Driving the 1974 GMC Ward school bus (April 2009)

Here I demonstrate the feet on the pedals and a better view of me driving the bus. The tappet noise has completely disappeared with the oil change.

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[Brandtalones]

Hello... Do you have any grand plans? Say, a la Merry Pranksters... ?

Road trip!

[retrochad]

I actually am looking into buying a bus which has been converted into a camper...I will keep this one just as is as a historical item. Just need to repair the brake system.

[gajda1984]

what kind of bus is it? looking forward to seeing it if you buy it!

[retrochad]

This is the 1971 Dodge Carpenter which you can see on another video I made here. The owner is trying to see if he can arrange with a trucking company to have it shipped here as it has not been driven for a while and I would prefer not to have to make a long highway drive with it.

[bheffley2002]

@asulca593 Small wonder today's buses all have automatic transmissions.

[Stickymajorwow]

my uncle owns a 1979 gmc ward take a look at my vid and tell me what i can do to inprove the video cause you do great on your videos thanks

[uwtitanfan]

Do you know what year this bus was taken out of service? When I rode the bus growing up, about half the buses in the district's fleet were 74 loadstar 1800's with the 9 liter diesel. A few were still in service when I graduated in 1998

[EM6285]

I share the same passion for older school buses or classic school buses. Thanks for the video, it has brought back many memories of when I rode school buses in my teen years. I just love the sound of those old V8 GASOLINE ENGINES. I am enthusiastic about them, but here in PUERTO RICO where I am from, GAS POWERED TRUCKS AND BUSES are gettin SCRAPPED.

[corvettefunstudios]

thumbs up if you saw the D.A.R.E sticker

[bamaslamma1003]

I always loved the sound of gasoline buses with Allison auto trannies, but the manual tranny makes a neat noise too in low gear.

[codyication]

"If you cant find it, Grind it" That's what i say

[asulca593]

i can't imagine the clutch lasting very long given the stop-n-go life of a school bus

[lawnboy531]

looks like u have a great looking peice of property yes air brakes are better

i like the 392 better than the 345

[cookie56952]

tht's the 1974 ward school bus i like the blue bird and the thomas built buses