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Bus Stop Classic Archive
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Bus Stop Classic: 1965 DAF-Smit Appingedam – Both Public Transport Bus And Coach
Posted on October 13, 2023 | 13 Comments(first posted 10/12/2017) From 1965 to 1982 this splendid three-tone bus roamed the roads of the northeastern Netherlands. The complete bus body was built by Smit (from) Appingedam, […] -
Bus Stop Classic: 1987 Bova Futura FHD 12.280 – A 21st Century Coach, Introduced In 1982
Posted on October 8, 2023 | 17 Comments(first posted 10/8/2017) Thirty-five years ago the Bova Futura surprised the bus and coach world with its aerodynamic, clean design and huge windshield; a smooth coach, tightly […] -
Bus Stop Classics: 1928 – 1933 Pickwick Nite Coach – What’s Old is New Again
Posted on September 9, 2023 | 54 Comments(first posted 9/9/2017) Some of you may have seen a recent article of a startup intercity bus company that plans to offer “capsule hotel” type overnight bus service […] -
Bus Stop Classics: Beaver Metropolitan B-35-PT Series Coach – Keystone State Cruiser
Posted on August 26, 2023 | 8 CommentsA few months back we looked at Southern Coach Manufacturing (SCM), a small regional maker of buses in Southern Alabama. Today we’ll look at another one of these modest manufacturers […] -
Bus Stop Classics – QOTD: What is Your Favorite “Old School” Bus Livery?
Posted on August 19, 2023 | 21 CommentsIt seemed that the defacto paint scheme for most urban-transit buses in the 1950s and ‘60’s was a light cream over orange – at least in the Midwest where I […] -
Bus Stop Classics: White Motor Corporation Urban Transit Buses – Better Known for Trucks, They Made Buses Too
Posted on July 8, 2023 | 45 Comments(first posted 7/8/2017) There were several large-vehicle manufacturers in the early to mid-twentieth century that that were well known for their heavy-duty trucks, but less well-known for their […] -
CC’s Best of 2023 – Tramway Classic: 1934 English Electric Balloon Tram – Resilience, With Electrical Power
Posted on June 24, 2023 | 18 CommentsBlackpool, that most distinctive of English seaside resorts, has many special features and attractions. Not just the weather of Lancashire and the distinctive tower, modelled on the Eiffel Tower but […] -
Bus Stop Classic: 1948-1953 Checker Motor Coach · The Frequently Forgotten Bus from the Country’s Most Famous Taxi Maker
Posted on June 17, 2023 | 24 Commentsfirst posted 17 June 2017 We’ve reviewed quite a few motor coach manufacturers that hoped to cash in on the post-world-war-II sellers’ market with operators rushing to renew their fleets, […] -
Bus Stop Classics: 1947 – 1960 Mack C Series Urban Transit Coach – Built Bulldog Tough
Posted on June 10, 2023 | 46 Comments(first posted 6/10/2017) Several months ago we reviewed the Mack MV-620-D, a large demonstrator intercity coach from the late-1950’s that the company hoped would be selected as a replacement for […] -
Bus Stop Classics: Hino S’Elega • If Lexus Built a Bus
Posted on May 28, 2023 | 20 Comments(first posted 28 May 2017) Think of Toyota and the first thing that’s likely to pop into your mind is a Corolla or a Camry. But the Toyota Group, […] -
Bus Stop Classics: 1990-94 Motor Coach Industries (MCI) 102 B3 – Casting Aside 50 Years of Intercity Bus Design
Posted on May 13, 2023 | 31 Comments(first posted 5/13/2017) Take a close look at this bus…doesn’t look especially unique, does it. Seems to be fairly representative of any intercity coach in the US and Canada in […] -
Bus Stop Classics: GMC ODC 210 Bus Chassis – The Basis for Brazil’s First Bus
Posted on April 15, 2023 | 4 CommentsBrazil has a long history of both urban and intercity motorcoach transportation. Prior to the 1950’s, all buses were imported models, mostly conventional “bonnet buses” based on a truck chassis, […] -
Bus Stop Classics: MCI MC-6 “Supercrusier” – Six Inches Too Far Ahead of Its Time
Posted on April 8, 2023 | 43 Comments(first posted 4/8/2017) Unless you’re a certified bus fan (and a certified old guy), it’s unlikely you’ll recognize this coach. Motor Coach Industries (MCI) built only 100 of them for […] -
Bus Stop Classics: 1976 – 2006 Prevost Le Mirage – It’s All In The Windows
Posted on March 19, 2023 | 18 Comments(first posted 3/18/2017) In the mid to late 1970s, intercity motor coach operators in North America had several options to choose from as they looked to recapitalize their fleets. As […] -
Bus Stop Classic: GM PD-4104 – The Most Dominant and Influential Bus Ever
Posted on February 25, 2023 | 145 Comments(first posted 2/25/2017. Original pictures and some text by Paul N.) Over the past several months, we’ve reviewed several different motor coach manufacturers that went toe-to-toe with General Motors in […]
![Bus Stop Classic: 1965 DAF-Smit Appingedam – Both Public Transport Bus And Coach (first posted 10/12/2017) From 1965 to 1982 this splendid three-tone bus roamed the roads of the northeastern Netherlands. The complete bus body was built by Smit (from) Appingedam, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/IMG_4965.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Bus Stop Classic: 1987 Bova Futura FHD 12.280 – A 21st Century Coach, Introduced In 1982 (first posted 10/8/2017) Thirty-five years ago the Bova Futura surprised the bus and coach world with its aerodynamic, clean design and huge windshield; a smooth coach, tightly […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/IMG_4890.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Bus Stop Classics: 1928 – 1933 Pickwick Nite Coach – What’s Old is New Again (first posted 9/9/2017) Some of you may have seen a recent article of a startup intercity bus company that plans to offer “capsule hotel” type overnight bus service […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/oo1933_Pickwick_NC_06.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Bus Stop Classics: Beaver Metropolitan B-35-PT Series Coach – Keystone State Cruiser A few months back we looked at Southern Coach Manufacturing (SCM), a small regional maker of buses in Southern Alabama. Today we’ll look at another one of these modest manufacturers […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/48.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Bus Stop Classics – QOTD: What is Your Favorite “Old School” Bus Livery? It seemed that the defacto paint scheme for most urban-transit buses in the 1950s and ‘60’s was a light cream over orange – at least in the Midwest where I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2e3ee720f07773d20cc80f144498fcb7-e1692235180830.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Bus Stop Classics: White Motor Corporation Urban Transit Buses – Better Known for Trucks, They Made Buses Too (first posted 7/8/2017) There were several large-vehicle manufacturers in the early to mid-twentieth century that that were well known for their heavy-duty trucks, but less well-known for their […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/white-bus-01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC’s Best of 2023 – Tramway Classic: 1934 English Electric Balloon Tram – Resilience, With Electrical Power Blackpool, that most distinctive of English seaside resorts, has many special features and attractions. Not just the weather of Lancashire and the distinctive tower, modelled on the Eiffel Tower but […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/DSC00986-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Bus Stop Classic: 1948-1953 Checker Motor Coach · The Frequently Forgotten Bus from the Country’s Most Famous Taxi Maker first posted 17 June 2017 We’ve reviewed quite a few motor coach manufacturers that hoped to cash in on the post-world-war-II sellers’ market with operators rushing to renew their fleets, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/e280dce76b518980159966a903e8e609-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Bus Stop Classics: 1947 – 1960 Mack C Series Urban Transit Coach – Built Bulldog Tough (first posted 6/10/2017) Several months ago we reviewed the Mack MV-620-D, a large demonstrator intercity coach from the late-1950’s that the company hoped would be selected as a replacement for […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/c49-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Bus Stop Classics: Hino S’Elega • If Lexus Built a Bus (first posted 28 May 2017) Think of Toyota and the first thing that’s likely to pop into your mind is a Corolla or a Camry. But the Toyota Group, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/e0192662_0305797-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Bus Stop Classics: 1990-94 Motor Coach Industries (MCI) 102 B3 – Casting Aside 50 Years of Intercity Bus Design (first posted 5/13/2017) Take a close look at this bus…doesn’t look especially unique, does it. Seems to be fairly representative of any intercity coach in the US and Canada in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Greyhound_2550-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Bus Stop Classics: GMC ODC 210 Bus Chassis – The Basis for Brazil’s First Bus Brazil has a long history of both urban and intercity motorcoach transportation. Prior to the 1950’s, all buses were imported models, mostly conventional “bonnet buses” based on a truck chassis, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Grafico32-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Bus Stop Classics: MCI MC-6 “Supercrusier” – Six Inches Too Far Ahead of Its Time (first posted 4/8/2017) Unless you’re a certified bus fan (and a certified old guy), it’s unlikely you’ll recognize this coach. Motor Coach Industries (MCI) built only 100 of them for […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/mci-mc-6-12-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Bus Stop Classics: 1976 – 2006 Prevost Le Mirage – It’s All In The Windows (first posted 3/18/2017) In the mid to late 1970s, intercity motor coach operators in North America had several options to choose from as they looked to recapitalize their fleets. As […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/707left-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Bus Stop Classic: GM PD-4104 – The Most Dominant and Influential Bus Ever (first posted 2/25/2017. Original pictures and some text by Paul N.) Over the past several months, we’ve reviewed several different motor coach manufacturers that went toe-to-toe with General Motors in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/20245535485_933f19b367-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)


