Man that brings back some memories. When I was a kid they were mostly using newer 85-86 but every now and again we'd ride on one of these older buses and that whine they made.. wow. That brought me back almost 40 years. Thanks!!
@markmccormick4461
Жыл бұрын
i will be 40 this year i was born in 1983 i remember being in High school we had some 1999 Chevy Mid Bus with same sounding Engine good times and they were gas Powered
@johnw2026
3 ай бұрын
When I was a kid in the 90's, one school district still had an old 79 Ford bus. It was in the "boneyard," meaning it was a backup bus they used if other buses were broke down, and it was the last one they'd use. I rode it two or three times. It was old bus 1, and it had been the one my Grandfather had driven new when he was a school bus driver in the same district. He retired in either 80 or 81.
@quartterioamos730
Жыл бұрын
The sound of this bus put me in the mind of the bus I rode to school my last 7 semesters my Last bus driver had a GMC ward bus with the same hood
@TeriPowers-ng5wi
4 ай бұрын
The bus sounds like the bus I rode when I was younger in elementary school with the shift pattern.
@otisjackson5173
Ай бұрын
I rode on 4 of them when I was younger
@kridley73
2 жыл бұрын
I have never seen or heard a Clark transmission on a GMC! Only on Ford busses in the states. Nice!
@bikdav
Жыл бұрын
I noticed that. Interestingly, some of the later gas powered Internationals had this for a few years. Our town’s bus fleet had a few.
@Foxonian
Жыл бұрын
Awesome! I am here in the states, and we had Canadian Blue Bird school busses when I was a kid in the early 70's. Even though ours were Ford's, we had the same transmission in them. Those sounds bring back a lot of memories of my youth. Thanks for sharing your great bus!
@BlindGordie
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome sounding video and just before my birthday too.
@jaredbailey8237
Жыл бұрын
The newer diesel buses have built in A/C for the drivers. You see that mounted fan near the door handle? 40 years ago that was the A/C.
@mr.tomraypaz6085
Жыл бұрын
I rode on a GMC bus just like this one on a field trip when I was in first grade…in 1994! I still can’t believe that there was one of this vintage still in use at that time.
@user-wd7ld9ql8u
7 ай бұрын
Sounds like the school bus i rode in elementary school it was a 1985 Ford blue bird
@mindyabiznessthatsalljustm8134
5 ай бұрын
Omg me too! I couldn't tell you what model year it was but I remember this sound from my elementary years in the early 90s. It brings back memories of field trips!
@ericrichard858
2 жыл бұрын
Excellent, geez you should make more videos these buses are really rare in this condition and especially recorded while driving. Love that Clark tranny and 366
@pabloluimeme
2 жыл бұрын
engine is a 427 ;)
@BlindGordie
2 жыл бұрын
I agree! There's another video that was made with this bus, a few months ago and I said the same thing that you did. As a result, we have this video. Hopefully there will be more including driving on the highway and even the sound of straight cut gears. To be honest, I have no idea what I just said there, but I know what it sounds like.
@ericrichard858
2 жыл бұрын
Nice, 427 heh the other option, well the price of gas makes driving it a more of a pain of course, when I was going to school back in grade 2 in 1988 there were many around but it was these gas buses that got me into cars at an early age and I was always amazed that they were gas engines almost like the old chevy gmc half tons basically hauling around that much more weight and yes they were an industrial version engine made for working all day heh, tall deck more torque focused lower revving. Nice v8 sound at the end.
@ericrichard858
2 жыл бұрын
I seen that vid too a few months ago, I'll keep checking for more vids there's a guy on KZitem Corvairwild type in "366 chuggin uphill and it's an old gmc dump truck that sounds like your bus heh
@BlindGordie
2 жыл бұрын
@@ericrichard858 I remember hearing the same sound out of trucks in the 80s and possibly the 90s, as I was growing up in Toronto. I went to a summer camp for the blind up in Muskoka and they had a white activity bus (also a Blue Bird) which also sounded like this and I only had a chance to ride in it twice. The second time was going horseback riding and on the way back, there was the sound of straight cut gears, which I had mentioned in my previous reply. Unfortunately, the fan was on and blocking out some of the noise of the engine and the whine. I've never thought to ask how they drive like that and that slowly, with a Standard to make that noise.
@CTCUQ
2 жыл бұрын
Tellement hot ton bus JS!!!!
@davidalvearmartinez4258
Жыл бұрын
Gasoline engine? I like that sound. Greetings from Ecuador. 🚌⛽
@TheRenard10
Жыл бұрын
Do you also have an automatic transmission for a late 70's GMC school bus?
@nicolemclucas7578
Жыл бұрын
I don't think they were common then
@MisterMikeTexas
Жыл бұрын
@@nicolemclucas7578 In 79? Most Fort Worth ISD busses (International Loadstars) were Allison automatics by then.
@nicolemclucas7578
Жыл бұрын
@@MisterMikeTexas where I lived they didn't start using automatic transmissions on the buses until late 80s
@nicolemclucas7578
Жыл бұрын
@@MisterMikeTexas we had the same buses as this one, but without the poles
@TheRenard10
Жыл бұрын
As a youngster, I remember riding in a wayne gmc automatic school bus model. True. Thomas, the bus company, had a GMC school bus model, and it was an automatic too. It was 1988.
@joekrim6557
Жыл бұрын
Everything was "laid-back" in the day. Even, riding the bus to school. The fishbowl city buses put you to sleep along the way. Today, ppl be all in your face. Sad
@Thinker669
2 жыл бұрын
Is that Quebec?
@819transitvideos
2 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@laurenceamspoker782
7 ай бұрын
Clark manual transmission used in international harvester school buses? It almost sounds like the ih school buses from the 80s.
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