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Bus Stop Classics: American-Ikarus/North American Bus Industries – From Hungary to Alabama
Posted on July 23, 2022 | 41 Comments(first posted 7/23/2016) Our European readers are no doubt familiar with Ikarus, a manufacturer of motor coaches based in Budapest Hungary. -
Bus Stop Classics: Orion I Thru VII – Cross-Border Cruisers
Posted on July 16, 2022 | 13 Comments(first posted 7/16/2016) In a previous post we looked at the Neoplan AN440 motor coach, an effort by the German manufacturer to provide US transport operators another alternative in the […] -
Bus Stop Classic: Neoplan AN440 – Transplanted Teutonic Transporter
Posted on July 9, 2022 | 26 Comments(first posted 7/9/2016) I’m sure CC readers are familiar with Neoplan Bus GmbH– one of the largest manufacturers of motor coaches and other transport related vehicles in Europe. What you […] -
Bus Stop Classics: Gillig Low Floor Bus – Last Out of the Gate, But It Had an Advantage
Posted on July 2, 2022 | 38 Comments(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 […] -
Bus Stop Classics: 1955-63 Henschel HS 160 Urban Transit Coach – A Familiar Sight on West German Streets
Posted on June 12, 2022 | 14 CommentsThe 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 […] -
Bus Stop Classics: GM New Look “Classic” Coach: Tried and True
Posted on May 7, 2022 | 29 Comments(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 […] -
Bus Stop Classics: GM 3501-3502 “Old Look” Transit Bus Update (1959-1969) – Hedging Their Bets
Posted on April 30, 2022 | 50 Comments(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 […] -
Bus Stop Classics: Japan’s Bonnet Buses – A Nostalgic Reminder of an Earlier, Less Hectic Time
Posted on April 23, 2022 | 26 Comments(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 […] -
Bus Stop Classics: Flxible “Flxette” – The Junior Leaguer
Posted on April 16, 2022 | 34 Comments(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 […] -
Bus Stop Classic: General Motors Rapid Transit Series (RTS) II Coach – A Sure Bet?
Posted on April 2, 2022 | 84 Comments(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 […] -
Bus Stop Classic: Grumman 870/Flxible Metro – An Early Stumble, But a Successful Recovery
Posted on March 26, 2022 | 21 Comments(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 […] -
Bus Stop Classic: Flxible and AM General New Look Buses – Playing Second Fiddle to GM
Posted on March 12, 2022 | 44 Comments(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 […] -
Bus Stop Classic: Crown Motor Coaches – California Royalty
Posted on March 7, 2022 | 121 Comments(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 […] -
Curbside Outtake: Early ‘70’s De Tomaso Pantera – Likely New Arrival in Tokyo
Posted on March 5, 2022 | 18 CommentsI 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 […] -
Bus Stop Classics: Flxible Clipper – The Motor Coach Style Leader of the 1950’s
Posted on February 26, 2022 | 76 Comments(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 […]