoxjm]

I have always wanted to drive one of those...

[cholamuchachita]

COOL KICK ASS BUS

[moosiah]

crowns came w 3 engines: Hall-Scott gas i6 horizontals ,,cummines 743/ 855 diesel NHH (80' ) , mostly 220 -some 262 w turbo, rare -300 , newer, detroit diesels, 425 (6-71) some w turbos.... all were 90 or 80 degree horizontal (pancake) engines 'cause they were mounted under the floor ,in the middle of the chassis. very rare crowns had a rear engine , not schoolies...

[8v71buses]

Aren't there any Crown Buses with the 8V71 engines ?

[warden145]

Gotta love the sound of a Screamin' Jimmy in the morning! I want that bus :-D

[Hotrodx199]

6-71 Detroit

[humandobermangrr]

Now if we can just get you to take us for a ride inside the bus that would be neat. stop and go.

[tntmos]

Most had cummins and some had detroit but it's an odd shaped motor

[schindlerman96]

i take that this is a gas engine not diesel

[cunit1090]

Im not so sure about that. It doesn't sound like a gas engine so it may be an 8.2 detroit diesel.

[abcaines]

Definitely Detroit Diesel. This bus looks and sounds like an early 1970s model. I don't think Crown put regular gas engines in their buses after the 1950s. I have heard gas engines in them... very different sounding.

[schindlerman96]

well i have never seen a bus from the 1970's that was diesel

[imabichover9000]

there are three crown coaches next to a gas station near where I live

[keanerulz25]

wish i could find one to buy these things are classics

[abcaines]

I drove Crowns for over six years... best buses ever built. I drive buses for another district (not in CA) and they are pieces of [doo-doo].

[schindlerman96]

are they crowns or possibly thomas's

[abcaines]

Genesis and International.

As one mechanic in CA called Genesis buses, "Gene-shit". I agree.

[schindlerman96]

we have plenty of genesis and international buses in the school district where i go to school and they are good buses we have some new thomas saf t liner C2's and they are junk the transit version (flat in the front are junk most of the time also i know another bus in my school district that blew up because the bus mechanics left the engine coolant cap loose and its an international a good bus but its the mechanics fault that happened

[cunit1090]

I went to Los Angeles USD and rode Crowns for the majority of my elementary and middle school years. They are really good buses.

[brandonya1990]

I remember when i was like 10 years old, that was in 2000, i lived in Washington State and my school had an old classic like that and it was my bus ride to school. I loved riding that bus.

[001chatlos001]

is that thing for sale if yes how much and what condition???????!!!!!!!!!!

[mtbwarrior]

beautiful bus, but why does it need a tandem in the rear?

[SteveCarras]

An andem rear axles..40 feet..the ultimate Crown. Now all we need is triple rear wheels.

[DieselMan89104]

I remember as a little one in the early 1990's when I was in school I rode on several of those old Crowns of the Riverside County School district in California.A couple of them were tandem axle models that I remember.

[dueltruck700]

looks like the one from the original N64 game vigilante 8! i dont know about buses but i do love these old relics!

[qwandiddy]

Old school rules.

[ModelTBoy]

I had no idea they made these as a ten wheeler!

Very cool!

[panamcunard]

hifiwasabi

I know what you taking about. LAUSD had Cummins powered 40 ft ten wheel Crown Supercoaches with roof racks. There one operateing in the Westchester area in 1992-1993. When it toke off you could see a wall of smoke on Manchester Blvd, flowed by that beastly sound coming from it Cummings engine. Those was my favorite buses in LAUSD fleet.

LAUSD 35 ft Supercoaches had Detroit 6-71 and there 40 ft Supercoach II had Detroit 6v92.

[hifiwasabi]

My dad's buddy has a '72 Crown with a 220 Cummins, man does that thing ever smoke! oncoming traffic has actually stopped because they couldn't see the road. I'm a detroit fan myself.

[andyofvermont]

Wow, quite a sound. Must be inline 6... sounds different from the 6V-71.

[micismyname]

love that exhaust sound you sure know its a crown going down the highway

[willbill808]

yeah!! old gilligs looked and sounded a lot like this too...

[Roushfan5]

Is that an active school bus?

[abcaines]

Love those Crowns! Best busses ever!

[kcole939]

i wanna buy a school bus!

[kcole939]

i wanna buy a school bus!

[ford1979truck]

true ..but on the older buss they needed the 2 axle set up in the rear ..

[zzzdoug]

I rode Embree bus 333 in Pasadena for 5 years to at least 3 schools (Allendale Primary, Jackson Elementary, Allendale again, after it was converted to K-6, and Wilson Middle) between 1980 and 1985. Bus 333 always had the reputation for being the loudest. (the kids on the bus that is, not the engine) The best days were when the bus broke down, because it was an excuse to get to school late or skip school altogether. However, they hardly ever broke down. They were workhorses!

[2A3A66]

I rode on various types of these Crown beauties while going to school in Pasadena, CA in the '70's and '80's. They were unique...sounds, smells, the ride. The are the real school buses. It's a shame they are starting to disappear now. It great to see them restored and operating still. Next to the sound, My favorite thing about them were those huge white steering wheels. You just knew you going somewhere in a Crown.

[fanoseagrave]

I should be an honor for any kid who had the chance to ride one of these beauties.

[2A3A66]

I was an honor and privilege everyday.

[Rboye]

A lot of these old Crowns are from the Western U.S.

[s172mch]

i want one

i wonder if there are places that have some used ones

where did u get it?

[buslady]

heheh Hi Phil!

[ClassicTVFan82]

Whose bus is this?

[jjf221]

First to comment! Oh yeah! Gotta love the scream of those Detroits... The tandem rear axle gives it a really nice classic look too.

[mrceleb2006]

This bus has a 6-71.