![(first posted 7/2/2016) There are currently three heavy duty urban transit coach manufacturers that have US-based operations; New Flyer, NovaBus and Gillig. Of those three, Gillig is the only remaining […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/yakima_32.jpg "Bus Stop Classics: Gillig Low Floor Bus – Last Out of the Gate, But It Had an Advantage")
![The Henschel HS 160 was one of the more popular urban transit coaches during the post-war period in old West Germany. It shared many innovations with its North American counterpart […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/images.jpg "Bus Stop Classics: 1955-63 Henschel HS 160 Urban Transit Coach – A Familiar Sight on West German Streets"){kind=small}
![(first posted 5/7/2016) In a previous post, we looked at the GM RTS II bus – introduced in the late 1970s. The RTS II was a significant upgrade to (and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Santa-Monica-Big-Blue-Bus-MCI-Classic-5182-1.jpg "Bus Stop Classics: GM New Look “Classic” Coach: Tried and True"){kind=small}
![(first posted 4/30/2016) The GM Old Look Coach – a true classic in every sense. Most CC readers know that the Old Look was produced largely from 1940 until the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/TDH3502.jpg "Bus Stop Classics: GM 3501-3502 “Old Look” Transit Bus Update (1959-1969) – Hedging Their Bets")
![(first posted 4/23/2016) Show a picture of the above bus to anyone from Japan in their sixties or older and you’ll get an immediate reaction: a smile and a recollection […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Hakodate_bus_isuzuBX352_hakodateroman-1.jpg "Bus Stop Classics: Japan’s Bonnet Buses – A Nostalgic Reminder of an Earlier, Less Hectic Time")
![(First posted 4/16/2016) In the 1960’s, if you heard the name “Flxible Flxette”, you’d probably think it was an act on the old Ed Sullivan Show. Actually it was Flxible’s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ATS6804_Nortran_gar_112676_AJR1-1.jpg "Bus Stop Classics: Flxible “Flxette” – The Junior Leaguer")
![(first posted 4/2/2016) You don’t have to be a professional gambler to know the phrase “a sure bet” – a clear winner, no doubt, guaranteed. As public transportation was […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/RTS-4462-1.jpg "Bus Stop Classic: General Motors Rapid Transit Series (RTS) II Coach – A Sure Bet?")
![(first posted 3/26/2016) Previously we’ve looked at several products produced by the innovative transportation company based in Loudonville Ohio – the Flxible Corporation (Clipper here, New Look here). Now let’s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/maxresdefault.jpg "Bus Stop Classic: Grumman 870/Flxible Metro – An Early Stumble, But a Successful Recovery")
![(first posted 3/12/2016) General Motors second major act in the transit bus market was the universally hailed New Look coach (superbly detailed by Paul here). As it did with the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/new-look-X-2-1.jpg "Bus Stop Classic: Flxible and AM General New Look Buses – Playing Second Fiddle to GM")
![(first posted 3/7/2016) If you grew up on the West Coast of the USA, in particular California, and more specifically Los Angeles, the picture above no doubt brings back […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/crodd.jpg "Bus Stop Classic: Crown Motor Coaches – California Royalty")
![I try to stroll by Kennie’s MOPAR Service at least once a week just to see what he might have lined up outside his garage. Typically there’s several of Highland […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/PXL_20220228_065406481.MP_-1-e1646313993864.jpg "Curbside Outtake: Early ‘70’s De Tomaso Pantera – Likely New Arrival in Tokyo")
![(first posted 2/26/2016) If you were a user of bus transportation in the ‘50s through early ’60s, both city and over-the-road, you no doubt traveled on several different […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/3321253063_6fc3505514_b-1-e1455869245446.jpg "Bus Stop Classics: Flxible Clipper – The Motor Coach Style Leader of the 1950’s")
![(first posted 2/14/2016) Growing up in central Ohio, we were one of the few “no car” families in our lower middle-class neighborhood. Mom never drove and Dad gave up driving […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Mh-7-1.jpg "Bus Stop Classics: GM “Old Look” Coach And MH Trolley Coach – When No Transportation Meant Public Transportation")
![During my military tours, I had the opportunity to drive a number of buses – not full-time, but typically incidental to my main duties. And being a car/truck/bus guy, I […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/acf4b7c392-e1643186128593.jpg "Bus Stop Classics: Buses of the US Air Force – “All Aboard the Blue Goose”")
![I’ve wanted to do a post on SCM for some time, but information online was pretty sparse. Luckily a few things have popped up recently, so let’s take a look […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/images.jpg "Bus Stop Classics: Southern Coach Manufacturing (SCM) – Belle of the South…")
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