BusFan TV: 1953 GMC TDM-4512 "Old Look" ex-PSCT G572 Goes For a Spin at Lakewood Bus Terminal

Filmed on April 2, 2011 at NJ Transit's Lakewood Bus Terminal in Lakewood Township, NJ. Here we have a vintage bus: a 1953 GM "Old Look" - former Public Service Coordinated Transport (predecessor to NJ Transit) G572 going for a ride around Lakewood Terminal. This bus is preserved thanks to the Friends of the New Jersey Transportation Heritage Center, Inc.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• bus
• transit
• New
• Jersey
• NJ
• Public
• Service
• Coordinated
• Trapsort
• PSCT
• Lakewood
• General
• Motors
• GMC
• TDM
• Old
• Look
• Transportation
• Heritage
• Center

[nyshortline]

Does this bus have a torque converter or a manual transmission? Sounds to me like a stick. Beautiful paint scheme.

[RailFanTV]

@nyshortline

That's a manual 4-speed synchromesh v-drive.

[nyshortline]

@RailFanTV Thanks. Do you know if it came from the factory with the stick or did it originally have a torque converter? First time I've seen a "local" bus of this vintage with a stick.

[RailFanTV]

@nyshortline

I assume it came like that, since I didn't read or hear otherwise. But don't quote me!

[wetwhiteandblue]

Could anyone tell me what those bars are for near the bottom of each window? They seem to be unique only on NJPS old looks.

[steeplechasepark]

Public Service had a slew of these manual transmission old looks, especially in southern New Jersey. I remember riding them in Camden on the 21 and 31 and 16-34 lines on Mt. Ephraim Avenue.

[nyshortline]

@RailFanTV Thanks. It just seems odd for a local bus (standee windows) of that vintage to have a manual transmission. I know the old-look commuter buses (large windows) all had manual transmissions.