In Jersey we had a TON of these Stick GM buses. ALL used for NYC runs but some were even used intra-state. Just about every New Jersey bus line had Stick GM's.

@sierra1005sb

Жыл бұрын

My favorite place with the SDM's NJ transit!!!

@sierra1005sb

2 ай бұрын

My favorite

Liked it even before started to watch it. GM New Look is the most beautiful bus ever!

@TransitChuckG678

Жыл бұрын

Awesome

@jamesfrench7299

7 ай бұрын

Certainly better looking than Flxible's competitor.

There was a company in the late 60's called suburban transit I used to ride from Trenton N.J. to the Port Authority in Manhattan. All the busses on that run were New Look four speed manuals. Company colors were orange and black.

@georgemurphy2579

Жыл бұрын

Remember it well!! Inter City just went out of business last week!

@user-kn3vh6cy6c

6 ай бұрын

Suburban Transit Co,

Damm I miss driving those buses

That's a Detroit 6V-71 engine. I always preferred the Detroit 8V-71 over the smaller less powerful 6 cylinder. It's just good to see that it's still around.

@jamesfrench7299

7 ай бұрын

I prefer the note of the six but the eight has grown on me.

Dang want to drive the SDM again great bus and trained

Beautiful!! I'm glad its running and loved.

This is the sound leaving the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City on the NJ bound buses back in the day… When that bus would leave that glass partitioned loading platform and exit the buildings down the ramp! And you see the view of the bustling city below from the third floor level…To me that was bus heaven!

@cnsandmrr

Жыл бұрын

Love it

@CLIFFYBPUBLISHING

Жыл бұрын

@@cnsandmrr ❤️ Adjust the recliner, sit back, relax and enjoy… go through the Lincoln Tunnel, come out on the other side, take in the final panoramic of the New York City Ski Line and say good night!🌙😘

@cnsandmrr

Жыл бұрын

@@CLIFFYBPUBLISHING that would be awesome on this bus.

Years ago I had a part time job driving for a charter and tour company. For a while the company had a smd 5303, which tey used for local work. The visibility was great for the driver, the turning radius was amazing, but they had lousy brakes.

Miss those buses they were off the road by 1994

These are rare with a manual, I'd love one.

This must be a "Suburban" model without a back door. These were mainly operated on highways, so a manual transmission makes sense. Try finding a manual equipped "Transit" model with a back door. That's a unicorn.

@cnsandmrr

3 жыл бұрын

Correct

I would kill to get behind the wheel of a suburban fishbowl. I loved them buses since I was 5 years old. 😌

@freddiejames2083

6 жыл бұрын

Me too.

@69cateyes

5 жыл бұрын

me three

@SteveCarras

5 жыл бұрын

@@69cateyes Me four!

@dungnguyenk6312

4 жыл бұрын

L

@georgemurphy2579

4 жыл бұрын

I heard that Lakewood, NJ has a vintage bus garage on Rt88. They have these vehicles and you can actually get to move some of them.

love these..didn't know they had a manual..very cool

@mauricecole1196

6 жыл бұрын

Go to Ohio Museum of Transportation website, www.omot.org it will list the American bus builders bus roosters, for most buses from 1960 to 1995. New Looks, Old Looks, ADB, GM, Flixible, 30,35,and 40 ft. transits, suburban buses.

@SteveCarras

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, about a half or third did..love them too!

@MisterMikeTexas

4 жыл бұрын

@@SteveCarras Really? Manual shift was rare on these in the 60s?

@SteveCarras

4 жыл бұрын

@@MisterMikeTexas No, I meant, at least..actually, a VERY vast Majority of buses of a lot, EVEN transitsa, still had manuals..I know, even in treansit surburbans, I've seen them. RRR RRRR

Love old buses...I have driven all of 'em.

Nice sounding old Jimmy.

@seanseanconnerconner

5 жыл бұрын

ikes

Miss those SDM's oh the Road buy 1992 only charter. And off the Rd 1994 on charter

@cnsandmrr

Жыл бұрын

They are nice busses, I have an S8M 5304A.

Sounds like a typical Australian luxury coach from the 70s and 80s.

fishbowl is my biggest love ❤️. but I only like a auto transmission version

Love the engine sound !!

@TheDiarrheaChipmunkGirl616

Жыл бұрын

❤

Vintage bus! Driving a manual in city traffic must have been hell! ..thanks for posting!

@nickgodfrey1973

7 жыл бұрын

You get used to it. We do it here in Australia, pretty much all the time in our cars, and in tour coaches too

@exoressdelivers70

7 жыл бұрын

merc340sr pretty much the manual transit buses were reserved for express routes and limited stop routes. Those buses that ran on local routes that made frequent stops were typically automatic. Most transit companies had a mixture of both.

@SternDrive

7 жыл бұрын

I drove them for many years and if you know how to shift it is a piece of cake. If you are a bad driver it is hell indeed. I miss them

@SteveCarras

6 жыл бұрын

Doug Stern I do too

@BodhranBrian

6 жыл бұрын

Not to mention trying to get into the Lincoln Tunnel in the morning rush hour.Oh the memories!!!

I think that some city tour bus companies used fishbowls with manual transmissions.

@carnadero

4 жыл бұрын

Some fifty-plus years ago around here, before the local public transit agencies were created, Greyhound used to provide service between San Jose and San Francisco along the peninsula that used mainly manual shift New Look buses. I remember the drivers would do the double-clutching routine, and there was no rear door; only one door at the front.

Great sound!

I saw the rat on the dash. Haven't seen one of those in a WHILE!

@SteveCarras

5 жыл бұрын

A RAT???

@Flatbedkw

5 жыл бұрын

@@SteveCarras I think he means the tachograph.

Good video but you forgot to toot the horn and operate the doors.

Tom S at the wheel!

Thats a rare GMC transit with a 4 spd manual trans ! Only saw one other in 42 years of bussing !

@SternDrive

7 жыл бұрын

I drove GMC buses with the 4 spd stick for many years. This GM version was a bit more rare.

muito legal! !!

Почти что наши старенькие ПАЗики

@Andy_Novosad

Жыл бұрын

Проснись - это одинадцатиметровая машина, с алюминиевым кузовам, мощным дизелем, пневматической подвеской, а 3/4 из выпущенных ещё и с автоматом. И всё это в конце 50-х. ПАЗики, что старенькие, что новенькие, по сравнению с ним - халабуды на колёсах.

Never seen one of these with manual transmission, the city buses had two speed automatics.

@cnsandmrr

5 жыл бұрын

This one is a suburban, wasn't city use.

@SteveCarras

5 жыл бұрын

@@cnsandmrr Correct..as I've known abnout suburban buses before

@josephheston9238

5 жыл бұрын

@@cnsandmrr But that looks like a 102-incher.

Forgot to show the outside of the bus.

@cnsandmrr

7 жыл бұрын

I didn't forget anything!

I think that is my old bus ex Vanderhoof glass top sightseer. SDM5302 that bus is at seashore trolley museum now

@cnsandmrr

Жыл бұрын

If Tom Santerelli got it from you then yes this is the bus. The road number on it is 92.

@bryancooper2699

Жыл бұрын

@@cnsandmrr that’s her. I traded it years ago with Laddie Vitek to get a 5302 Transit from WMATA 1306. When that museum folded. 92 was driven from Illinois to Maine to where she is today Seashore Trolley Museum

@cnsandmrr

Жыл бұрын

@@bryancooper2699 that's awesome. I volunteer at Seashore on the buses, next season I'm going to get this bus going again and learn to drive it.

@bryancooper2699

Жыл бұрын

@@cnsandmrr That’s good they definitely need someone to pay attention to their massive bus collection

@cnsandmrr

Жыл бұрын

@@bryancooper2699 indeed

It’s Ralph Cramden

Was this bus being scrapped? just looking at the gun shots on the windsheilds of this and the rough shape of the other buses. Those double arm wipers are very rare. I drove a 63 GM like this and if the transmission linkages aren't in top shape, it's a bastard to shift.

@cnsandmrr

Жыл бұрын

No it's at a museum.

@crushingvanessa3277

Жыл бұрын

@@cnsandmrr Good to hear.

Guter Motor

Counterpoint. Seattle/King County metro here in the Seattle area kept a fleet of 1954 busses going until the early 1980's because they had hydramatic auto transmissions that had 4 speeds and worked reasonably well. What was wrong with the operators of this bus that they saw fit to buy a manual transmission. I wouldn't want to drive a city bus this way and I don't think it can be done today

Where is such a bus paradise? Is this bus already restored?

@cnsandmrr

4 жыл бұрын

It's not restored yet, all original. It's preserved at Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport Maine. Www.trolleymuseum.org

6V71 Detroit, eh!

Very awesome. What coach is this, and what is the other stick shift New Look at Seashore? I checked the roster on the website and did not see any manual transmission New Looks.

@cnsandmrr

2 жыл бұрын

The other newlook with manual transmission was sold. Neither bus is on the website. This bus in the video is number 92. Originally grey line.

@tobyschwartzman4995

2 жыл бұрын

@@cnsandmrr Out of curiosity, what was the bus that was sold? Do you remember where it ended up?

@cnsandmrr

2 жыл бұрын

It was ex Academy coach #22, before that it was grey line, and ended it's on road in service life with VIP tour and charter bus company out of Portland. It was a private sale to someone in Portland Maine, it's still at Seashore awaiting pick up from new owner. It needs work but is still worthy of driving on the road.

@tobyschwartzman4995

2 жыл бұрын

Someday we'll visit the museum, I'm also a big NYC subway fan and my relatives might have ridden those gate cars a hundred or more years ago. Thanks for all the info.

@cnsandmrr

2 жыл бұрын

@@tobyschwartzman4995 your welcome.

I see you had to double clutch.

Where are indicators of fuel, engine temperature, oil pressure etc. on dash?

@cnsandmrr

6 жыл бұрын

Przemcio78 around the steering wheel area, theres NOT a fuel guage on these old buses.

@Konduktor5-8

6 жыл бұрын

Why?, it is very important thing on dash :-O In bus on my video is more gauges >> kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y4Ftsq2xeL2tdNY.html

@SteveCarras

5 жыл бұрын

@@cnsandmrr For whatever reason... Scenicruisers were the same way, and THEY were built for long distance!

That is one winding road/path!

from everybody hates chris and speed

city tour bus 1960s

Tuyiu

What museum is this? Too bad about the windshield. It's curved glass so not like you could use a school bus windshield. Or maybe it would work to heat one up with a torch?

@cnsandmrr

7 жыл бұрын

LoveNotLabels, Seashore Trolley Museum, Kennebunkport Maine.

@LoveNotLabels

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah I thought it might be seashore. Once you get your bus what does it cost you to keep it there?

@cnsandmrr

7 жыл бұрын

LoveNotLabels, it don't cost anything its part of the bus collection.

@LoveNotLabels

7 жыл бұрын

Oh alright. It is possible for a collector to be able to buy a membership then keep buses there isn't it? Or am I thinking of another museum?

@cnsandmrr

7 жыл бұрын

LoveNotLabels, might be another museum. all of ours belong to the museum.

Only one problem with these FB buses...replacing the windshield would cost more than replacing the bus itself.🚍