The Maddencruiser was a great source of pride and publicity for Greyhound when this program began in 1987. The deal with John was that Greyhound would supply the bus and operate it for three years and at the end of the three year period, Madden would own the bus. The actual bus was a 40-foot 102A3 with an 8V92 engine. It never had seats but was built as a shell from day one for conversion. It had basically an RV interior with a bed in the back. The sides were stainless steel not aluminum as were all MCI. Don't believe they were available factory painted, that began in 1989 with the 102C3 and those buses actually used different lower panels that were smooth to better match the sides. The paint scheme was the standard current Greyhound scheme at the time. So it looked like a regular Greyhound but the more you looked at it the raised roof, aluminum wheels, Maddencruiser instead of Americruiser on the side and some other cool things gave it away that it was really something special, oh and of course, the iconic 0001 bus number. The model is pretty accurate except for the rear, that's actually the rear from a later 102D3 and the paint on the rear is also from a later version. The Maddencruiser scheme was the standard paint scheme circa 1985 and up beginning with the first 102A3 and then went on to the early MC-12s and this scheme itself was a modification of the classic red, white and blue scheme that had been on every Greyhound bus since the early 70's. Glad to see that John donated this classic bus to the NFL Hall of Fame before his passing and that the exterior has been restored to it's former Greyhound glory for all to see and enjoy.
It looks wonderful!
I really want one now.
The Maddencruiser was a great source of pride and publicity for Greyhound when this program began in 1987. The deal with John was that Greyhound would supply the bus and operate it for three years and at the end of the three year period, Madden would own the bus. The actual bus was a 40-foot 102A3 with an 8V92 engine. It never had seats but was built as a shell from day one for conversion. It had basically an RV interior with a bed in the back. The sides were stainless steel not aluminum as were all MCI. Don't believe they were available factory painted, that began in 1989 with the 102C3 and those buses actually used different lower panels that were smooth to better match the sides. The paint scheme was the standard current Greyhound scheme at the time. So it looked like a regular Greyhound but the more you looked at it the raised roof, aluminum wheels, Maddencruiser instead of Americruiser on the side and some other cool things gave it away that it was really something special, oh and of course, the iconic 0001 bus number. The model is pretty accurate except for the rear, that's actually the rear from a later 102D3 and the paint on the rear is also from a later version. The Maddencruiser scheme was the standard paint scheme circa 1985 and up beginning with the first 102A3 and then went on to the early MC-12s and this scheme itself was a modification of the classic red, white and blue scheme that had been on every Greyhound bus since the early 70's. Glad to see that John donated this classic bus to the NFL Hall of Fame before his passing and that the exterior has been restored to it's former Greyhound glory for all to see and enjoy.
Happy New Year!
I got one too the one I bought the MCI D4000 Blank model bus.
He was a coach and developed a fear of flying when he was coaching the Raiders.
R.I.P John Madden 1936/2021 passed away at the age of 85.
Since your the Ho Bus Modeler now you're ready to get the Orion V 1/87 Model I've bet is the MTA one.😅