Amazing Bus "1970 MCI MC-6" Greyhound
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- Опубликовано: 20 авг 2024
- take a look at the inside and outside of his bus and hear a little bit of the engine as it dries past this old restored bus from the early 70s was on display so I decided to take a video of it.
This here is a Motor Coach Industries MCI mc6. This bus has a Detroit Diesel turbocharged 8 V 71 with a 4 speed Allison automatic transmission. This is bus is 4169, as numbered by the owner, Frank Gonzalez of Stardust Tours. This bus originally had when it was manufactured a Detroit Diesel 12v 71 with a 4-speed mechanical transmission. There were only 100 of these buses ever made all of them were for Greyhound originally. In this video you can take a look at the inside of the bus and the outside of the bus and you can hear the engine a little bit as the unit drives past me. I saw this bus at the Museum of bus transportation Spring Fling in Hershey Pennsylvania.
The Motor Coach Industries MC-6 was a motor coach produced from 1968-1969. Greyhound had helped design it and intended it as a replacement for the Scenicruiser. Unlike the MC-7 it was an entirely different ultra-modern design and MCI's first 102 inch wide bus. The prototypes had the third axle covered by a body panel.
102 were built in total.
Engine
Detroit Diesel 12V71 (original engine)
Detroit Diesel 8V71T (revised powertrain for US units only, 1977) [1]
Transmission
Manual transmission (original transmission)
Allison HT-740 (revised powertrain for US units only, 1977)
Operators
Canada 
Greyhound Canada
United States 
Greyhound USA
I was driving this bus between Madison, WI and Chicago. It was brand new and out of the factory, There were 3 buses on that convoy. All 3 of us were pulled over at the Belvidere toll gate by the Illinois troopers. Turns out the buses didn't have the proper permits so we 3 drivers were hauled off to jail until Greyhound provided the permits and bailed us out. Ah, the memories. Great job!!
Wow, incredible that Greyhound's compliance dept wouldn't have had that covered. But you drivers being arrested was way over the top. The troopers must've been on their monthlys because they knew Greyhound as a reputable company.
My dad drove for Greyhound from 1969 until 1990 out of Des Moines, Iowa. He passed away in 1995. Thankfully, I still remember so many things about the different buses he drove and the things he told me about them. I remember how fond he was of this bus and I remember the time my brother and I were with him in Chicago, around Christmas of 1984, I believe it was. He was scheduled to bring one of these buses to Des Moines, and it was loaded with packages; both underneath and inside, clear up to the two front rows of seats. We were so excited to get to ride on it! However, it never happened. They moved my dad to do what they called, protect, a Chicago to Des Moines run. Meaning, if bus A got full and booking went over (I think it was 10 passengers turning it into what was called a double) then my dad had to take that instead. And he sure enough did! About 2 he later, my brother and I were on a westbound bus with about 20 people on it. Honestly, it doesn't matter. I had so much fun riding the Greyhound all of those years with my dad, I wouldn't trade it for anything. Mostly everything is gone from back then. The depots in Omaha, Des Moines and Chicago have all been torn down over the decades. The garages are gone, too. Thankfully, I still have a lot of my dad's Greyhound stuff. I've got every logbook and piece of paperwork he ever had. I even have some of his uniforms, too. Best of all, is that I have a lot of great memories of spending time with my dad.
Nice story about Dad.
People are mad Greyhound in Canada
This is a nice story! I’m sorry about your Dad hope he in a better place now
Nice story i miss my Dad everyday :( i usually take grayhound from Newark new jersey to Boston love it 💜
My era when your father drove, maybe he drove when I was on it? He must have seen a lot in that era, could have written a book on it too. You rode with your father, must have been a blast as a kid. Your father was good to go for sure. Good luck to you!
Was on a GreyHound from LA to Rhode Island 1978... Never want to do that again, and never did! Good service from Greyhound, a $55 ticket special, but no sleep, an aching back and leg cramps, I was 23 years old then!
I'm obsessed with these old buses, I myself drive for Greyhound for 9 years now
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Supercruiser and Americruiser bring back a lot of memories when I was a kid in the late 70’s when my Mom,brother and I would take a Greyhound every summer from LA to EL Paso,Tx. It was such a thrilling time to board the bus and the smell of the air conditioning. We would pick the front seat so we could see the road and open view and watch the driver . I would love stopping at every stop and get off to stretch our legs and eat cafeteria food or get some comic books to read. First stop would be Indio, then Blythe,arrive at Phoenix at midnight where there would be a 30 minute wait so they could clean the bus. Then I remember staring out into the desert with nothing but stars out in the sky and maybe some far away light in the distance and even far away lighting. It was magical.
I rode on that model more than several times, cross country too. My favorite bus, was the old Trailways bus, looked like the Caddy of buses back in that era. That Greyhound was slick, use to always notice it and gawk!
I'm an MCI guy although I really like the eagles aswell
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I'm a 25yo bus driver in Italy, my biggest dream is to drive one of those old "metallic" Greyhound buses across US... 😍
COME HERE AND APPLY FOR GREYHOUND HAHAHA
Thats the absolute UNIT BRO- gorgeous
70 년대 그레이하운드를 복원 해서 운행 까지 하시니 정말 대단함과 열정 높이 인정 합니다!
74.75년도에 서울~대전구간 대여섯번 타 보았지요 2층버스도 있었지요 한잔 하고 타기엔 이버스가 그만이지요 뒷쪽에 화장실이 있어 휴계소까지 참고가는 어려움이 없던 그런 버스지요 좌석도 지금의 최신 우등고속 프리미엄급 좌석이였지요
Back in 1980s I rode the greyhound bus from Norfolk VA to woodbridge va once a month to visit family in my teen years
Was it this model 🤔?
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Very nice looking bus...Love the MCI
I loved riding greyhound when I was a kid especially the pd4501
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Man, that Greyhound looks like it could straight from LA to NYC, express, today. Nicely restored!
It's in great condition
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I remember riding this bus, maybe once or twice in my life. This is so much of a reminder of my childhood. And plus, I used to own a toy version of this bus.
The greyhound has been used as a highway bus during 70~ 80 in the korea.
at that time the steward girl is as popular as the airplane ' stewardess.
this bus reminded me of a past memory .
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Of all the buses i rode in The Greyhound Fleet , This is one i didn't get to ride in!
Never rode one myself. Plus I never recall riding the PD-4107 Buffalo either. Like The MC-6s, the Buffaloes were restricted to certain routes, mostly Midwestern to Florida north-south routes.
I had forgotten about these until seeing this very, very nice one. Rode a couple of these.
I have ridden a greyhound more then once in my younger days. It’s a great ride. One if my favorite buses.
God the rear end on those buses is just GORGEOUS.
Nostalgic history 👍
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I remember a few trips from NY to Georgia on greyhound in the 70”s. The good old days for me.
Ms Tee, I too but in reverse
From Albany Georgia, to Port Authority of New York. From there we took the 66 to Newark. Good times and great memories.
Damn back when Greyhound bus actually had world-class service, and affordable prices, and when MCI made good-looking buses.
Definitely the best looking with the best livery design!
My favorite Greyhound bus of all time!! Rode on this when I was a kid.
I’m 60 and been in love with Greyhound Bus lines all my life! Every time I saw one , I would say the “ Puppy dog bus” I couldn’t read the writing back then! I remember riding with my family from time to time from the South to the North. All the sounds and smells associated with travel by bus. We would bring fried chicken rapped in foil in a brown bag. Minimum hiring age was 24 years and remember living up North and driving to 16 & Market in Philadelphia to apply, got hired, and was scheduled to attend training in New Jersey... Then the strike happened! Never got to drive for Greyhound, but ended up as a Motorcoach Operator anyway. Spent half my life behind the wheel in the industry and have enjoyed most of it! They say if you find something you enjoy doing, you’ll never work a day in your life 😁!!
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THE BEST BACK IN THE DAY THE MOTOR SOUND was nicer and loudrer back in the 1970s THE SMELL IN AND OUT AND THE LOOK THE RIDE , PLUS 70S PIN PONG MACHINEs listening to them while waiting to get into the next bus what an experience back in those days!
Built to last and able to be repaired.Better than the crap of today.
In 1980 my friend in Thousand Oaks, CA bought one of the few Canadian 6's that had not been re-powered to 8V71/automatic. His bus had the 12V71 & 4 speed manual. He owned two buses for charter, a 5 for years then added the 6. I was running a Scenicruiser doing weekend and summer charters. I was teaching school at the time. For my 6 years having my tour time, I often drove his coaches if mine was down for repairs, or if he needed a driver. He was a business man who started his little company as a one bus commuter run to downtown LA. I loved taking the 6 on Vegas runs, it hit the Cajon grade just before Nevada and it would SAIL up the grade! My bus was down for repairs one weekend when I had a University Jazz Band schedule for LA to SF trip. They wanted to go up the coast route, Hiway 1, beautiful ride. I planned on his 5 but instead got the 6. FUN drive on the windy road on the cliffs, like a bloated sports car! It convinced me to switch out my bus 8V71 for the truck version 318 (8V71 with 318 hp and more torque/pep) so I added a 10spd roadranger to utilize the extra power. Fun too...
I also had a friend in Buena Park, CA in 1981 who ran a small operation - mostly the GMC "Buffaloes" - but, one of whose coaches was a MC-6 with a 12V (amounting to two twin 6 Detroits V-ed together) and a 4 speed manual. He probably picked it up from the same sale in LA yours came from. I drove it on various tours from 81-84, one of which was across the country. I remember one tour which took me to Victoria, B.C. Greyhound drivers in the same parking lot were amazed at the thing - couldn't believe what had been driving across Canada a decade earlier (I think this one had a Canadian history). It was quite a creature - a beautiful sound. With the 55 mph speed limit at the time, 4th gear was borderline too slow to drive at without breaking the speed limit.
Cool! I always wondered if there were any that weren't repowered. Almost everything that has that pre-MC-9 style has an 8V71 (with the exception of many MC5c's, and then there's MC 1 and 2, but you never see or hear/read those anywhere).
shrinkg Gordon You put a 10 speed road ranger in a bus !!!! That is fantastic man. I have driven every Hound bus out there in my 43 years, except the MC 6. I drove the old GMC with the 4 speed. The MC 5 and the MC 7 also had 4 speeds. Then we got MC 8's with automatic. I always hated them and dreaded every trip in one. Then we got MC 9's with the 5 speed. Great bus ! Then we got the MCI 102 wide body buses. They were OK except for the strange passenger door vertical opener. I was the first driver to operate the new MCI "E" model on a line run when they first came out. Later the "J" model was tested, but Greyhound did not buy them because they were just too expensive. By far my favorite was the Prevost H3 40 with 6 speed. Drove those for many years and loved them. Happy memories.
Something tells me we're talking about the same person, shrinkg gordon. This guy ran an operation out of Buena Park, CA and leased his MC6-12 several times - mostly during the summer - (along with other coaches) to a musical organization in Thousand Oaks, CA. I drove several tours across the country for the musical organization.
I remember riding this bus once from New York to Philadelphia…whisper quiet and very smooth ride…top speed was 65 mph…Very wide though and in fact some states did not allow them back then because of their width… 102 inches I believe it was… But anyway it was a beautiful coach even by today’s standards
Yes, they were exclusive to Greyhound but could only run up and down the west coast and the northeast corridor along with Canadian service. The MC-6s were sold off by Greyhound in 1980. It was the mid-1980s before 102"-wide coaches could run the US unrestricted.
What a machine , A
Masterpiece of engineering
Built for Quality & safety of the
Passengers instead of planned obsolescence !
I am no expert, but ahead of her time.
This is my all time favorite bus, followed closely by the MCI MC-7. I always thought they were handsome buses.
These buses are great looking and was a rare sight, now it's really rare
In my coach driving career I haven't had the chance to drive a 6. But I've driven the 7, 8 and 9. All were great solid buses.
Thanks for slow motion at drivers seat to read the switches description.
I got to ride in a new MC-6 back in 1970 in British Columbia when I was 18 years old. It was a wonderful experience. Thank you for posting this great video.
That MC 6 is super nice. I remember the green window tint, so nostalgic.
this bus is great looking, im glad its around
I rode my 1st Greyhound when i was 12. To my grandma's house. She didnt know i was coming. Been riding them of and on ever since.
I got to ride one of these as a teen age boy from St.Louis Mo. to Nashville Tn. back in 1972.
Are you sure? They were restricted to Northeast Corridor and West Coast service. They wouldn't have been on the route you've described. Maybe you rode an MC-7.
The coach seats reminds me when I was young in the UK 🇬🇧 when I was a boy I used to go to a special school and the coach had the same seats that I'm watching on this coach the greyhound what fantastic coaches you have in the United States of America 🇺🇸💯
Yes I like Greyhound better than Trailways when I was a kid my grandfather took me from New York to Pittsburgh for summer vacation to see his relatives it was alot of fun
That’s a real beauty! A real workhorse! Whoever had it took real good care preserving it!😌👍🏾
I grew up with a best friend who's family was in the charter [motorcoach], and mass transit [line-run with fishbowls] business. We had one MC-6 stop by the bus garage, circa '86, and the eight of my colleagues and myself who were there that day got to go for a ten-mile drive in that most impressively restored bus. Driving a "6", is high atop my bucket list, and that list is being 'checked off with a new urgency'. Thanks so much for posting this:-D
Wow, I remember this MC-6 model very well! She still looks in great condition 👏🏼
It's in outstanding condition.. i would have liked to take a ride on it
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During the first ten years of my life I lived in Greencastle, Indiana and Greyhound had a bus depot not far from where we lived at it was possible to walk to it easily. I can recall times when I saw the MCI mc-6's arriving and departing. I always appreciated seeing them. My mom's older sister and brother in-law lived in Mount Vernon Iowa and there were plenty of times I was interested and wanted to take the bus to there and back but mom and dad did not want to go Greyhound. I understood why but never tried to get my way.
That's cool.. thanks for sharing...
I loved near the nj Howell garage so I got so see mc9 buses and eagle model 20 buses .. but I got to ride them often to new york city
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OMG!!!!! I Haven't Seen Or Rode These Since The Mid 70's When You Were Allowed To Smoke (Cigarettes) On The Bus. I Remember That "Extra" Step In The Middle Of The Bus. And Some Were Automatics Great Video. We Need A Time Machine So We Can Go Back In Time Where There Were No Cellphones. No Facebook. NO TWITTER. Just My Trusty Transistor Radio With The "ONE SIDED EARPHONE".
I believe this bus had ashtrays in it
@@BusTVChan Believe It or not. They Did Had Ashtrays On Them.
Rode on the 6 as a kid but never drove the 6. Had a few 5s doing side work for charter companies. The 6 was great for climbing mountains in British Columbia. The tank capacity was awesome for freight as we once carried a lot of parcels in western Canada before First Group bought us & buried us forever Oct 30.
Coach way ahead of its time.
Never rode an MC-6. First saw them in 1972 in a trip from Louisiana/Texas to Los Angeles and again in 1977. I think Greyhound finally sold the last of them off in 1980.
nice to see that old bus
Here in Mexico there was the PEÑA very similar to the MC-6 Witch a 12V71 engine, greetings from Mexico.
Awesome! Thank you! I posted a video of a bus trip in the north of Russia. Happy viewing.
Never got to see Greyhound's MCI MC-6's in active service during the 1970's. I remember the MC-7's as a kid in the early 1980's. Glad to see this one preserved. Greyhound had a variety fleet back then.
Its definately nice to see this one still alive
Nice video. Reminds me of traveling on a similar retired greyhound “double decker” bus our church owned. Took many youth group trips on that bus, great memories. Thanks for posting this :)
A thing of beauty. 💓 Brings back memories of my childhood.
I havent been to USA or even travelled in this buses..But i like this model buses a lot..Saw these buses in films.Super model designs.Old models rocking
In fast and furious also i saw this model buses
These were exported to Peru, my grandfather and uncles drove them for couple of decades
Wow this just keeps getting even more awesome!
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this is a good old mci bus
Unique looking bus for sure. I still think the Eagle series buses are the best looking from that era.
I like the eagle model ae20 out of all the eagle buses
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Good video-presentation of this MCI and the 100th anniversary event!
Regards!
Thanks, I appreciate that
군대 갈때ㅡ서울역 병무청 입구에서 이버스 타고 갔는데 차내 화장실 있어서 좋더군요
I remember the MC-6. Greyhound would use them occasionally between the Bay Area and Los Angeles and I would typically see them either parked in the San Jose depot, pulling out of the depot onto Almaden Ave, or on Monterey Highway south of town.
can you believe that there is any left after only i think it was 100 ever being made?
@@BusTVChan 102 were built
Nice! I'm a 1989 baby I grew up riding the MC-12 and DL3. I remember getting on a bus that resembles this one before bacc in 1994 when my family and I took a trip to Pensacola,Florida and when we were going bacc home to Cali we were on a bus that looked like this from the outside but the inside was all hard like some metal shit going on and I remember it being red interior lol I brought it up not to long ago to my mom and she said she remembered and she said that Greyhound bus was weird and nasty lol it had carving all in the metal interior hahaha I never seen that model of bus ever again in my life afterwards.
They switch from a 12V71 Detroit Diesel engine with 4speed manual Transmission to a 8V71 TA Detroit Diesel engine with HT740 Allison Transmission because the 12V71 isn't legal in some states because of emissions issues
The MC-6 is kind of a funny lookin' machine, in my opinion; although I'm sure it turned heads back in the day. It's nice to see this bus still in good working order.
That bus should still turn heads.. but maybe only bus fan heads
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Nice Bus!
I love the sound of it
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That looks beautiful!
It is a beautiful coach
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Long, high, wide, heavy and scarce...Originally had V12-71 Detroit engines. Too wide to run most states, primarily used in western mts. Love the shape and that visor over windshield. I drove tours mostly MC8 and 9..would like nothing more than to wheel one of these down the road a ways..
all american coaches were repowered with 8/71 jimmies. the canadian coaches never down sized and ran 4 sp standards. they used to run highway 1.
I've only seen MC-6's in books and occasionally movies. But I like them because of the two-level vista windows. Now that I know it's in Hershey at the AACA Museum, I know where to find it.
Aún hoy! Es un HERMOSO autobús!
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I agree with you it is a beautiful bus ..
That 1970 Greyhound charter bus, would b more fun to ride. I want to travel to Arizona from Los Angeles for a splendid 7 day vacation! 🏝
And still looking good. Bus well Preserved.
Yes definitely looks just as new. Only 100 were ever made so this is a rare bus.
BusTV Chan Yeah back then them and the golden eagles were the ruler of the highways.
와우~~~
73년 부산서 경부고속도로를통해 서울올때 어머니와 두동생이 같이타고 왔던 버스네요.
천일고속 그레이하운드버스........
일명 개그림버스(당시 영어를 모르는분들이 많던시절이라^^)~~~
MC 6 and MC 7 now that's a treat.
I know right
I remember those buses
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My Grampa worked on that bus. He was chief inspector for MCI for many years.
That's pretty cool. Where did he work on the buses at?
He worked in the plant in Pembina, where I work now, for over 40 years.
Very cool and beautiful.🇺🇸
Drove one once. Bakersfield to Barstow. V8 automatic, not the previous V12. Nice.
Was there in it a Detroit 8V92 instead a 12V71? The 92 series was lauched in 1974.
@@newlookfishbowl1979 V8 71, I believe. Definitely not a V12. Greyhound did away with the V12s. I started driving bus in 1973.
@@wnewbury4 That route must've been pooled or interlined service with Orang Belt Stages. Bakersfield to Barstow was their territory back when you were driving. OBS interlined with Greyhound on San Francisco thru skeds to Dallas, Memphis, and Atlanta. but the MC-6s would've only been allowed to go as far as the California border.
@@thegodblogger3812 I worked for OBS.
I’m 37 and remember riding one of these! Wow!
Haha really you know these buses are from 1970!
I love those buses I wish that they can bring it back
That would be cool, but maybe noone will order it haha
@@BusTVChan well new buses are better anyway
So.."REverse" was ALWAYS off once retransmissioned..:) IThe pre-"Speed" looking FIshbowls and lookalikes from Flxible same deal here in Los Anngeles, SoCal in the 1970s: They had four speed manual trans with the reverse swithc, ina console of various styles specified, then retransmissioned..some Fishbowls mnight have had the switch on fdash just like this MC6 and others and there was no console to hold the swithces as on others..KI have a pic of late 70s with three spped Allison V730, but a a console, standard ashtray like, for reverse, obviosuly a late model manaul changed to auto..take carew!
Cool bus and a Thumbs Up for you.
Thanks for checking out this awesome MCI bus! It's a nice bus
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i would love to drive a greyhound bus.
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Estos omnibus dan 1 legado distincion majestuocidad elegancia a la carretera.
awesome video
Thanks for the visit
This makes me remember the last scene of the movie Shawshank Redemption.
Quite a handsome ride. Thanks!
I liked that "Richfield" marked bus next to it, too. Maybe ex-Trailways?
Kutwrite...Richfield Bus Co. Richfield, MN. A suburb of Minneapolis. One of the major charter operators in this area. I believe back in the day they might have done a few scheduled service trips too.
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Great coach buses
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I remember one thing about Greyhound you wasn't going to get hot or sweat those buses stayed cold lol.
Wow really? They stayed cold.. just looking at this bus makes me think it's gunna be a long hot ride hahah 😅
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그레이하운드 중앙고속 한진 금호 한시대에 로망버스이기도 했는데 세월이 훌쩍 지나갔네요~~
Designed and built in Winnipeg Canada when Canadian Greyhound owned Motor Coach Industries and finished in North Dakota.
Heaviest MC ever built powered with the 12v71NA
Wow, she's beautiful!!!
Great bus. Way before her time!
It sure is!
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Beatiful bus
I know right what a beautiful coach this is
These buses actually look better than the crappy ones they've got now.
와! 그레이하운드 반갑다,
아직도 움직이는걸 보니 대단하기까지 하다,
경부고속도로 영동고속도로 달리던 그레이하운드,
this was back when you could almost stretch your legs out on a dog..as I remember there was also more room to stow your bags overhead as well..those 36 hour rides were almost bearable for the 1`st 24
The luxurious past... my recent ride on a Greyhound x3-45 made me feel like it had more leg room then a budget airline.. and the seats still recline 💺
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Wow, looks like the urban legend is very much alive, prior to this all I had was a really worn out picture that was in the bus shop I used to work in the late 80's. Commendable for a private investment to preserve a rare piece of history. Thank you for sharing this video! Does this event happen annually?
This event happened annually with a different theme each year, I believe this year they are doing transit buses theme
Reminds me of The movie Speed and Selena. Cool bus
그레이하운드 중앙고속이었죠 서울역 건너편에 서 출발 했습니다 옛생각 나네요
I remember those buses on the NJ TURNPIKE back in the day.
a great sight to see one on the NJTP today, imagine that
at the toll booth
Sick !
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