Bus tour in 1948 GMC Detroit diesel 6-71

[@SteveCarras]

Glad to see it’s not used as a movie t.v bus or even motor home but just as a public or private bus for the public to ride 😎

[@crazyman7000]

That is the coolest shifter I have ever saw.

[@MrMattmc]

Besides the bus I was glad to see an old '70s' chevy pickup and a crown victoria. It's nice to see that some Detroit iron made it to Europe.

[@pioneermci]

Love that column shift & the music of the 6v71.

[@roadyrider]

I remember traveling with my grandmother in these old buses on a trip down into Mexico in the 1960's. There were tons of these old GMC buses in use back then, probably picked up from American bus companies when they retired them from their fleets.

[@TurboSuperiority]

That's a cool looking old bus and I LOVE the sound of the screamin Jimmy! Nice vid

[@seanburns9416]

God,,love these old buses!!!!😁😁😁😁😁

[@TwinStickFilms]

I've never seen a bus with a 671 in it. and a 3 on the tree shifter? Thats cool!

[@SteveCarras]

Re:#of grs. Close, 4.

[@michaelbenardo5695]

5 on the tree. To shift into 5th, you press a button and move shift into the same position as 2nd.

[@seanburns9416]

God love the shifting on the column,, awesome bus!!!!😀😀😀😁😁😁

[@sandraschmidt4200]

Fr Paul, used to be be in a drum and bugle corps in the early 70s, we rode the exact same bus as this one, they had 3 of them.

[@seanburns9416]

Just very sad to see the old ones not cared for any more,,basically scrapped,,brings tears to my eyes!!!!!!😥😥😥

[@patrickrichmond9896]

Yes. This was before the Greyhound buses were equipped with parallel windshield wipers. I know the automatic transmission made it easier to drive a bus, but I am glad that there is a rule that forces the law enforcement to leave us vintage truck and bus enthusiasts alone. Back in the days when that bus was new, many people smoked and people didn't know that cigarettes were bad for you and they didn't know that the emissions belching out from behind the car, truck, or bus was bad for you. These were the true workhorses of the Greyhound bus fleet. Greyhound sure did throw away some good equipment. And now thanks to that, several runs on the existing routes were cut. Even the MC-7 is dear to me since that was the first Greyhound bus I rode.

[@GaryBoyd02]

That guy knows how to shift!

[@308RoadReady]

The EPA has no legal way of doing anything for a pre emission vehicle. Its written in the Constitution called the exemption clause. I know this because I drive post war (1950s) automobiles daily. Emissions and seat belts for example are exempt from those laws if the vehicle was built prior to the law existing requiring it. You can legally use these buses today with no risk of legal repercussion. Besides they look a hell of a lot better then any bus made today.

[@SteveCarras]

HotRod Buick same for a pre-automatic

[@SteveCarras]

HotRod Buick thumbs up 👍

[@mdlclassworker3384]

Very true but it's not in the Constitution it's just the law

[@muffs55mercury61]

My kind of bus!!! Still a bus and not an RV. The Detroit diesel is music to my ears

[@brightonmusic]

@Chesterbarnes1 When I drove for Greyhound in the 1960s, the favorite by most drivers was the late model 4106. The Scenics were great on long hauls on expressways with limited access ramps because stopping distance was quite long. My second favorite, especially in bad weather, was the 4104.

[@SteveCarras]

Recently in Long Beach I saw a GMC PD-4106 from its driver's side (I can recognize te models) and noticed it RIGHT ON THE CURTB+_meaning it was still running )of course that's been one of the mpst durable.) I read that the PD-4107 ranked with the 3571 as a tough shifting bus,too.

[@jakebraken]

Nice video! Nice piece of history too!

[@ethicomm]

Wonder what it would have been like to travel through the sweltering heat on a bus like that. Then pulling into an old Greyhound station. Wish I could go back in time and do just that.

[@SteveCarras]

That bus had a 4 speed on the column with electric solinoid which turned 2nd into reverse. " I've heard that only TRHEE gears (Silversides, of the time, then), were fitted on those babies. Magicians, those solenoids.

[@kgriggs75]

I would love to own that old bus

[@patrickrogers9499]

All the 2 stroke Detroit 's were great engines . In some cases they could run in reverse !

[@estebanquito545]

2 stroke?? they must be very powerful but also very fuel hungry

[@Busdude97]

That's a nice bus!

[@Chesterbarnes1]

Former drives of the Silverside told me that it was a good bus, but the steering from stop positions and 5 miles per hour was horrible! The 4104's were the finiest built. The drivers loved the 4104's. On the highway I'm told they would lay right down to the road and one could put the hammer down

[@willDANCEforPENNIES]

YES!! Is this bus actually being used by Greyhound in this video? Or does someone privately own this bus? Either way, SWEET! A classic American icon for sure, powered by a classic American engine!!

[@SteveCarras]

They had 4-speed stick shift transmissions till the 70s hit, when they started haivng autos as someone else said, but the discussion is stick shits and GMCs only had four gears [SOME competitors like Crown had 10, Flxible and later MCI expierimened with more, but the 4 speed/6 or 8 cyliinder match up was one made in heaven.]

[@PappyCaligula]

@crazyman7000 Column shift, have to get the revs right to shift.No synchros what-so-ever. OH, and they still have the 6-foot dogs on the side...!Man!

[@SteveCarras]

"..That bus had a 4 speed on the column with electric solinoid which turned 2nd into reverse. This is what all GM highway coaches had up until auto's were .." Except of course that the gearshifter moved to the floor [THE PLACE to be for gearshifts on buses and trucks excluding pickups] after that and before that.

[@AntoineMiller]

That was one of the engines that won WW2!!!

[@SteveCarras]

:)!!

[@SteveCarras]

YEAH, baby !!

[@doityourselfwithfixinitwit270]

We are working on our 671 Detroit Diesel and adding turbo if anyone wants to watch our progress on our Channel...

[@SteveCarras]

She still has her four speed stick. Stick on wheel+PD 3751=Silversides [built 1940s for Greyhound by GMC].

[@SteveCarras]

Plus to reverse asd mentioned on had to solenoid-ize their way [did I REALLY jnust say ":solenoid-ize?] into reverse as mentioned, 1-2 shift while pushing a button. Plus the shift lever is on the sterring column on these models ["Silversides"].

[@Eric.schmidt]

Makes me wonder how this bus got to Holland?

[@SteveCarras]

I doubt ANY scynros existed then, but then what do I know.." I have a bok "FLXIBLE Highway Buses" [B..Luke, Iconographix Press, 2002] which mentioned a couple of Flxbles with "SYncro" trans. BTW unlike GM/Greyhound FlXIBL:E had a number of transmission options,l four speed with two speed rear, and five..

[@retroolschool]

Where was this Mexico? South America?

[@SteveCarras]

So that was where the reverse was in relation to the second, as I knew both were on the second, with solenoid swithc to second. So I guess that the pattern is 1 3 2 4 R

[@aghauler1964]

In 60s era MCI models that im familiar with, reverse was a switch and could be used in any gear but normally 1st. Ive never driven anything older than A MCI 6,

[@CreRay]

Waar was dit, en is er meer informatie te vinden over deze prachtige bus?

[@Chesterbarnes1]

I've been told by former Greyhound drivers that the 1948 #3751's were good driving buses but....they had no power steering and turning corners at low speed was like pulling a Army tank. The sweetest coaches to driver were the #4101's and the Scenicruisers. True or False?

[@mccrackenphillip]

4SPD ON THE TREE BUS WOW.

[@SteveCarras]

Yeah, THE THING for the PD(MG*)-3751's. (M=Manual and G=Greyhound exclusive, like the Scenicruiser 4501.)

[@SteveCarras]

Tres chic.

[@Tahara-Aichi]

How did it end up in Europe?

[@jonaszeidler8804]

+Geo Von Lengerke Most likely a ''fan''/collector imported it.

[@SteveCarras]

If I had a 4104 [requiring the licence, the money, the insurance,] I'd probaly name it Tiffany, only 1) folks would besiege me to take them places [!] and 2) friends might make Freudian jokes abiout getting INTO her,..:) I'd just say, well, do YOU have one..:)There's some good videos on PD 4104s and 4106's and such. I agreee on 4104's being the finest built.

[@greyhound4211]

It supprises meto see a 62 Year old bus still in comission. But those buses are ment to last a very long time

[@mongo5888]

@ethicomm Amen to that.

[@knightrider1545]

Maybe fuel economy?

[@emilioreyes4494]

Bueno guagua

[@MsJinkerson]

3 on the tree

[@MrMauserb]

4 on the tree

[@juanasanelli6831]

AVIONES hechos para volar a ras de suelo

[@waswestkan]

" Gay emissions standards" means someone doesn't have an argument to make :)