Eye-Popping 1970 MCI MC-7 Still In Service
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- Опубликовано: 9 июн 2018
- Bus 61 Richfield Bus Co.
Owned by The Bus Boys
Detroit Diesel 8v71
This bus is still in Revenue Service w/ Richfield bus Co. in Minnesota.
The Motor Coach Industries MC-7 was a 47-passenger motorcoach produced from 1968 to 1973. Along with the MC-6, it was MCI's first 40-foot coach. While the MC-6 was largely experimental and produced in small numbers, 2,550 MC-7 coaches were produced-1,400 of them built for Greyhound USA.
The MC-7 was powered by a rear-mounted Detroit Diesel 8V71 engine and had a tag axle behind the drive axle. Early buses had hinged baggage doors, but a cantilever door design was later introduced. The passenger area was raised higher than MCI's previous buses, which gave the MC-7 a stepped roofline.
MCI upgraded their coach design and introduced the MC-8 in 1973, replacing the MC-7.
Specifications
Dimensions
Overall length: 39' 11.5"
Width: 96"
Height: 129"
Engine
Detroit Diesel 8V71
Transmission
Spicer 4-speed manual
or
Allison HT-740
Operators
Canada 
A.J. Bus Lines
Autocar Connaisseur (Coach Canada/Gray Line Montreal) - Montreal, QC
Bison Bus - Wainwright, AB
Cardinal Coach Lines - Calgary, AB
Cascade Charter Service
C.H. Norton Bus Lines - Dunnville, ON
Charter Bus Lines of British Columbia
Charterways Transportation - Malton, ON
Chatham Coach Lines - Chatham, ON
CTCUM - Montréal, QC
Dewdney Coach Lines - Trail, BC
Diversified Transportation - Fort McMurray, AB
Farwest Bus Lines - BC
Ferguson Bus Lines - Calgary, AB
Fraser Valley Bus & Charter - Chilliwack, BC
Grey Coach Lines - Toronto, ON
Grey Goose Lines - Winnipeg, MB
Greyhound Canada
Impala Coach Lines - Penticton, BC
International Stage Lines - Richmond, BC
Luciak Charter - Edmonton. AB
Maverick Coach Lines - Vancouver, BC
McKillican Coach Lines - Burnaby, BC
Metropolitan Provincial - Montreal, QC
Murray Hill - QC
Music Mann Leasing - London, ON
NTL Coachways - Merritt, BC
Ontario Northland
Pacific Northwest Bus Company - Vancouver, BC
Pacific Stage Lines - Vancouver, BC
Penetang-Midland Coach Lines - Midland, ON
Saskatchewan Transportation Company
STCUM - Montreal, QC
Top Hat Bus Charter & Shuttle - Richmond, BC
Transport Fontaine - QC
Travelways - ON
United Trails - Kitchener, ON
Vancouver Island Coach Lines - Victoria, BC
Voyageur Colonial Bus Lines
Western Bus Lines of British Columbia - Kelowna, BC
Wills Bus Lines - Binbrook, ON
United States 
A-1 Bus Lines - Miami/Orlando, FL
American Bus Lines Inc. - Miami/Orlando, FL
Ben Franklin Transit - Richland, WA
Capitol Trailways - Harrisburg, PA
Coast Cities - NJ
Community Coach
Denver Regional Transit District - Denver, CO
Denver Tramway Corporation - Denver, CO
Dineen Coach Lines - Kittery, ME
Domenico Bus Service - Bayonne, NJ
Empire Trailways
Greyhound USA
Gulf Coast Motor Line - St. Petersburg, FL
Hudson Transit Lines
Interstate Coach - Stoughton, MA
Jacksonville Transportation Authority - Jacksonville, FL
King Coal Tours - Kulpmont, PA
Orlando Transit Company - Orlando, FL
New Jersey Transit
Plymouth & Brockton Street Railway Company - Plymouth, MA
Reading Bus Lines - Reading, MN
Regional Transit Service - Riverside, CA
Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma Coaches - Lubbock, TX
Trailways of New York
Walters Transit Corporation
Vermont Transit
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MCI 7 is a beautiful coach!
Indeed it is I agree with you.. I miss the days when you would see older mci models like this more commonly out on the road
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I have been a professional commercial driver, and for a short period a driver trainer, for 31 years and the MC7 is where it all started for me as a child...
I would totally freak out when I heard that we were going to ride one of these, they were an absolutely majestic bus and riding one of them was always a wondrous experience for me... I would lie on the floor, crawl under the seats marvel at the view and talk the bus driver absolutely and completely to death... I totally loved every single millisecond aboard The MC7.
There never was nor will be another like the good old MC-7, which was the last of MCI's Challenger series. The MC-8 was Crusader and the MC-9 was the Crusader II.
Greyhound MC-7s built from fall 1969 on were Super 7 Scenicruisers. Their most distinctive feature was cantilevered baggage doors that stayed open on their own. Earlier 7s had old-style pin-open baggage doors carried forward from the MC-5 and earlier models. I don't know what other differences there were, or if Greyhound updated the early 7s to Super 7 standard. Those MC-7s built for other operators were built from fall 1969 on, to Super 7 standard.
My local carrier operated MC-7s from 1971 well into the early 1990s; I loved riding on them. I also liked subsequent MCI models; in many ways the 7 cast the die for its successors. Prévost's buses from the Champion on were good; Le Mirage was really popular. Eagles I never rode. GM Buffalo models I did NOT like at all; their ride had all the stability of a metronome.
Beautiful classic MCI coaches.
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Lovely coach, you can see the MC5 & MC6 styling cues all over it. Also lovely lemon yellow & red colours on its sides and the wheels, they make for a really attractive combination.
Glad you enjoyed it
I do not know why...but I like to see this kind of classic busses from 70's decade... Blessings and regards from Panama City. Thx for sharing.
HEY GREETING AND THANKS FOR WATCHING MY VIDEO!
1st rode an MC-7 on Greyhound, actually two, from Baton Rouge La to Port Arthur Tex. Changed buses in Lake Charles going to Tex. Thru bus back to BR going home. Was really pissed the 7s took over as flagship from the Scenics. Rode a few 7s after that, including from Houston to L.A. and L.A. back to Baton Rouge later in 1972. I think my last ride on a 7 was in 1977. Great car.
I drove for a small Charter company mid thru late 1970's in Connecticut. They had 5 GM 4905 Parlor Cars and a Flxible Viewliner, and I was usually assigned to GM coach #304. After a couple of years the company acquired 2 used MCI MC-7's from Vermont Transit and after coming out of reconditioning I was the first to drive one. I immediately fell in love with the MC-7 - It rode better with far less porpoising of the front end that the 4905's had, and they handled better as the 2 axle 4905 tended to have the rear end slide out like a Japanese Drift car on wet or snowy pavement. By that time I was driver #4 on the Seniority List and none of the old head drivers wanted to give up their Buffalo's, so I got to keep the best MC-7 in the fleet. Spent several years enjoying driving that MC-7 until I moved into an Owner Operator's Peterbilt hauling swinging beef for 3 times the money driving Charter Coach.
No vehicles are so nostalgic to me like the MCI MC7s & GMC Parlor coaches.... school field trips, summer camp trips, church picnics etc.... those 8v71's struck a chord in me like no other sound!
Yes sir those are definitely very nice pieces of equipment and they're hard to come by these days especially in a very good condition like you see this bus in thanks for checking out the video and thanks for the comment I really appreciate it my favorite is the mc9 because I wrote it so many times when I was a kid in New Jersey I also like the eagle ae20 which we had in New Jersey
Oh yes and about the 8v71 what a great sound to hear even just the idle but when you hear that thing get going and shifting really nice good sound to the ears
Fueron tan bien construidos que no les queda mas que seguir usándolos, se ven tan bien casi como nuevos. Saludos desde ECUADOR.
I use to travel to and from high school on these buses back in 1970. The bus line was called Pacific Stage Lines which was based in the Vancouver area in British Columbia.
Beautiful! Nice to see one still intact, all original and stick. I'd love to dive this.
Got to ride a few MCI MC-7's as a child with my parents in the late 1970's/early 1980's. At least twice on Badger Coaches, once or twice on Kerrville Bus Co. in Texas and a few times on Greyhound.
As an adult with this historic Richfield Bus Co. in 2014. This is a family owned bus company that preserve past buses.
What a beauty! It’s pristine inside and out!
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That's a very good looking old fashioned Mci bus
that bus is in great shape
Indeed it has become amazing subject that Richfield bus is still in service. Exterior attracts the public certainly.
Beautiful coach still in Revenue Service they still use this at least when this was recorded they were using it I'm not sure if it's still in service now but I wouldn't be surprised if it is thanks for checking out my video and thanks for the comment I really appreciate it
Buses back then held their own.
Definitely. They dont make them like this anymore
Exactly!
Gorgeous old motorcoach! If automobiles were built to give that kind of service they’d all go out of business.
those rich field buses always look good
Saludos Anita desde ECUADOR.
The engineering and mechanical skills back then were amazing.
Beatiful
Exccellent bus
I remember driving by the Richfield Bus garage and seeing their old buses as well as Rochester buses. They also had new E4500s at that time. I was in Minnesota in 2994.
They have some great buses
Bus Grease Monkey is currently doing some work for The Bus Boys. I caught a glimpse of this beautiful coach parked outside in his driving video from a couple days ago.
My goodness, I think that I had owned a toy bus that looked like that. I remember riding a bus, similar to this going to Clarksdale, MS when I was a kid.
That looks beautiful!
I agree! 👍
Thanks for the comment 😀 👍
I would love to have an MC7 as a motor home. Those things held up like they were made of iron.
Wow, she's a beauty!!
Gracias por compartir! Un titán de las carreteras...
What a gorgeous coach!
Very good
Wow that is amazing. Excellent video man!
Thanks alot Angel. Yeah its great to see the History of MCI as well as the history of the unit itself.
Nice!
That’s a beautiful bus!! Old school for the win!
All those coaches there is eye candy to me. That 8v71 engine is singing to me.
great sounds from this coach
@@BusTVChan Agreed! (The up/down uip for on,position of the solenoid reverse doesn't correspond to its position on the shift attern, where it, as always would be on 2, but is below 2nd. Maybe the switch should have been on top of the driver's side' panel, facing forward, and ON toward the driver since Reverse is closer than 2 (one and the saame on the stick shift!). !
MEMORIES WOW, I miss the hell out of that detroit diesel sound, this bus still sounds like that!!!!!!!!!
!!!!
I like so mucho this bus
Old School Over "New" School. Any Day.
Agree
BusTV Chan And My Man,,,, That's Real Talk. Real Steel For A "Real" Bus.
Hear ye hear ye!!! Old school baby!!! I love it!!
Los mejores buses del mundo, ojalá vuelvan a circular con tecnología moderna
American Buses are Monsters 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Thanks for the comment 😀 👍
My MCI favorites, the 6 and 7 series.
those are good buses and harder to find around these days, especially in astounding condition inside and out
A lot of nice looking old buses. 👍🚌🚌🚌🚌🚌🚌🚌
Chuladas hermosuras de buses.
5:17 - Thanks for honking the horn!
La época de Oro good ❤😂.
Would love to test drive that coach.
Cool and a thumbs up like.
Hey! That looks like Ross G, the driver.
Wow,i am impressed
i know man its a great coach
What a bus..wondr full ...
She's a beaut for an ol gal. In gentle hands of Great CareGiver ♡♡♡♡
👍 👍 I agree
Thanks for the comment 😀 👍
Tepsa Perú y antes recuerdos de sus buses
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Very lovely video and the bus!
Thanks for the like and the comment Joshua
Sorry about the late response
Exelente video bonito camión
Que hermosura de challenger
I love these
these buses are great and a rare sight
sweet
Obrigado.
Nice
Este do lado branco vermelho e prata e lindao tambem
for very good bus that is the
challenger MC-7the PONTIAC PARLORCOACH 04 GMC is the most beautiful bus built here in MEXICO was the horse of a thousand battles for the LONGEST TRAVEL companies since 1958 that began to arrive in Mexico faithfully served until 1988 when they arrived at the lousy Europeans
At 1:15 "12V.." as in 12v7Also of note: the trad top secret of bus trans: solenoid shift to reverse..try finding it on cars or trucks.:)
Super alter Bus.....
this bus is great
Thanks for checking out my video, and thanks alot of the comment =) every like and subscribe and comment helps me out, so i appreciate it
Classic 👌🏽....What’s her name?
Este si tiene escobillas limpiaparabrisas originales.
Hey..what's up with the MC6 next door? Love the old Challenger MCIs.
Er mozo recuerdo desde peru
Muito bonitos...top ..top..
Beutiful car
:) CAR! Foir a car, it's 40 feet long and around 12.5 1 high!
Spectacular example, great work! I must inquire about the scale Eagle Trailways @ 5:50....anyone?
This beauty is still in revenue service?
Hello, Could you tell me where this vid was taken and what event? I'm interested in that Greyhound Supercruiser MC-6 behind you in the vid. Would like to find vid of it.
This was the spring bus event last year in Hershey pa. This year this theme is transit buses. Go to mybyojtube channel you cant miss the video your looking for
Great video, but why the bus operator claimed you "No filming"? Greetings from Mexico City.
I'm not sure what you mean.. we were allowed to film here.. it was a special even for the buses....
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Hi everyone Do you know where can I find an old MCI - MC7 for sale?? thanks...
If, this is a four speed manual, where's the clutch pedal? I saw the shifter. (I've driven ZFasTronic 12 speeds and know they're fully internal and the driver should know by the difference in the push-button gear selector.)
The clutch pedal is there, when the camera first comes up the steps you can see it. Never drove an MC-7 but drove many MC-8 with 8V71 and 4-speed and sure would love to take one more spin. 😀
Was this by chance at the Hershey bus museum spring fling?
yes this was the one last year
@@BusTVChan unfortunately I haven't made it in several years. I went back to driving truck and haven't been able to get near there. Hoping to make it this year.
Complimenti bellissimo video io ho fatto dei modellini in scala se ti va di vederli su RUclips antonello vicino autobus di tutto il mondo se ti va puoi farlo girare ad altri colleghi
grazie
Where the driving video at???
I didnt get a video of that sorry. Maybe next year if i see the bus again. Or maybe if i go to the Bus Rally in August...
What kind of transmission does it have
Dimensions
Overall length: 39' 11.5"
Width: 96"
Height: 129"
Engine
Detroit Diesel 8V71
Transmission
Spicer 4-speed manual
or
Allison HT-740
@BusTVChan this lady that worked with driving prison buses said she was a retired greyhound driving and that she drove some buses that where 10 and 12 speed manual have you ever run across anything like that?
Yes the ZF Astronic 12-speed transmission was available in MCI a few years back. It was basically a manual transmission that shifted automatically, an automated transmission they call it. It has a clutch but no clutch pedal, the clutch action is also fully automatic. It normally starts in 3rd gear but 1st or 2nd can be selected manually if need be. I drove one once and honestly, I'm good with the Allison B500. 😀
ese es un TEPSA
Esos Buses los compraron los Hermanos Ciccia y mantuvieron los colores y logo originales solo cambiaron el nombre a TEPSA.
Its preserved, not in service.
they actually still use this bus for charters you could actually charter it out
BusTV Chan Our customers wouldn’t do anything but pee & moan if a coach doesn’t have WiFi , Sat. TV, outlets at every seat and an a/c that’ll keep the coach 70*F with 50 passengers aboard in 100*F heat. I’d love to have an old MC9 restored but it’d never pay for itself.
The sound machine isvery bad scania is less sound
Very good