#1 2008-09-15 03:24:39
We'll start with the MCI 102A3, the bus that brought alien spacecraft to the streets.............
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#2 2008-09-15 03:27:10
......then move to what I feel to be the cleanest most beautiful bus design of the decade, the Setra S-417.....
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#3 2008-09-15 03:58:18
I was always a fan of the classics.
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#4 2008-09-15 06:49:47
Let's not leave out this fabled model:
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#5 2008-09-15 07:58:20
Trigmobile?
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#6 2008-09-15 09:09:19
They are all death-dealing, lane hogging lemming transporters as far as I am concerned. I can't even count the number of times bus' of all description have infringed on my lane while I was on two wheels or four.
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#7 2008-09-15 12:07:09
karenw wrote:
Let's not leave out this fabled model:
https://cruelery.com/uploads/thumbs/430_short.jpg
That's the one I rode to school. I didn't realize I rode the little bus until after I was married.
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#8 2008-09-15 12:28:27
GooberMcNutly wrote:
They are all death-dealing, lane hogging lemming transporters as far as I am concerned. I can't even count the number of times bus' of all description have infringed on my lane while I was on two wheels or four.
Oh Goober. Come on! Get Happy!
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#9 2008-09-15 12:46:06
Click image.
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#10 2008-09-15 12:56:19
Because, plainly, Dhal is azzzzzzzleep.
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#11 2008-09-15 13:02:09
Ahh, busses.... remember this one?
And also loved these...
But of course, no discussion should be complete without discussing trolleys - the semi-busses - and my memories are full of PTC trolleys....
.... and we can't forget the places the buses came from - those art-deco terminal buildings that are nearly all gone now...
I must admit that I liked this bus though...
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#12 2008-09-15 13:06:12
Oh.. almost forgot the most stylish one of all...
The GM Futureliner.
Don't you really wish they actually made stuff like this now? 
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#13 2008-09-15 18:24:47
Haha asshole.... Anyhow just to play along I figured I'd throw in a picture of the VW bus... My mom and dad had one of these things when I was kid, it was gutless but still uber cool!!
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#14 2008-09-15 19:26:19
Dirckman wrote:
My mom and dad had one of these things when I was kid, it was gutless but still uber cool!!
http://wi-fi-location-directory.com/vw/ … _front.jpg
Spin four bolts and you had the engine out. That was one sweet motor home but bugs made a better traveling office. I owned 4 of them, all pre-'68, and I'd still give my left nut for one.
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#15 2008-09-15 19:30:17
Both of my first cars were Beetles: a '74 Super Beetle and a bright, candy apple red '61. Beautiful car, that. I sold her to a collector in Vermont.
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#16 2008-09-15 22:45:48
One of my high school girlfriends had an early-60s Beetle. Her dad found it for her because the car was so basic, easy to maintain and dependable. So low-maintenance, even a bubbleheaded teenage girl couldn't screw it up.
[edit] Oops, sorry; I'm running on about cars, and this is the BUS thread. 
Please carry on.
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#17 2008-09-15 23:05:28
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#20 2008-09-15 23:10:07
Now for a little classic German styling......
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#21 2008-09-15 23:16:31
What bus thread would be complete without the ol' English double decker?
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#22 2008-09-15 23:23:35
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#23 2008-09-16 01:01:10
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#24 2008-09-16 01:11:11
George Orr wrote:
[edit] Oops, sorry; I'm running on about cars, and this is the BUS thread.
Please carry on.
kick ass!!! A Veggie Tales schoolbus? Where did you find that? God, how I love the Internet!
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#25 2008-09-16 07:30:16
Ride that white line fever on the Express.
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#26 2008-09-16 07:58:25
It is never too late to get on the bus.
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#27 2008-09-16 08:00:07
Dirckman wrote:
Haha asshole.... Anyhow just to play along I figured I'd throw in a picture of the VW bus... My mom and dad had one of these things when I was kid, it was gutless but still uber cool!!
http://wi-fi-location-directory.com/vw/ … _front.jpg
I had one of these, same color and everything. The solenoid had a problem, and to start it my girl friend would slide underneath and tap on it with a screw driver handle while I turned the key. The engines were good for about 100,000 miles and little more. At about 110,000, mine threw a rod right through the light-weight aluminum block, totally ruining it. Replacing the engine was a snap.
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#28 2008-09-16 08:04:39
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#29 2008-09-16 08:17:51
choad wrote:
Dirckman wrote:
My mom and dad had one of these things when I was kid, it was gutless but still uber cool!!
http://wi-fi-location-directory.com/vw/ … _front.jpgSpin four bolts and you had the engine out. That was one sweet motor home but bugs made a better traveling office. I owned 4 of them, all pre-'68, and I'd still give my left nut for one.
One of those things caught fire in front of me at a stop light about a month ago. Luckily, it was literally in front of a fire house--the driver just cocked the wheels to the right, and let it roll the three feet into the driveway.
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#30 2008-09-16 10:25:12
whiskytangofoxtrot wrote:
kick ass!!! A Veggie Tales schoolbus? Where did you find that? God, how I love the Internet!
I ran across it on an image search. Here ya go.
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#31 2008-09-17 09:27:26
Dirckman wrote:
Haha asshole.... Anyhow just to play along I figured I'd throw in a picture of the VW bus... My mom and dad had one of these things when I was kid, it was gutless but still uber cool!!
http://wi-fi-location-directory.com/vw/ … _front.jpg
Not a splittie, but a breadloaf. I still drive my 1971 Deluxe daily, I have had it since I was one year old. We have been to 4 continents together.
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#32 2008-09-17 12:38:34
Fled wrote:
I had one of these, same color and everything. The solenoid had a problem
The last 6 months of '67 was the VW golden age for bug and microbus alike. Still, there were issues. The accelerator cable was ridiculous and often froze, the fuel line was prone to vapor lock and that fucking solenoid... Throwing a rod was heartbreaking. I still blame my brother.
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#33 2008-09-17 20:40:41
The Grey Rabbit. Berkeley to NYC, via LA and Chicago, in three days for $50. The seats were replaced with foam padding and alcohol was strictly prohibited. Weed was encouraged. Thems were the daze. Yeah, I took this shot.
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#34 2008-09-17 21:43:11
Well, this is what I get for being a smart-ass. I really didn't expect this thread to go anywhere.
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#35 2008-09-17 21:50:47
The Rosa Parks bus!!!!
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