Really neat! I used to work on 70's era fishbowls and, for me, it's so strange to hear one with a 92 series engine instead of the 71 series! I'm glad that our Canadian friends showed little interest in the RTS and continued ordering fishbowls from GMC for some more years during the 80s. I'm glad that this classic is still running.
She was the BEST bus ever built.Saved my life when some idiot ran a red light and hit me through the front door at over 70 MPH.If it wasnt for the great stability I would have lost her and my passengers.RIP Red&Tan 532.
@@deborahchesser7375 I drive for King County Metro Transit and I can attest that the is completely true. We have buses still in the fleet that are at least 15 years old and in some cases close to 20. City transit buses by and large travel between 700 to 1000 miles per week and 35k to 50K miles each year and some of those top 700,000 miles on the odometer. Yes, these vehicles lead a hard life and it shows. Hence they fall under the category of severe duty vehicles. I give many thanks to the mechanics in our fleet as well as others for the excellent work they do keeping these vehicles breakdown free for the most part.
+Chris Blackstone Me,too. I wish they still ran buses with a 92 or 71 engine, as these real the real thing not the hybrid/CNG garbage.That should be banned...:)
156 was one of five Alaska New Looks purchased for Guelph Transit. I remember riding 156 many times on the a few routes along with 152-155. Sadly 156 might be the only Alaska unit left in its condition. I did see it back in 2013 and I haven't seen it since. I would love to see it one last time!
I thought that looked like an old Guelph Transit bus. Right on! London still had some early '60s-vintage New Looks with the 671 and single-speed trans with torque converter lockup, around 2000. Fond memories!
They were still making these 20 years after they came out. And these engines were now smooth bored. They didn’t sound all clickity clackity like the early models
That movie utilized 3 different buses. A TDH-5303, a T6H-5305, and a T6H-4518 refitted with the later tail and marker lights (Yes, it switches from 40' to 35' and back again). I remember when that movie first aired on Fox, they were giving away the Bus. I really wanted to win that bus. I would have painted it Philadelphia Eagles' colors and used it as a tailgating bus. Now I doubt if there's many Fishbowls left, even a junkyard rescue.
Very much like the 1982 Version from Vancouver B.C. The 1982 fishbowls in Vancouver were the first bus with a 6V92TA and were called "Hillclimbers" to go up a 6% grade at 35 Mph. 4107 - G.M.C. New Look bus former Coast Mountain Bus Co., Vancouver, BC
now thats how a bus should be with all the seats in it. its sad when a bus has its seats ripped out. i like buses when they are all original and such. if ur going to restore a bus restore it to how it was shipped from the factory with all original seats and restored factory engine and matching numbers engine. thats just how i happen to like the buses all original from the factory just like they were in service.
The engine sounds good, and started fairly quick. The bus looks to be in rough condition, which is surprising. When I was living in the northeast this New Look bus was quite common and the city bus lines kept them in very good repair throughout their service life. Not sure where that one came from but it does not look like it was well cared for.
+Emph Squee This bus has basically sat since 2007. The engine is Ok but has had it's moments, I guess - body needs a fair bit of work. The under cartage - I have repaired extensively, but don't know it's condition since it has been 2 years since I had the wheels off. I don't know what I am going to do with the thing as of yet. This bus was a dream, but I think the dream may have passed.
+Vicsonvee After reading through the other posts I see that you have already put plenty of work into this bus , hope it works out for you either way you decide to go. Good luck and thanks again for the interesting video and back story.
I used to have a 1985 Diesel VW Jetta. It would always start in the cold if the glow plugs were good. I got it started when it was down to zero degrees. I just had to cycle the glow plugs about 3 times it also had a cold start lever you pulled to adjust the fuel injection pump. Was a great car but you had to get almost everything for it from a dealer. For example I had to get a thermostat once. This is usually about a $10 part at the the parts store I had to get it from the dealer $80.....ouch.... I bought it with 55,000 miles and i put over 200,000 miles on it and it got around 55 mpg. not much power but great on mpg. Eventually the fuel injection pump went out and it was $600 for a rebuilt one so I just got rid of it and bought a 1998 Hyundai Elantra that I put over 200,000 miles it was also a good car and parts from the dealer were pretty cheap. I would buy another Hyundai just because parts are cheap and they are good cars. I never had any problems. I just had to do normal maintaice and had to get a coil pack once.
T=Transit 6=6 cylinder engine H=Automatic (Hydraulic) Transmission 53=53 seated passengers, 40-foot 07=4th series of 40-feetX102-inch (odd numbers indicate 102-inch, even numbers indicate 96-inch. 35-footers it is reversed) N=No air conditioner
Why didn't you rev the engine at the gas pedal after it started? Put some excitement in the video. Does it drive at all? Nice bus! How much do you get these for and where?
You can crank the shit out of these old Detroit's and you will get is nothing but a burnt up starter. You have to cycle them, as I do in this start up and you will achieve your goal, of starting the machine in cold conditions.
The fuel from first start attempt wets the cyl walls and rings and seals the pistons better so the cylinder pressure is high to light off fuel then. Many old tractors and trucks had diesel fuel dripped into intake and those had the same process. You open fuel drip (some had electric valve, some were ballcocks) and then crank it, wait and then crank it for it to start up. Early days of larger Diesel engines you started a gasoline “pony” motor then engaged a clutch and turned over the diesel with engine shutoff lever 8n off position. You’d let the engine turn for 6-10 seconds then move stop lever and it would start running and then declutch and shut down pony motor. Old diesels were not turn, start, go.
would you please make me a video of the bus ride if you can because i love old buses and i was asking if you are going to restore it as a city bus or a RV?
I think all of the 1984's are and they all sold to Canadian Proportie's from 1999-2000 and I don't know if all of the 1986 were or if people bought them and turn them into RV's or somthing.
TTC Orion V O_O really? Wish it came back though! I've never rode in an old bus! But a new one! The bus i rode in was a 1999 bluebird all American TC2000 and a 2015 bluebird all American a few times.
Vicsonvee When did this bus retire by the way 2010? because between 2010-2014 all the Company were getting rid of our gm's in North America and last but not lest Febuary 14th 2014 Saskatoon and Woodstock finally got rid of there last of there GM's in the Fleet and all we have left MCI Classics or Nova Classics and 2 GM's in Ottawa Canada 7901 and 8202 we need to save the buses really bad I mean Bad!!!!!!!!!! I just look up on google in 1984 there were 30 GM New Look's and IDK In 1985 I know in 1986 there were 70 GM's on the last year they made them and I think every town in north america needs those buses so bad so every one can get a chance to ride those babies!!!
Vicsonvee you know when I was a kid growing up where I was from in Juneau AK we had 250 GM's were from 1968-1975 and 3 Companies owned them like Princess Tours and M.G.T. Tours and Juneau Tours and I thought those were Good ole Buses and Especially driving them in the snow and all that good ole stuff and I feel sad and disappointed that there being retied and not being saved as a passenger bus or scrapped and especially with there good motors like 6v71 and 8v71 and 6v92 Detroit's
+Aldrick GMC They've still got them at least as late as 2011 when I went there with mny family via Princess Cruises...Just like the movie "Speed!" (1994's sadly underrated bus movie)..
Yes Vicsonvee I was having trouble finding GM's that were from 1984-86 on the only GM's that were from 1984-86 were 1984 GM New Look #9841 Brantford Transit and your bus #156 and 0 on the 1985 and the rest were 1986 GM #8011 Miami Transit and Santa Monica Transit #5128 & 5162 & 5180 and I hate it when people bus the buses and use them for RV's instead of restoring them as passenger buses and I was hoping if people will make more video of the 1984-86 GM New look bus and give the Passengers a ride of these old buses. If anyone has a GM I was hopping if they could make video and doing charters with them that are from 1984-86 not from 1959-83 because I've seen enough GM's already I want to ride the newest ones if any one has one I love the young GM's and the older ones too as well and they don't make parts for them anymore like they use to!!!
There are no springs on these buses. They use air bellows systems and oil/ gas shocks for the suspension. They tie off the suspension system off with stabilizer bars and such.
A lot of Canadian transit systems (and some U.S. systems as well) weren't interested in the RTS, so GM of Canada were still producing Fishbowls. If anything, the late Fishbowls do have the RTS drivetrain (6V92TA/V-730) and suspension.
how many miles dose the bus have? do you know execaly what month this bus was built in 1984? I think the speedomitor was replaced in the year 2000. I think the bus was the last on to retire in 2007? I've been waiting for more videos to be uploaded for this bus.
These engines in these buses were specifically designed for the GM "New Look" series of buses. The oil pan is completely flat under the motor and the top 3 cylinders are basically straight vertical with the pan, while the remaining three are slanted to the front.
2 stroke detroits don't really care... some of the inline models were even ran sideways in military applications. The gama goat engine I have does have slight modifications to it's oiling system apparently it can pull oil from the front or the back of the pan.... so it doesn't run out of oil on steep inclines etc expected of a 6x6 vehicle. the oil is pumped to the places it needs to go.. and the only gotcha is that the oil must be flowing into the pump.... which means they'ld just modify the oil pickup to be at the lowest point whatever the application.
Chase Rayfield that's another engine that's had me scratching my head.. the "pancake" engine.. though.. there are flat engines.. and boxers.. but that one always got me.. I love seeing strange engines
I have been doing lots of repairs to the bus. The steel frame on the rear wheel wells needed lots of work. I had to replace all four air bellows mounts and weld a good gusset in; for the frame had a big crack. I also needed to repair a rotten spot in the floor of the bus. I have been working on repairing all the fluorescent light ad display signs inside. Looks like I need a few new 12V ballasts for the to get them working again. From setting for several years, lots of the electrical connections has corroded. Both the main bus fan motors for heat, were sized and not working. Both have been repaired. I am hoping to eventually restore the bus back to how it was, when it was a transit bus. I have spent a lot of my free time repairing stuff. The bus still needs a left front centre windshield and I am hoping to get that sometime in the spring. Also needs four of the side passenger window panes to be replaced. I hope this reply helps you on what I have been doing with the bus :)
***** Well even though it was manufactured in Canada (Fishbowl production stopped in 1979 in the U.S.), judging by the single-stream center door, it may have been owned by a U.S. operator (but I could be wrong).
GMC New Look Production in U.S. is from 1959-1977. Flexible New Look Production is from 1962-1978. Canadian GMC New Look Production is from 1962-1986. The Grand total of the New Look Production is 59,000 New Look Buses.
Hay instead of looking for more 1984 GMC New Look bus why don't you go look for a 1985 GMC New Look Bus #149 i am updating the GMC New Look Buses right now while everyone else is doing nothing so you won't get pissed off just so you know.
I OWN THIS BUS. I HAVE ALL THE PAPER WORK AND IT'S QUITE CLEAR.....: THIS BUS WAS MADE IN MAY OF 1984, IN THE LONDON ONTARIO CANADA BUS MANUFACTURING FACILITY, OK. This date is on my insurance papers, my ownership and the name plate mounted directly on the front dash of this bus. For the 15th time, I own the bus solely and I know its history.
No, a '64 would be a TDH-5303. GM Canada was still producing Fishbowls up until '86. Also, the big giveaway between a U.S. and a Canadian Fishbowl is that the U.S. Fishbowl the trapezoid badge says "GMC" while the Canadian Fishbowl the badge says "GM".
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Really neat! I used to work on 70's era fishbowls and, for me, it's so strange to hear one with a 92 series engine instead of the 71 series! I'm glad that our Canadian friends showed little interest in the RTS and continued ordering fishbowls from GMC for some more years during the 80s. I'm glad that this classic is still running.
6v92's are awesome sounding
She was the BEST bus ever built.Saved my life when some idiot ran a red light and hit me through the front door at over 70 MPH.If it wasnt for the great stability I would have lost her and my passengers.RIP Red&Tan 532.
That 6V92TA has a beautiful sound. Great bus and great start!
We finally got our first dislike on this video..... I Have been waiting soooooooooo long for someone to feel important!!
+Vicsonvee I think that initial plume of smoke when it kicked over finally offended some Pruis-driving prudes....lol
Phantom309 lol!!!!
Probably a Flxible fan.
Those old girls have seen some tours around the city, a few thousand times, man the stop and go cycles they made, brutal if you think about it.
@@deborahchesser7375 I drive for King County Metro Transit and I can attest that the is completely true. We have buses still in the fleet that are at least 15 years old and in some cases close to 20. City transit buses by and large travel between 700 to 1000 miles per week and 35k to 50K miles each year and some of those top 700,000 miles on the odometer. Yes, these vehicles lead a hard life and it shows. Hence they fall under the category of severe duty vehicles. I give many thanks to the mechanics in our fleet as well as others for the excellent work they do keeping these vehicles breakdown free for the most part.
I didn't appreciate these classic tanks when they were in service here in Toronto. Now, I can't get enough of them.
Man, that thing sounds healthy!
Brings a tear to my eye! I haven't seen one of these New Looks since 1995.
The best busses ever built.
The 6v92's are awesome. I have ridden many transit buses with this particular motor in it.
Chris Blackstone But they sound even more awesome when coupled to an Allison HT-754.
+Chris Blackstone Me,too. I wish they still ran buses with a 92 or 71 engine, as these real the real thing not the hybrid/CNG garbage.That should be banned...:)
156 was one of five Alaska New Looks purchased for Guelph Transit. I remember riding 156 many times on the a few routes along with 152-155. Sadly 156 might be the only Alaska unit left in its condition. I did see it back in 2013 and I haven't seen it since. I would love to see it one last time!
I thought that looked like an old Guelph Transit bus. Right on! London still had some early '60s-vintage New Looks with the 671 and single-speed trans with torque converter lockup, around 2000. Fond memories!
It’s hard to believe they were still making this with the RTS which was taking off like wildfire!!!!
They were still making these 20 years after they came out. And these engines were now smooth bored. They didn’t sound all clickity clackity like the early models
That bus reminds me to the movie called "Speed".
That movie utilized 3 different buses. A TDH-5303, a T6H-5305, and a T6H-4518 refitted with the later tail and marker lights (Yes, it switches from 40' to 35' and back again). I remember when that movie first aired on Fox, they were giving away the Bus. I really wanted to win that bus. I would have painted it Philadelphia Eagles' colors and used it as a tailgating bus. Now I doubt if there's many Fishbowls left, even a junkyard rescue.
Nice Bus. Would be a fantastic base for a retro modern restoration to a motor home.
+MyMilan1965
Hey, Milan:
Even better-for use in a bus line today!!!!!! :D
Or a personal home bus used as a bus (a motor home sounds un-comfy when one is riding, I love facing front! :D
I love old buses and would like to get one as a hobbie. Where can you get parts for them?
Very much like the 1982 Version from Vancouver B.C. The 1982 fishbowls in Vancouver were the first bus with a 6V92TA and were called "Hillclimbers" to go up a 6% grade at 35 Mph. 4107 - G.M.C. New Look bus former Coast Mountain Bus Co., Vancouver, BC
now thats how a bus should be with all the seats in it. its sad when a bus has its seats ripped out. i like buses when they are all original and such. if ur going to restore a bus restore it to how it was shipped from the factory with all original seats and restored factory engine and matching numbers engine. thats just how i happen to like the buses all original from the factory just like they were in service.
dork!
I wanna buy a old gm new look rip the seats out and convert it to a motor home
sweet start-up :)
What I wouldn't give to drive or, atleast, fire one of these bad boys up!
Great video!
The engine sounds good, and started fairly quick. The bus looks to be in rough condition, which is surprising. When I was living in the northeast this New Look bus was quite common and the city bus lines kept them in very good repair throughout their service life. Not sure where that one came from but it does not look like it was well cared for.
+Emph Squee This bus has basically sat since 2007. The engine is Ok but has had it's moments, I guess - body needs a fair bit of work. The under cartage - I have repaired extensively, but don't know it's condition since it has been 2 years since I had the wheels off. I don't know what I am going to do with the thing as of yet. This bus was a dream, but I think the dream may have passed.
+Vicsonvee After reading through the other posts I see that you have already put plenty of work into this bus , hope it works out for you either way you decide to go. Good luck and thanks again for the interesting video and back story.
+Vicsonvee
Convert it into a camper or something like that :P
Does that ever bring back memories!
Nice bus! I've got an old ex-Guelph unit too! #111
Nice, mine needs a windshield on the left side. You know where I can get one?
I used to have a 1985 Diesel VW Jetta. It would always start in the cold if the glow plugs were good. I got it started when it was down to zero degrees. I just had to cycle the glow plugs about 3 times it also had a cold start lever you pulled to adjust the fuel injection pump. Was a great car but you had to get almost everything for it from a dealer. For example I had to get a thermostat once. This is usually about a $10 part at the the parts store I had to get it from the dealer $80.....ouch.... I bought it with 55,000 miles and i put over 200,000 miles on it and it got around 55 mpg. not much power but great on mpg. Eventually the fuel injection pump went out and it was $600 for a rebuilt one so I just got rid of it and bought a 1998 Hyundai Elantra that I put over 200,000 miles it was also a good car and parts from the dealer were pretty cheap. I would buy another Hyundai just because parts are cheap and they are good cars. I never had any problems. I just had to do normal maintaice and had to get a coil pack once.
music, sweet music
the 6v71's & 8v71's in the GM's were from 1959-83 and 6v92 were from 1982-86
T=Transit
6=6 cylinder engine
H=Automatic (Hydraulic) Transmission
53=53 seated passengers, 40-foot
07=4th series of 40-feetX102-inch (odd numbers indicate 102-inch, even numbers indicate 96-inch. 35-footers it is reversed)
N=No air conditioner
+Joseph Heston You know your stuff!
I thought all the 80s models had standard air conditioning
@@milestone_achiever4634 Not the Toronto Fishbowls at least.
I've been wanting to find a decent 1980's T8H GM New Look. One of these days I'll find one then repower with Detroit 60-series.
Why didn't you rev the engine at the gas pedal after it started? Put some excitement in the video. Does it drive at all? Nice bus! How much do you get these for and where?
I used to ride these to high school. I remember one had a bad transmission. The driver would turn it off, then start it again. Off it went.
Sounds like if u crank it and let it sit it gets some heat into the combustion chamber
You can crank the shit out of these old Detroit's and you will get is nothing but a burnt up starter. You have to cycle them, as I do in this start up and you will achieve your goal, of starting the machine in cold conditions.
The fuel from first start attempt wets the cyl walls and rings and seals the pistons better so the cylinder pressure is high to light off fuel then. Many old tractors and trucks had diesel fuel dripped into intake and those had the same process. You open fuel drip (some had electric valve, some were ballcocks) and then crank it, wait and then crank it for it to start up. Early days of larger Diesel engines you started a gasoline “pony” motor then engaged a clutch and turned over the diesel with engine shutoff lever 8n off position. You’d let the engine turn for 6-10 seconds then move stop lever and it would start running and then declutch and shut down pony motor. Old diesels were not turn, start, go.
would you please make me a video of the bus ride if you can because i love old buses and i was asking if you are going to restore it as a city bus or a RV?
Bang! Run that TURBO.
The only 1980s GM New Looks built for Anchorage Transit System were 6101-6122.
this is a former People Mover bus and this bus is one out of 22 buses out of the People Mover in the fleet in 1984.
This bus was built in 5/84
***** It's actually a former Guelph city bus. I think there is a few pics of this bus on Google, when it was still in service.
That bus used to do service in Alaska until 2000
I think all of the 1984's are and they all sold to Canadian Proportie's from 1999-2000 and I don't know if all of the 1986 were or if people bought them and turn them into RV's or somthing.
TTC Orion V O_O really? Wish it came back though! I've never rode in an old bus! But a new one! The bus i rode in was a 1999 bluebird all American TC2000 and a 2015 bluebird all American a few times.
I thought it was made at the GM Plant St. Eustache QC Canada!!!
Vicsonvee When did this bus retire by the way 2010? because between 2010-2014 all the Company were getting rid of our gm's in North America and last but not lest Febuary 14th 2014 Saskatoon and Woodstock finally got rid of there last of there GM's in the Fleet and all we have left MCI Classics or Nova Classics and 2 GM's in Ottawa Canada 7901 and 8202 we need to save the buses really bad I mean Bad!!!!!!!!!!
I just look up on google in 1984 there were 30 GM New Look's and IDK In 1985 I know in 1986 there were 70 GM's on the last year they made them and I think every town in north america needs those buses so bad so every one can get a chance to ride those babies!!!
are you going to restore the bus yet?
I am hoping too. :)
I want that bus. I'm looking for one. Right now I live in a apartment. But once my life is built I'll buy some land out of edmonton
This 1984 GM New Look model number is T6H-5307N.
+Andrew Levac when did that bus retire?
I didn't know you could start a bus from the engine
Vicsonvee you know when I was a kid growing up where I was from in Juneau AK we had 250 GM's were from 1968-1975 and 3 Companies owned them like Princess Tours and M.G.T. Tours and Juneau Tours and I thought those were Good ole Buses and Especially driving them in the snow and all that good ole stuff and I feel sad and disappointed that there being retied and not being saved as a passenger bus or scrapped and especially with there good motors like 6v71 and 8v71 and 6v92 Detroit's
+Aldrick GMC They've still got them at least as late as 2011 when I went there with mny family via Princess Cruises...Just like the movie "Speed!" (1994's sadly underrated bus movie)..
That’s a ex Guelph Transit bus I went on the retirement charter for that bus
I've always wondered do buses like these have typical odometers hour meter or both??
From the buses I own, they only have an axle odometer. My 67 New Look had a replacement speedometer with an odometer, but that was not original.
These GMC buses was from 77 and earlier 78 was a total redesigned
Not in Canada, They continued the New look in London Ontario Bus division till 1985. This was a Canadian built bus.
I should know since I owned it and read the nameplate date many many many times
Buses back then didn't have wheelchair accessible seating huh
Yes Vicsonvee I was having trouble finding GM's that were from 1984-86 on the only GM's that were from 1984-86 were 1984 GM New Look #9841 Brantford Transit and your bus #156 and 0 on the 1985 and the rest were 1986 GM #8011 Miami Transit and Santa Monica Transit #5128 & 5162 & 5180 and I hate it when people bus the buses and use them for RV's instead of restoring them as passenger buses and I was hoping if people will make more video of the 1984-86 GM New look bus and give the Passengers a ride of these old buses.
If anyone has a GM I was hopping if they could make video and doing charters with them that are from 1984-86 not from 1959-83 because I've seen enough GM's already I want to ride the newest ones if any one has one I love the young GM's and the older ones too as well and they don't make parts for them anymore like they use to!!!
Too bad about the gas shocks. Are all these buses like that or do some have springs or a rod that inserts in a hole?
There are no springs on these buses. They use air bellows systems and oil/ gas shocks for the suspension. They tie off the suspension system off with stabilizer bars and such.
Do you have anything from paratansit buses and the driver's
im confused about something you say this is a 84 model werent the rts's in production at that time? AND wasnt the rts made to replace the new looks?
They were made up until 1986
A lot of Canadian transit systems (and some U.S. systems as well) weren't interested in the RTS, so GM of Canada were still producing Fishbowls. If anything, the late Fishbowls do have the RTS drivetrain (6V92TA/V-730) and suspension.
how many miles dose the bus have?
do you know execaly what month this bus was built in 1984?
I think the speedomitor was replaced in the year 2000.
I think the bus was the last on to retire in 2007?
I've been waiting for more videos to be uploaded for this bus.
why is it that the engine looks canted towards the rear? I'd assume the v6 would want to be kept upright for oil pressure reasons
These engines in these buses were specifically designed for the GM "New Look" series of buses. The oil pan is completely flat under the motor and the top 3 cylinders are basically straight vertical with the pan, while the remaining three are slanted to the front.
2 stroke detroits don't really care... some of the inline models were even ran sideways in military applications. The gama goat engine I have does have slight modifications to it's oiling system apparently it can pull oil from the front or the back of the pan.... so it doesn't run out of oil on steep inclines etc expected of a 6x6 vehicle. the oil is pumped to the places it needs to go.. and the only gotcha is that the oil must be flowing into the pump.... which means they'ld just modify the oil pickup to be at the lowest point whatever the application.
Chase Rayfield that's another engine that's had me scratching my head.. the "pancake" engine.. though.. there are flat engines.. and boxers.. but that one always got me.. I love seeing strange engines
This is a ex Guelph Transit bus
what have you been doing to this bus lately
I have been doing lots of repairs to the bus. The steel frame on the rear wheel wells needed lots of work. I had to replace all four air bellows mounts and weld a good gusset in; for the frame had a big crack. I also needed to repair a rotten spot in the floor of the bus. I have been working on repairing all the fluorescent light ad display signs inside. Looks like I need a few new 12V ballasts for the to get them working again. From setting for several years, lots of the electrical connections has corroded. Both the main bus fan motors for heat, were sized and not working. Both have been repaired. I am hoping to eventually restore the bus back to how it was, when it was a transit bus. I have spent a lot of my free time repairing stuff. The bus still needs a left front centre windshield and I am hoping to get that sometime in the spring. Also needs four of the side passenger window panes to be replaced. I hope this reply helps you on what I have been doing with the bus :)
Vicsonvee I would do away with the fluorescent tubes and install LED lighting.
+Vicsonvee look for a 1985 GMDD New Look Bus
3 1985 GMC New Look buses were produced in 12/84.
65 were produced from 11/85-4/86 on the last years model.
30 were produced from 11/83-5/84.
is this davesfarm?
nope, sure isn't but his farm really isn't all that far from me.
Zazur city bus 🚌
You're canadian? :-D
ese autobus me recuerda la pelicula de Speed
Does the 6V92 Turbo have Glow Plugs?
+69ChevroletNova The Detroit 53,71 and 92 series diesels do not have any sort of preheat or glow plugs.
That's a noisy bus. :-)
Jack Flippin
What do you expect? It's an older model of vehicle
this looks in the colourscheme to be EX Guelph ontario Transit
It was an ole Guelph bus according to the ownership
who use to owned this bus and was that bus operated as a city bus in Canada or USA?
***** Well even though it was manufactured in Canada (Fishbowl production stopped in 1979 in the U.S.), judging by the single-stream center door, it may have been owned by a U.S. operator (but I could be wrong).
GMC New Look Production in U.S. is from 1959-1977.
Flexible New Look Production is from 1962-1978.
Canadian GMC New Look Production is from 1962-1986.
The Grand total of the New Look Production is 59,000 New Look Buses.
Hay instead of looking for more 1984 GMC New Look bus why don't you go look for a 1985 GMC New Look Bus #149 i am updating the GMC New Look Buses right now while everyone else is doing nothing so you won't get pissed off just so you know.
4:19 Allison V730 trans..
Thats a 64, not 84
I OWN THIS BUS. I HAVE ALL THE PAPER WORK AND IT'S QUITE CLEAR.....: THIS BUS WAS MADE IN MAY OF 1984, IN THE LONDON ONTARIO CANADA BUS MANUFACTURING FACILITY, OK. This date is on my insurance papers, my ownership and the name plate mounted directly on the front dash of this bus. For the 15th time, I own the bus solely and I know its history.
No, a '64 would be a TDH-5303. GM Canada was still producing Fishbowls up until '86. Also, the big giveaway between a U.S. and a Canadian Fishbowl is that the U.S. Fishbowl the trapezoid badge says "GMC" while the Canadian Fishbowl the badge says "GM".
Mann I want to be you
Why not start it up from the inside
You can start it from the inside. The outside start is usually used for diagnostics or shop personnel.