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Bluebird207
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 Posted - 11/08/2009 : 11:38:49 AM
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This is a 1965 Ford/Superior. I took this shot in June 1965 when we just got the bus. I was only 13 at the time i took this shot and the camera was a bit crude. I rode that Ford to and from school for several years in Philadelphia. I loved that bus. The bus in front of the Ford was a 59 IH/Wayne. The school buses back then were so much better looking than the ones of today.
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SuperiorGMC1963
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USA
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Posted - 11/08/2009 : 1:56:38 PM
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Originally posted by Bluebird207
The school buses back then were so much better looking than the ones of today.
And not just better looking but the variety was what I enjoyed. Just about every year you could look forward to either a body or chassis redesign. The school district where I was raised (Traverse City, MI) also had some '65 Superior Fords. I never rode one but my bus through most of grade school was a '64 Superior GMC. Those were the days!
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Bluebird207
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Posted - 11/08/2009 : 4:22:31 PM
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| By the time i left Philly in 1970 the School District of Philadelphia was using IH/Carpenter and IH/Thomas buses. Now,i think they are using a little of everything. I have seen some Bluebird Visions, Freightliner Thomas and IH/Bluebird and Thomas, but the fleet doesn't look as impresive as it did back when i went to school. |
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SuperiorGMC1963
Top Member
USA
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Posted - 11/08/2009 : 7:24:00 PM
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Originally posted by Bluebird207
By the time i left Philly in 1970 the School District of Philadelphia was using IH/Carpenter and IH/Thomas buses. Now,i think they are using a little of everything. I have seen some Bluebird Visions, Freightliner Thomas and IH/Bluebird and Thomas, but the fleet doesn't look as impresive as it did back when i went to school.
The current (Nov) issue of School Bus Fleet magazine has a brand new School District of Philadelphia Blue Bird Vision on the cover. |
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bsaund09
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USA
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Steven A.Rosenow
Top Member
USA
1926 Posts |
Posted - 11/10/2009 : 02:49:29 AM
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Speaking of 1965...
Er, well, 1967 actually...
A fleet of Gilligs, taken from a 1967 Bremerton High School yearbook photo.
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C2FAN
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United States
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Posted - 11/11/2009 : 6:32:30 PM
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Originally posted by Steven A.Rosenow
Speaking of 1965...
Er, well, 1967 actually...
A fleet of Gilligs, taken from a 1967 Bremerton High School yearbook photo.
Thats a great picture, thanks for posting it. |
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dem84skeeprollinup
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USA
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Posted - 11/12/2009 : 12:04:59 AM
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| Nice picture Steve. What the heck is that SUV thing in the background, left page front row of cars. Looks like a suburban limo |
Do the world a favor and bring back GMC and Ford conventional chassis......
 
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Jared
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USA
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Posted - 11/12/2009 : 04:36:22 AM
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Originally posted by dem84skeeprollinup
Nice picture Steve. What the heck is that SUV thing in the background, left page front row of cars. Looks like a suburban limo
That would be a Stageway Suburban Conversion. Google Stageway Suburban, there is some interesting stuff that will come up. |
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Steven A.Rosenow
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USA
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Peter
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USA
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Posted - 11/12/2009 : 10:41:36 AM
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Spicer is nicer. |
Edited by - Peter on 11/12/2009 10:42:39 AM |
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Buskid
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USA
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Posted - 11/12/2009 : 11:54:02 AM
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Originally posted by Steven A.Rosenow
See if you can spot the oddity in it.
# 2 looks like it has a right-side emergency door. Is that a hatch on the roof also? I can't tell from the picture, but it looks like something is outlined on the roof. It could just be the way it looks on my screen. |
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Jared
Top Member
USA
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Posted - 11/12/2009 : 2:18:02 PM
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Originally posted by Steven A.Rosenow
And about that 1967 photo.
See if you can spot the oddity in it.
The lone Superior conventional in the upper right corner??? |
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Tatum
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United States
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Posted - 11/12/2009 : 3:38:02 PM
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| ^ That looks like a Gillig conventional bus to me. |
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Buskid
Top Member
USA
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Posted - 11/12/2009 : 6:32:18 PM
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Originally posted by Tatum
^ That looks like a Gillig conventional bus to me.
The one parked in front of the Superior certainly is.
Boy, if that's the oddity, I need to leave poor # 2 alone. |
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Kodie
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Posted - 11/12/2009 : 6:48:54 PM
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| I have to wonder how many of those buses in Steves picture still roll on the roads today. |
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Steven A.Rosenow
Top Member
USA
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Posted - 11/12/2009 : 7:05:54 PM
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Originally posted by Buskid
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Originally posted by Steven A.Rosenow
See if you can spot the oddity in it.
# 2 looks like it has a right-side emergency door. Is that a hatch on the roof also? I can't tell from the picture, but it looks like something is outlined on the roof. It could just be the way it looks on my screen.
Ding, ding! We have a winner!
#2 has both a righthand side emergency exit AND a roof hatch |
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Buskid
Top Member
USA
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Posted - 11/12/2009 : 8:11:07 PM
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Originally posted by Steven A.Rosenow
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Originally posted by Buskid
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Originally posted by Steven A.Rosenow
See if you can spot the oddity in it.
# 2 looks like it has a right-side emergency door. Is that a hatch on the roof also? I can't tell from the picture, but it looks like something is outlined on the roof. It could just be the way it looks on my screen.
Ding, ding! We have a winner!
#2 has both a righthand side emergency exit AND a roof hatch
LOL. The old kid still has it. |
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Steven A.Rosenow
Top Member
USA
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Posted - 11/12/2009 : 8:52:30 PM
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Now, about that oddity... There's something else odd about it.
See if anyone can spot it.  |
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Tatum
Top Member
United States
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Posted - 11/12/2009 : 9:33:08 PM
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I think I have spotted what else is wrong with bus 2.
There isn't a black box in the middle of the rear end on the other Gilligs (except 2), and the little white box with the message is higher up towards the emergency exit than on the other Gilligs. |
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Steven A.Rosenow
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YellowBox
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Puerto Rico (USA)
254 Posts |
Posted - 11/13/2009 : 09:26:47 AM
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I REMEMBER MANY SUPERIOR SCHOOL BUSES BUILT ON OLDER FORD AND INTERNATIONAL WITH STEEL HOODS AND GAS ENGINES.
BUSES I RODE TO SCHOOL.
1977 FORD B700 CARPENTER (CATERPILLAR 3208 ENGINE)
1977 FORD B700 THOMAS BUILT BUSES
1975 INTERNATIONAL LOADSTAR 1800 THOMAS BUILT BUSES.
1974 INTERNATIONAL LOADSTAR 1800 WAYNE
1982 INTERNATIONAL S900 SUPERIOR.
THOSE SUPERIOR BUSES LOOK GREAT!!1 |
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Steven A.Rosenow
Top Member
USA
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Posted - 11/14/2009 : 03:32:44 AM
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No takers on the other oddity involving #2?!
Ok, here goes.
1.) It's a short 30-footer model, rare among Gillig Transit Coaches.
2.) It only has one rear exit window release handle, as opposed to the usual two.
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Steven A.Rosenow
Top Member
USA
1926 Posts |
Posted - 11/14/2009 : 03:43:03 AM
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Originally posted by Bluebird207
This is a 1965 Ford/Superior. I took this shot in June 1965 when we just got the bus. I was only 13 at the time i took this shot and the camera was a bit crude. I rode that Ford to and from school for several years in Philadelphia. I loved that bus. The bus in front of the Ford was a 59 IH/Wayne. The school buses back then were so much better looking than the ones of today.
For some odd reason, this photo also seems eerily familiar. |
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Bluebird207
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Posted - 11/14/2009 : 11:27:18 AM
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| I wonder why? Here's a hint, don't forget about the girls. |
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Steven A.Rosenow
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Bluebird207
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Posted - 11/14/2009 : 3:41:51 PM
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| Thank you Steve,and again,don't forget about the girls. |
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A look back at 1965
