A Ride in A 1997 BlueBird Chevrolet CV200 School Bus W/ Gas 366 Big Block/Manual Eaton 5-Speed Trans

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@TheDeathWillCome2012 6 ай бұрын

Love the old manual transmission School buses. As a kid riding the bus to school, I sat up in the front seat just to watch the driver drive the bus. Once in awhile there would be a substitute driver who really didn’t know how to drive a stick , he or she would grind the gear and sometimes kill the engine 😆 The good old days of school buses

@tyrickdisney3832 5 ай бұрын

This right here is what made me want to be a bus driver. I used to ride a Ward with Chevy 5sp. Same motor as this and I would sit up front just to watch the driver drive and I always knew when it was time to change gears. I could close my eyes and know where we were on the rout just the gear gears changing. Needless to say I learn to drive on a 1989 Bluebird Chevy 5spd. I cried when the put me in my first automatic

@twiff3rino28 Жыл бұрын

My elementary school's fleet at the time (94-00) was mostly compprised of these, even though some of the newer ones were diesel. Brings back memories... I remember one kid on my route had a stop right on the middle of a steep hill. The driver had to keep it in first until she got to the top of the hill and even as a 7 year old, I thought the engine was going to blow some day 😅

@Chardy3800 Жыл бұрын

Those are the best shifting transmissions. That's when driving a bus was fun, now it's just a job lol

@southernbustransportation Жыл бұрын

Awesome video my guy! There's not a bunch of driving videos of these masterpieces with gasoline engines.

@ronaldc8634 10 ай бұрын

I have a video of me driving one, it's just unlisted: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJ6cfZRribSSmpo&ab_channel=RonaldC

@ICCE105 Жыл бұрын

I absolutely love the engine and transmission sound 🥰

@JeffderWeltbuerger Жыл бұрын

We had a few of these in my district. That sound brings back memories!

@BlindGordie 10 ай бұрын

This is great and like someone else said earlier in a comment, there aren't enough of these videos out there with these buses. I like the ones from the 70s that sounded like this, along with the trucks that used to be out there, which also had this sound, but with a more pronounced wine in the first gear.

@ronaldc8634 10 ай бұрын

I have a video of me driving one, it's just unlisted: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJ6cfZRribSSmpo&ab_channel=RonaldC

@jacktfowler246 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful motor in this old girl. Identical to the one that was my 86 gmc 6000 the first year i drove school bus. When i started our entire fleet was manual transmission and we loved them. Took us alot of getting used to when they switched us all to the automatics, would still look for the clutch with my left foot in the automatic.

@yitznewton Жыл бұрын

Brings back memories of the '86 Chevy BB I rode as a kid

@AmericanSirenProductions Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of Bus 7 Mrs Schaefer drove. CV200 had an automatic though but all the sounds are spot on!.

@brianparker6933 8 ай бұрын

I love the sound of it

@marcosordonez6422 4 ай бұрын

Brings back memories from elementary school

@stanleydaniels2185 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video! Wooow!! Suuure take s me back to child hood.

@claytonwhitacre1335 Жыл бұрын

Cool vid! Same drivetrain as my '95 Kodiak dump truck. I love that Eaton 5 speed transmission, they shift like a car. They have a heavy mechanical clutch though.

@mado3623 Жыл бұрын

This a 1997? This bus sounds damn good to me sounds better then a lot of these newer ones if say

@jefferyb304 10 ай бұрын

I think this bus sounds like the gas engine busses I would occasionally ride as spares. I started going to school when gas busses were being phased out in the late 80s in McDowell Co. West Virginia.

@369Bandido 2 ай бұрын

Oxford, Pa here. We had 1986 6.9 L s1300 "International Carpenter Bodies" in 87 when i started school. We had one 1979 366/4speed "Wayne GMC" as a spare. The whine of that 4 speed with that 366 Tick, would rock you to sleep.

@rdillard892 23 күн бұрын

I’m a bus driver now and I would rather have the stick shift instead of an automatic any day! Wishing I could find one for sale now I would definitely buy it!

@anthonymurphy2449 Жыл бұрын

How big is this bus? 40 feet? "35 feet? This bad boy sounds like the Bluebirds from the 80's at the camp I used to go to. :-D

@gibco25-offical56 Жыл бұрын

I think it’s close to 39 feet

@danielhildebrand6892 23 күн бұрын

School I went to had an old Backup Bus slash activities bus. Same thing BBC with a 5 speed. We'd occasionally get it on the route i rode to high school and did for a few weeks when the bus was in an accident. Our driver loved that bus. She could shift it like butter. Substitute came in and it was painful to hear her grind the gears. Final year I rode we got a brand spanking new Blue Bird. Had tinted windows and the only bus that had AC and what blew my mind at that age was automatic chains and a rocking stereo.

@steventurner820 Жыл бұрын

Although CVs were so common up here, not sure how many got gassers up here. Always loved the styling of these

@Blue_Bird_Vision_5 Жыл бұрын

My schools fleet up to 2015ish mainly consisted of these buses. One was a GMC, which was the only manual

@savagejiren9660 11 ай бұрын

Up until 2015? That's amazing. Here in South Carolina we got rid of most of our gas engine buses when they bought a ton of 1995 Thomas ERs for the whole state, which were diesel.

@superbrownsheep3777 Жыл бұрын

What? This engine existed in 1997? I did not know that.

@newfoundrooski Жыл бұрын

Right? I always thought the 366 was phased out towards the mid-90s, being replaced by the 454 engine

@ducharmestudios7157 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video. This is my favorite bus. I wonder what tires this bus uses.

@RichardKingFlint2001 Жыл бұрын

Dang! That bus sounded like my high school bus 110 and it was a Wayne Chevy school bus.

@sergeantjadonsoriginalchan3063 Жыл бұрын

probably the same engines

@solaris362 12 күн бұрын

What is the fuel consumption?

@gabrielhugges6820 Жыл бұрын

One video that has NEVER been on YT is ANY cv200 with the cat 3116 with the AT545

@Ray.Tompkins.02 Жыл бұрын

I found this. Hope it helps. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJKVmKOGl7Bjp7M

@johnw2026 7 ай бұрын

Is it still in regular use as a school bus?

@SH00T_TH3PUMP 12 күн бұрын

Looks like your grabbing 2nd for most takeoffs. Im guessing 1st is pretty low. Having a career as a school bus driver with a setup like that, would make it alot more fun than it is now.

@noahkuria19 Жыл бұрын

9:57 wheel spin?

@iridedoyou 3 ай бұрын

Out of alignment clutch

@BusDriver54 Жыл бұрын

The rarity of these buses is why I’ll most likely never sell my 2 diesel cv200’s

@0312Productions Жыл бұрын

I admit they’re probably my 2nd favorite bus to drive behind the 1st gen ICs.

@BusDriver54 Жыл бұрын

@@0312Productions I love the first Gen ic’s. We have an 04 spare at work and that’s thing is a work horse

@ClassixSuperRetroPlayhouse Жыл бұрын

5:13 TIRES SQUEAL

@iridedoyou 3 ай бұрын

Out of alignment clutch. Very common on these. The only way your e breaking the tires loose on one of these is if you’re on glare ice

@JD-tp4vs 5 ай бұрын

👍👍

@wisekelvin730 7 ай бұрын

Is It CDL Or Non CDL Bus

@0312Productions 7 ай бұрын

CDL

@danieltaylor4819 Жыл бұрын

Rode a Chevy bus in early 70's with 427 and 5 speed. Our driver knew how to work that big block.

@johnw2026 7 ай бұрын

Rode an old 89 International with a diesel for awhile in the 90's. It had been a 5 speed, the lady that drove it was retired as a truck driver. So when the 5 speed manual quit working, they somehow got a 10 speed manual in that bus. Most gears I've ever seen on a school bus, and she loved it!