R.I.P. Henry. I remember my early days as a Motorcoach driver. Undoubtedly, the best job in the world, next to being a dad. I spent 23 years in the Motorcoach industry and logged over 472k miles. Forced to retire from it due to cancer. Glad to see you living the dream. God bless you Sean.
Great buy. MC-9 was the coach I drove between 1985 ~ 1987 as an tour bus driver. Brings me back some wonderful memories. Even today, I feel the MC-9 had the best coach air conditioner. You can practically hang a meat in the coach.
Great job. The first coach we bought was a 102A3. I still run it. The 8v92 is unbelievable. I would drive my A across the country before I took my J. The reason I love the A is the 5 speed trans. Nobody but myself and my father (which has driven bus since 72) can properly drive her. Love the videos. Also know Andy very well. Lol. Good luck with everything. Nice to see a young person with this passion for this industry.
@@threeparots1 I have a J also. I was transporting troops with both buses. The other guy that was driving the J was amazed at how the 8v would pass him on the hills. I love that bus.
Man I wish you would bring that classic Greyhound to Boston. Would love a picture with the Dog. Remember riding the Mci from the Port Authority in NYC to Boston MA as a kid. Also stop at Hartford CT. The new buses are nice but I love the original Greyhound colors
I drove for GLI for quite a number of years. This is a beautiful coach and sadly represents a by gone era in the Hound's history. I love 9's and 12's and use to drive a eastern run from Seattle to BIllings MT. They always got you there and had a perfect lower center of gravity driving in inclement weather which produced stability. You are very fortunate to find this coach with the period livery. There a few things that aren't correct but it sounds like you have a handle on that. The 9's had the exact same steering wheel as the 7's did. GLI was in a full mode automatic transmission fleet when the 9's came online. Happy that there are a few people who understand the historical significance of these coaches and haven't butchered them into a conversion. I have a close friend that has a 1956 Scenicruiser in anniversary livery. He has been very generous in letting me drive it to a few bus rally's, an awesome experience. Thank you preserving it and keeping it seated. Good luck and thanks for sharing!
Dude, was your Hound run from Seattle to Billings a multi-segment run? I thought from Seattle the runs east were to Spokane, maybe St. Regis for a while. Just curious. I rode Hounds as a youngster and collect old timetables and route guides. Thanks.
I drove for Greyhound in 2001. At that time there were still a few MC12's left in the fleet. Most had 6v92's and I drove one with a Detroit diesel 50 series. Most buses were the 102DL3's and the G models were just coming into the fleet (in the northeast anyway). There was a 1990 MC12 out of Toronto in the Canadian fleet that had a 5 speed manual.
So cool to see your passion for these great busses. I have many. many miles in these mc9 and mc12 coaches as a Greyhound driver based in Seattle in the 90s and 2000s. Looking forward to see your journey with this coach.
When I started working for greyhound, I worked at the greyhound garage on New York Ave in Washington DC, the first buses I learned how to drive, thanks to the mechanics were MCI 8’s and MCI 9’s. I enjoyed the experience and felt their power. I’ve been with the greyhound business for more than 3 decades.
@@tipsandtrips7519 Yes, and it wasn’t a happy merger. Employees lost their jobs, run around with employee’s senority. It lead to a huge strike in 1990. I had to walk the picket lines, because of an unfair labor practices. For a moment...... the company did come roaring back under the leadership of CEO Craig Lentz and John Taylor. Went back down hill under Steve Gorman and First Transit. There is not much left of greyhound bus lines. A lot of the company has been liquidated.
@@josephmurrill3644 Yes, the Hound is but a shadow of its former glory. Probably operates at best at 20% of 1980s capacity. The Hound has been on its death bed since the early 2000s, a slow agonizing death.
Alot of nice tech on these coaches in their prime, what's was fascinating to me is when they have to make a wide turn the bus leans away from the turn and I swear your first experience you feel the bus is about to tip over but....great memories....I remember coming thru memphis hub on greyhound it was like nothing I've ever seen before watching all the people, buses, smelling the diesel, that weird but sweet smell of the lavatories being filled back up, all the lights one buses at night, my favorite all time is the eagles specially when trailways and greyhound ran for each other, good times...good times.
That's a great story about your mentor. I was looking for months for a bus conversion. I joined a bus website, and started talking to the guys on there, made friends right away. I'm in Texas, anyway I found a 1982 Custom Coach MCI MC9 in Ohio, one of the members on the website stepped up like nobody has since my own father. His name is Walter, he is 77, he went and inspected it for me, when I decided to purchase it, he offered to help me drive it home, and he went and did a pretrip maintenance on it the day before I got there, he lives 2 hours from there. He has been around buses and big rigs his whole life, was in Korea, as well as Vietnam, a mans man. We were on the road for 11 hours the first day, and 17 hours the second day, what an amazing human being, what an amazing journey. I will be indebted to Walter forever. Like you I have many things to fix, but will get it all done eventually. I'll drop a video below. I hope that you no longer believe in the hoax that was perpetuated on the whole world. ruclips.net/video/6-HEwWu5uSQ/видео.html
I drove Greyhounds in 1980, out of Thunder Bay, and met some wonderful people, both passengers, and drivers Your drive through Northern Ontario brought back so many memories for me. Thank you for providing me an opportunity to relive that important time.
Absolutely amazing! I’m a bus enthusiast (nut), have been since I was a little boy. I can vividly remember my first ride on a ScenicCrusier (double decked GMC Greyhound) back in the late ‘50’s. Anyway, been driving since 1982. I’ve experienced the MC5, (have ridden the MC6), MC7, MC8, MC9 (Your bus, lol), MC12, (just like the 9, different headlights and taillights) 96A3, 102A3, J4000 (DL3), and all the “J’s.” The newest one in our fleet is of course a 2013 J4500. Anyway, sorry for the rambling. It is very nice to know that I’m NOT the only one out there that has such a passion for buses, (motor coaches...lol) Can’t wait to see your next video on your pride and joy!
MCI coaches pioneered the highways of Queensland Australia, Ansett pioneer coaches had MCIs exactly the same colour decals as greyhound U.S.A and Canada, ive gone visiting family many times on school holidays on MCI coaches 1976 to 1983 models until pioneer sold off the fleet, MCI and Silver Eagles coaches will always be legends on the highways. So glad to see people keeping them and looking after them 😊
I love the bus! Glad you made this video! And glad to see a more in-depth video of the bus. Mine is also a 1982 MCI MC9. 8V71 with 5-speed manual transmission. George From South Carolina USA.
Of course it didn't let you down! It's an MCI MC-9 👍 They earned their reputation the hard way, not just on good looks 😀 Good luck trouble shooting the retractable step and look forward to your on going adventures.
loooks like you got a nice bus ,, MC9 is the last of the nice old bus designs ,,I caught the BUS bug a few years ago and now own 2 buses of my own my family motorcoach is a 1947 GMC PD-3751 silversides ,which is an RV conversion done in 1974 ,i live in it during the warm months and it is fully off grid set up with 14 solar panels on the roof and my most recent acquisition a monstrous 1992 Prevost coach H5-60 articulated motorcoach ,,literally the largest bus ever built ,it will become a tiny home on wheels which i plan to live in when i retire in a few years ,,you are way ahead of me at 28 ,, i just turned 46 and only got my first bus at 40,,there were fewer than 50 of the big H5-60 buses built due to the very complicated design and how hard it is to maintain it is nearly impossible to work on the engine ,in the case of mine it has an 8V92 TA detroit diesel which barely ran when i bought it in june of 2020 ,,i had to tear up the floor in the bus because they did not build in access panels above the engine ,,i redesigned the floor to be easily removed so i can get to the upper engine easily now ,,my engine got new sleeves and pistons and a full set of bottom end bearings plus i had the heads cleaned and valves done and new injectors installed ,,the valves were badly burned from lack of maintenance and overheating ,,it's pretty neat to drive though because the rear section steers as the bus articulates surprisingly making it handle very well in tight turns , it'll be a fun project
Financially you don't. They're made for commercial entities and are very overbuilt to run 24/7 for practically 20 years. Tires are 1k a piece for good ones on rims. Its a labor of love to keep these old girls out of the scrap yard. Not because they're dead, but because they're "old".
Good luck young man. It’s a hard road the bus Industry. I worked as a mechanic, Driver and owner at a young age too. Drove so many types of coaches all types of passengers, seniors,students, entertainers and rock bands. U2 was the biggest group I toured in 1992. I hope things open up for the Industry once again like the 80’s and 90’s. Be safe and happy motoring. 🚌🚍
I just found your channel. Great video! I don’t drive for greyhound. I’ve been driving 18 wheelers for 23 years. But I do love busses. My late grandfather drove for greyhound for 30 years. He probably drove a buses just like that one. I hope maybe one day I could see your bus. Maybe you’ll have it on display at a bus show or something like that.
Nice bus drove lots of these for Horizon Coach lines out of Vancouver BC. We had 79 to 1984s. these buses are bullet proof they will keep on going, one of the best if not the best buses made. Great video good look on your adventures.👍
wow,,,,,,,,,you are a owner,,,,,,,you are doing what I always dreamed of since 1971, I always wanted to own a greyhound bus, since I was a kid,,,,lucky you
My favorite MCI is the MCI MC9 Crusader ii Coach series and the Americruiser 2 From Greyhound lines inc until they retire those buses in 2001 my last time see those buses at the Atlantic city bus station at Atlantic and Michigan Avenues and Philadelphia Greyhound bus station at 10th and Filbert streets
I knew for sure that wasn’t an original greyhound bus. The first greyhound MCI 9’s in the USA were the 8100 series then the 8200 series, starting from the 6350 up to the 6800 series in the eastern side of the continental divide and the 8100 to the 8800 series that ran cross country, the 8900 and the 9000 series never ran east of the continental divide, the 4000, 4100 ran the east coast, the 2800 series ran the Midwest area. The 4750 to the 4900 series also ran east of the continental divide, the 5000 to the 5100 series also ran cross country. All the MCI 9s in the USA were automatics starting 8 cylinder then the 6 cylinder diesels. They were good runners and those buses were, very reliable, very, very few disappointments. The new buses today are garbage.
I dispatched for GLI in NOD late 80s early 90s and remember one day sched 486 had not one but two 9000 series west coast buses on it. COC sent a message to us and HOU and us to cut them out and send them back west but HOU couldn't do it so onto NOLA they came. Pretty cool seeing them there and totally illegal that far east, think they weren't registered beyond AZ. Anyway we cut them out and got them heading towards home the next day. Also there were a few MC-9 manual transmissions out there but none that GLI bought new, these were buses that were part of the Buslease fleet that were leased to charter operators that GLI must have taken back and they just painted them red, white and blue and put them in the fleet. One I remember distinctly was 5224, it was a beautiful bus with different high back seats and even had TV monitors.8V71/5-speed too, was always funny when those guys would go down there to load their schedule and they'd call up to dispatch and say hey man, that bus has a stick shift! Fun times.
@@thud9797 Did you dispatch out of NOD during the time that the furthest west a driver could go was Lake Charles? I remember when LC was a division point for the longest, even up until the last east/west divisions in 1969.
Man dude. I remember those 1980s greyhound buses. I rode those buses every weekend in 1988 and 1989 with dark blue seats. The buses I rode on in 1989 was one of the first ones with a push button for the doors in 1989. Ones I rode in 1988 had those manual doors like you have.
I got to see this video accidentally but turned to hit the subscribe button hard.. Man.. tats a great job u've done. I love buses. Mainly old ones.. preserve the beast.. Love from Coimbatore, India..
A great save and I too love seeing the period livery on the bus ...I rode more then a few times on them back in the day. Always a great adventure on Greyhound. Thanks for sharing. I've been watching Bus Grease Monkey too for a while...if i ever had a Detroit he would be my go to guy.
Good to see people restoring them with the intent of period correct. Im still looking for that era MC9 since I drove them back int he day...but I already have 2 other buses, and working on getting an articulated one too...if I can find the one I want. Only two I know that still exist and one is still running... Good luck on your channel here. I started up good on YT, but...lets just say I moved to other platforms.
I find it odd that if it's a true Greyhound, that it has the MCI letters in the front where the galloping dog is normally at. Greyhound would remove the galloping dog badge when the bus was retired, leaving an empty space. Also, it has the plastic fender well trim on the vacuum drive and tag axles. Most older Greyhounds didn't have that option. The dash 12s were common with that rear fender trim. Give me a dash 9 with the 8v71 or 8v92 with automatic transmission any day.
I always wondered what Greyhound did with all their buses when they shut down. Thanks for the answer. I almost was set to be a driver for them, luckily, it would have been very short-lived. I sure miss greyhound running down the highways in BC esp. R.I.P. Henry. By the way KILO means 1000. That word does NOT change to kiawe!! Just like KILO-watt, KILO-gram, KILO-volt. Two words! Metre means "Distance." So it is KILO-Metre!!!
I’ll see be two years so if they have any more left that’s in good shape Thank you for the video but keep up the good work you’re young I love your attitude it’s all positive.
Great job im just getting in to the old greyhound buses and the old Detroit s from days gone by thanks for sharing will definitely sub to your channel .
Omg my mentor died from cancer in 2018 he was my school bus driver and now I'm following in his footsteps and tuning his (bus in my picture) into a rolling mermorial I'm fighting to get it but it's ok but I cried like a baby when my friend told me he died I can relate 100% if you need a friend I'm here
Yeah this channel is solely gonna be all about that bus and the process the bus will be going through to turn it into a mermorial for the man who was like a father to me talking about him choked me up a lot but its really good to see that not only me feels this way school, charter, coach or what have you we are all bus drivers we are all family add me on Facebook or anything youd like I want to tell you my plans
hey man i would love to see your coach and meet you Im an exgreyhound driver now driving coaches 21 years. Let me know if you ever come to new york ny or new jersy aera.
MCI had a factory in Pembina, North Dakota. The Roswell factory was called TMC or Transportation Manufacturing Corporation. Many of the charter company MC-9s I drove had the TMC logo on the front instead of MCI. TMC also built transit buses and for a time, built the GMC RTS II under license from GM after GM got out of the bus building business. The factory where this bus was built will be shown on the data plate located in the driver compartment above the side window.
@@TenMinuteTrips you are correct the North Dakota plant from what I herd was just get the seats installed. I Worked at TMC in Roswell for 20. We manufactured the entire greyhound bus. TMC was owned by Dial corporation out of phoenix.
As an X drive out of Toronto, I'm so happy to see you save an Icon from the bone yard. Did I see Calgary plates on it? We have lost so many bus co. (voyager, Gray Coach(TTC), Greyhound etc)
Yes sir! She was never actually a hound; she was a western charter bus for two small family businesses. She shifts so tightly, she’s in 9/10 condition. Was only wrapped as greyhound for movies. It’s the best of both worlds! She’d never be as mint if she was a hound, she shifts so tightly; Must never have been floated. She’s in ottawa with me if you’re ever up!!
The mc-9s I drove out of Vancouver were automatics and had overhead bin doors. Would have a preferred the 5 speed though. My favourite was the MC-9 SS (mc-12), with the 6v92 turbo and a 7speed manual and better suspension but same frame though
i have a 1995 MCI12 WITH SERIES 60 Detroit and Allison HT745 REBUILD Transmisson and also bought a 1995 flixibile Metro B 35 ft with Series 50 and Allison 731automatic the switch it to Allison B500R IN 2018 AND IT RIDES sMOOTH I put in Led's Headlights this is ex Cota Bus 9505 from Columbus, OH which reitre in 2012
Just a small remark, when you said the coachbus it made me laugh, it is eather a coach or a bus but never a coachbus, a bus has fixed seats and runs within a city, a coach has reclining seats and runs between citys and intersate, sorry I just had to remark on that.
R.I.P. Henry. I remember my early days as a Motorcoach driver. Undoubtedly, the best job in the world, next to being a dad. I spent 23 years in the Motorcoach industry and logged over 472k miles. Forced to retire from it due to cancer. Glad to see you living the dream. God bless you Sean.
That bus is so old but I'm surprised it's still in good shape. I use to ride those mc9s when I was very little.
Great buy. MC-9 was the coach I drove between 1985 ~ 1987 as an tour bus driver. Brings me back some wonderful memories. Even today, I feel the MC-9 had the best coach air conditioner. You can practically hang a meat in the coach.
Shamrock Sean, My deepest condolences😐😔😟😢 to you for the loss of your friend. May his soul rest forever in Jesus arms.
Great video. How fortunate it is to see a young man preserving the old-school iron. Awesome job...keep up the good work!
Great job. The first coach we bought was a 102A3. I still run it. The 8v92 is unbelievable. I would drive my A across the country before I took my J. The reason I love the A is the 5 speed trans. Nobody but myself and my father (which has driven bus since 72) can properly drive her. Love the videos. Also know Andy very well. Lol. Good luck with everything. Nice to see a young person with this passion for this industry.
8v92 were impressive on the 102s. Did the coquithalla snow shed hill with a load doing 80kph.
@@threeparots1 I have a J also. I was transporting troops with both buses. The other guy that was driving the J was amazed at how the 8v would pass him on the hills. I love that bus.
Man I wish you would bring that classic Greyhound to Boston. Would love a picture with the Dog. Remember riding the Mci from the Port Authority in NYC to Boston MA as a kid. Also stop at Hartford CT. The new buses are nice but I love the original Greyhound colors
I drove for GLI for quite a number of years. This is a beautiful coach and sadly represents a by gone era in the Hound's history. I love 9's and 12's and use to drive a eastern run from Seattle to BIllings MT. They always got you there and had a perfect lower center of gravity driving in inclement weather which produced stability. You are very fortunate to find this coach with the period livery. There a few things that aren't correct but it sounds like you have a handle on that. The 9's had the exact same steering wheel as the 7's did. GLI was in a full mode automatic transmission fleet when the 9's came online. Happy that there are a few people who understand the historical significance of these coaches and haven't butchered them into a conversion. I have a close friend that has a 1956 Scenicruiser in anniversary livery. He has been very generous in letting me drive it to a few bus rally's, an awesome experience. Thank you preserving it and keeping it seated. Good luck and thanks for sharing!
Dude, was your Hound run from Seattle to Billings a multi-segment run? I thought from Seattle the runs east were to Spokane, maybe St. Regis for a while. Just curious. I rode Hounds as a youngster and collect old timetables and route guides. Thanks.
I drove for Greyhound in 2001. At that time there were still a few MC12's left in the fleet. Most had 6v92's and I drove one with a Detroit diesel 50 series. Most buses were the 102DL3's and the G models were just coming into the fleet (in the northeast anyway). There was a 1990 MC12 out of Toronto in the Canadian fleet that had a 5 speed manual.
I'm pretty sure I was on a manual greyhound in southern Ontario early 2000s
@@cellpat7392 They made a few designed for crossing the Rockies with 12V71 engines in them . Collectors have the odd few that are left.
Of the MC12's that Greyhound Canada had, many were manual transmission, even 7-speed manual. Greyhound USA has been automatic only since 1973.
So cool to see your passion for these great busses. I have many. many miles in these mc9 and mc12 coaches as a Greyhound driver based in Seattle in the 90s and 2000s. Looking forward to see your journey with this coach.
Thanks Wayne!
When I started working for greyhound, I worked at the greyhound garage on New York Ave in Washington DC, the first buses I learned how to drive, thanks to the mechanics were MCI 8’s and MCI 9’s. I enjoyed the experience and felt their power. I’ve been with the greyhound business for more than 3 decades.
Wow! Were you with Greyhound when they merged with Trailways in 1987?
@@tipsandtrips7519 Yes, and it wasn’t a happy merger. Employees lost their jobs, run around with employee’s senority. It lead to a huge strike in 1990. I had to walk the picket lines, because of an unfair labor practices. For a moment...... the company did come roaring back under the leadership of CEO Craig Lentz and John Taylor. Went back down hill under Steve Gorman and First Transit. There is not much left of greyhound bus lines. A lot of the company has been liquidated.
@@josephmurrill3644, Man oh man. You’re absolutely right...😞💯
@@josephmurrill3644 Yes, the Hound is but a shadow of its former glory. Probably operates at best at 20% of 1980s capacity. The Hound has been on its death bed since the early 2000s, a slow agonizing death.
I remember the WDC garage on NY Ave, buses everywhere! Sure miss those days.
Alot of nice tech on these coaches in their prime, what's was fascinating to me is when they have to make a wide turn the bus leans away from the turn and I swear your first experience you feel the bus is about to tip over but....great memories....I remember coming thru memphis hub on greyhound it was like nothing I've ever seen before watching all the people, buses, smelling the diesel, that weird but sweet smell of the lavatories being filled back up, all the lights one buses at night, my favorite all time is the eagles specially when trailways and greyhound ran for each other, good times...good times.
That's a great story about your mentor. I was looking for months for a bus conversion. I joined a bus website, and started talking to the guys on there, made friends right away. I'm in Texas, anyway I found a 1982 Custom Coach MCI MC9 in Ohio, one of the members on the website stepped up like nobody has since my own father. His name is Walter, he is 77, he went and inspected it for me, when I decided to purchase it, he offered to help me drive it home, and he went and did a pretrip maintenance on it the day before I got there, he lives 2 hours from there. He has been around buses and big rigs his whole life, was in Korea, as well as Vietnam, a mans man. We were on the road for 11 hours the first day, and 17 hours the second day, what an amazing human being, what an amazing journey. I will be indebted to Walter forever. Like you I have many things to fix, but will get it all done eventually. I'll drop a video below. I hope that you no longer believe in the hoax that was perpetuated on the whole world.
ruclips.net/video/6-HEwWu5uSQ/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/siaszKB-KrQ/видео.html
I drove Greyhounds in 1980, out of Thunder Bay, and met some wonderful people, both passengers, and drivers Your drive through Northern Ontario brought back so many memories for me. Thank you for providing me an opportunity to relive that important time.
Absolutely amazing! I’m a bus enthusiast (nut), have been since I was a little boy. I can vividly remember my first ride on a ScenicCrusier (double decked GMC Greyhound) back in the late ‘50’s.
Anyway, been driving since 1982. I’ve experienced the MC5, (have ridden the MC6), MC7, MC8, MC9 (Your bus, lol), MC12, (just like the 9, different headlights and taillights) 96A3, 102A3, J4000 (DL3), and all the “J’s.” The newest one in our fleet is of course a 2013 J4500.
Anyway, sorry for the rambling. It is very nice to know that I’m NOT the only one out there that has such a passion for buses, (motor coaches...lol)
Can’t wait to see your next video on your pride and joy!
Did you drive for the Hound?
MCI coaches pioneered the highways of Queensland Australia, Ansett pioneer coaches had MCIs exactly the same colour decals as greyhound U.S.A and Canada, ive gone visiting family many times on school holidays on MCI coaches 1976 to 1983 models until pioneer sold off the fleet, MCI and Silver Eagles coaches will always be legends on the highways. So glad to see people keeping them and looking after them 😊
What an awesome adventure! Congratulations on saving a classic and following your passion!
I love the bus! Glad you made this video! And glad to see a more in-depth video of the bus.
Mine is also a 1982 MCI MC9. 8V71 with 5-speed manual transmission. George From South Carolina USA.
MonsterMidi That's cool, I purchased a 1980 MCI MC9 8V-71 HT740 4spd Allison automatic transmission.
Of course it didn't let you down! It's an MCI MC-9 👍 They earned their reputation the hard way, not just on good looks 😀
Good luck trouble shooting the retractable step and look forward to your on going adventures.
loooks like you got a nice bus ,, MC9 is the last of the nice old bus designs ,,I caught the BUS bug a few years ago and now own 2 buses of my own
my family motorcoach is a 1947 GMC PD-3751 silversides ,which is an RV conversion done in 1974 ,i live in it during the warm months and it is fully off grid set up with 14 solar panels on the roof
and my most recent acquisition a monstrous 1992 Prevost coach H5-60 articulated motorcoach ,,literally the largest bus ever built ,it will become a tiny home on wheels which i plan to live in when i retire in a few years ,,you are way ahead of me at 28 ,, i just turned 46 and only got my first bus at 40,,there were fewer than 50 of the big H5-60 buses built due to the very complicated design and how hard it is to maintain it is nearly impossible to work on the engine ,in the case of mine it has an 8V92 TA detroit diesel which barely ran when i bought it in june of 2020 ,,i had to tear up the floor in the bus because they did not build in access panels above the engine ,,i redesigned the floor to be easily removed so i can get to the upper engine easily now ,,my engine got new sleeves and pistons and a full set of bottom end bearings plus i had the heads cleaned and valves done and new injectors installed ,,the valves were badly burned from lack of maintenance and overheating ,,it's pretty neat to drive though because the rear section steers as the bus articulates surprisingly making it handle very well in tight turns , it'll be a fun project
I love this video. Nobody understands bus lovers. When I purchased my first bus it was an1980 MC-9 people asked me what were you thinking?
Financially you don't. They're made for commercial entities and are very overbuilt to run 24/7 for practically 20 years. Tires are 1k a piece for good ones on rims.
Its a labor of love to keep these old girls out of the scrap yard. Not because they're dead, but because they're "old".
I use to get goose bumps when I would see the GH Ameri Cruiser
Congratulations on your MC9 motor coach. Me my self as a former coach owner operator at a young age I was always found of the mc9’s
Good luck young man. It’s a hard road the bus Industry. I worked as a mechanic, Driver and owner at a young age too. Drove so many types of coaches all types of passengers, seniors,students, entertainers and rock bands. U2 was the biggest group I toured in 1992. I hope things open up for the Industry once again like the 80’s and 90’s. Be safe and happy motoring. 🚌🚍
I just found your channel. Great video!
I don’t drive for greyhound. I’ve been driving 18 wheelers for 23 years. But I do love busses. My late grandfather drove for greyhound for 30 years. He probably drove a buses just like that one. I hope maybe one day I could see your bus. Maybe you’ll have it on display at a bus show or something like that.
Nice bus drove lots of these for Horizon Coach lines out of Vancouver BC. We had 79 to 1984s. these buses are bullet proof they will keep on going, one of the best if not the best buses made. Great video good look on your adventures.👍
These videos around the "covid time" is very humorous because the way we were taken advantage of.
wow,,,,,,,,,you are a owner,,,,,,,you are doing what I always dreamed of since 1971, I always wanted to own a greyhound bus, since I was a kid,,,,lucky you
Love these MC 9's! The most popular workhorse of Greyhound! Thank you for preserving history!
Mci model 9's we're my favorite model to operate. I once drove an MCI model 9 with a 5 speed mechanical transmission.
My favorite MCI is the MCI MC9 Crusader ii Coach series and the Americruiser 2 From Greyhound lines inc until they retire those buses in 2001 my last time see those buses at the Atlantic city bus station at Atlantic and Michigan Avenues and Philadelphia Greyhound bus station at 10th and Filbert streets
Same here, Calvin. I loved the 1982-85 model MC-9’s. Oh what a bus...sigh...
I knew for sure that wasn’t an original greyhound bus. The first greyhound MCI 9’s in the USA were the 8100 series then the 8200 series, starting from the 6350 up to the 6800 series in the eastern side of the continental divide and the 8100 to the 8800 series that ran cross country, the 8900 and the 9000 series never ran east of the continental divide, the 4000, 4100 ran the east coast, the 2800 series ran the Midwest area. The 4750 to the 4900 series also ran east of the continental divide, the 5000 to the 5100 series also ran cross country. All the MCI 9s in the USA were automatics starting 8 cylinder then the 6 cylinder diesels. They were good runners and those buses were, very reliable, very, very few disappointments. The new buses today are garbage.
Agreed! 👌💯 I worked for Greyhound out of Birmingham, Alabama from 1995-1999. Give me a 1982-1985 MCI MC-9 & I’m a happy camper....🙋♂️🕺🤣💯
@@tipsandtrips7519 👌😁👍
Did you work for the Hound? Your knowledge is fricking amazing.
I dispatched for GLI in NOD late 80s early 90s and remember one day sched 486 had not one but two 9000 series west coast buses on it. COC sent a message to us and HOU and us to cut them out and send them back west but HOU couldn't do it so onto NOLA they came. Pretty cool seeing them there and totally illegal that far east, think they weren't registered beyond AZ. Anyway we cut them out and got them heading towards home the next day.
Also there were a few MC-9 manual transmissions out there but none that GLI bought new, these were buses that were part of the Buslease fleet that were leased to charter operators that GLI must have taken back and they just painted them red, white and blue and put them in the fleet. One I remember distinctly was 5224, it was a beautiful bus with different high back seats and even had TV monitors.8V71/5-speed too, was always funny when those guys would go down there to load their schedule and they'd call up to dispatch and say hey man, that bus has a stick shift! Fun times.
@@thud9797 Did you dispatch out of NOD during the time that the furthest west a driver could go was Lake Charles? I remember when LC was a division point for the longest, even up until the last east/west divisions in 1969.
Just found your channel. We have a 1978 MC8 Voyeur Colonial, 1960 GM PD4104 Trailways and a 1947 GM PD3751 Greyhound. Love what you're doing.
Oh man I loved these buses! As a kid, riding the greyhound was my favorite thing to do!
Man dude. I remember those 1980s greyhound buses. I rode those buses every weekend in 1988 and 1989 with dark blue seats. The buses I rode on in 1989 was one of the first ones with a push button for the doors in 1989. Ones I rode in 1988 had those manual doors like you have.
Those 9's rode good, drove good, and if that Screaming Demon was tuned right..they would fly..
I got to see this video accidentally but turned to hit the subscribe button hard.. Man.. tats a great job u've done. I love buses. Mainly old ones.. preserve the beast.. Love from Coimbatore, India..
Shamrock Sean. Your MCI MC-9 GreyHound Bus is Absolutely Beautiful & you are doing an excellent👌job on her👌😁
Thank you!!!
@@shamrocksean You're welcome😁👍
Nice job, that bus from 1982 looks beautiful!
A great save and I too love seeing the period livery on the bus ...I rode more then a few times on them back in the day. Always a great adventure on Greyhound. Thanks for sharing. I've been watching Bus Grease Monkey too for a while...if i ever had a Detroit he would be my go to guy.
the best bus of that time without a doubt along with the gmc PD 4104 4106 and 4107 ❤️🇺🇾 from Uruguay
Great content watching from Louisville Kentucky
Good to see people restoring them with the intent of period correct. Im still looking for that era MC9 since I drove them back int he day...but I already have 2 other buses, and working on getting an articulated one too...if I can find the one I want. Only two I know that still exist and one is still running...
Good luck on your channel here. I started up good on YT, but...lets just say I moved to other platforms.
Good! We are all watching for a new batch of video's Sean.... let's get to moving okay.
Just found your channel, I'm a truck and school bus driver in Long Beach California. Way cool bro!
I find it odd that if it's a true Greyhound, that it has the MCI letters in the front where the galloping dog is normally at. Greyhound would remove the galloping dog badge when the bus was retired, leaving an empty space. Also, it has the plastic fender well trim on the vacuum drive and tag axles. Most older Greyhounds didn't have that option. The dash 12s were common with that rear fender trim.
Give me a dash 9 with the 8v71 or 8v92 with automatic transmission any day.
It was never a greyhound. In the video I mentioned it was just wrapped for a movie :)
You have my sincere condolences!! 🙏 I love that plaque that you made in memory of him!
That MCI looks and sound better than the newer MCI’s I drove before my company switched to prevost
I always wondered what Greyhound did with all their buses when they shut down. Thanks for the answer. I almost was set to be a driver for them, luckily, it would have been very short-lived. I sure miss greyhound running down the highways in BC esp. R.I.P. Henry. By the way KILO means 1000. That word does NOT change to kiawe!! Just like KILO-watt, KILO-gram, KILO-volt. Two words! Metre means "Distance." So it is KILO-Metre!!!
I’ll see be two years so if they have any more left that’s in good shape Thank you for the video but keep up the good work you’re young I love your attitude it’s all positive.
Great video! Thanks for posting!
WOAHHH talk about a rare find!!!! There are not many of these left , take good care of her
Don't apologize for the long grass, that's climate friendly. Great adventure trip and cool looking coach. Keep on rolling and enjoy life!
Thanks for explaining why the bus paint looks so good but the bus number sequence was out of sync for Western Canada.
Oh snap, welcome to the bus owner's club, now you're in for it.
Very very cool old bus!
Great vedio. Congrats on getting the bus. Love ❤ fm india
I am so glad that I found your videos. Keep up the good work a man from Kentucky like to buy one a good one very soon PMA please thank you.
This is the kid me at 4:41: "GOOD LAWD WITH ALL THAT SMOKE!!" 😂
Great job im just getting in to the old greyhound buses and the old Detroit s from days gone by thanks for sharing will definitely sub to your channel .
If your burning oil, you should check the rings and valve stem seals as well as engine seals.
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And thinking I crossed Canada from Montréal to Victoria, and back, in several of these...
CAN YOU MAKE ANOTHER LONGER SHIFTING VIDRO OF YOU DRIVING YOUR GREYHOUND BUS AND WITH YOU SHOWING YOUR DOUBLE CLUTCHING BRUV? Hope you can boss!
Omg I’d love to have an old greyhound mc9
Is that the scenic cruiser ? Prettiest bus ever made
Shamrock Sean, May I buy some still images of your bus. By any chance?Meaning still images from when you took the images with your drone.
Omg my mentor died from cancer in 2018 he was my school bus driver and now I'm following in his footsteps and tuning his (bus in my picture) into a rolling mermorial I'm fighting to get it but it's ok but I cried like a baby when my friend told me he died I can relate 100% if you need a friend I'm here
Thank you! Sorry for your loss but it sounds like you’re doing a great thing!!!
Yeah this channel is solely gonna be all about that bus and the process the bus will be going through to turn it into a mermorial for the man who was like a father to me talking about him choked me up a lot but its really good to see that not only me feels this way school, charter, coach or what have you we are all bus drivers we are all family add me on Facebook or anything youd like I want to tell you my plans
I'am Your Newest Subscriber From Florida USA Great Videos
Undoing the graphics seemed like a coming out of the garage with it saying ‘Hey everyone I AM CANADIAN!!’
Great video👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Such a cutie with beautiful eyes and beautiful teeth.
hey man i would love to see your coach and meet you Im an exgreyhound driver now driving coaches 21 years. Let me know if you ever come to new york ny or new jersy aera.
Hey man! Sounds great! Hopefully the borders open in 2021!
1982 the good old days when I think you didn't need a CDL to drive a bus !
The moquette on the seats was standard is he on 80% of British coaches n the 1980s. Plaxton , duple etc.. Happy days.
awesome bus sorry to hear about your friend
Chances are that MCI could have been built in Roswell New Mexico. I worked for MCI for 20 years. Looks like a 8v92 two stroke.
MCI had a factory in Pembina, North Dakota. The Roswell factory was called TMC or Transportation Manufacturing Corporation. Many of the charter company MC-9s I drove had the TMC logo on the front instead of MCI. TMC also built transit buses and for a time, built the GMC RTS II under license from GM after GM got out of the bus building business. The factory where this bus was built will be shown on the data plate located in the driver compartment above the side window.
@@TenMinuteTrips you are correct the North Dakota plant from what I herd was just get the seats installed. I Worked at TMC in Roswell for 20. We manufactured the entire greyhound bus. TMC was owned by Dial corporation out of phoenix.
As an X drive out of Toronto, I'm so happy to see you save an Icon from the bone yard. Did I see Calgary plates on it? We have lost so many bus co. (voyager, Gray Coach(TTC), Greyhound etc)
Yes sir! She was never actually a hound; she was a western charter bus for two small family businesses. She shifts so tightly, she’s in 9/10 condition. Was only wrapped as greyhound for movies. It’s the best of both worlds! She’d never be as mint if she was a hound, she shifts so tightly; Must never have been floated. She’s in ottawa with me if you’re ever up!!
The mc-9s I drove out of Vancouver were automatics and had overhead bin doors. Would have a preferred the 5 speed though. My favourite was the MC-9 SS (mc-12), with the 6v92 turbo and a 7speed manual and better suspension but same frame though
Geeze it be cool to get the trailer for it eh?
Awesome work man!!! I love the video!!!
I wish I had of bought more when they were selling them. I was looking for the bus # I used to drive for them out of TO
Very awesome 😊
Nice bus sean
congratulations man! i subbed
Thank you!!!
Since you are a Canadian you might put Canada's emblems on the coach, but I'm assuming you purchased the coach from U. S. yes? no?
I had a 1980 MC 9 looking for another one
Nice!! I’ll share if I see a good one :)
i have a 1995 MCI12 WITH SERIES 60 Detroit and Allison HT745 REBUILD Transmisson and also bought a 1995 flixibile Metro B 35 ft with Series 50 and Allison 731automatic the switch it to Allison B500R IN 2018 AND IT RIDES sMOOTH I put in Led's Headlights this is ex Cota Bus 9505 from Columbus, OH which reitre in 2012
i have a proven system for the v6-92 engine that improves h/p and emissions cut by 60% , mileage improved by 15% overall average.
Are you going to put the Greyhound nameplate on the front?
If I can find one!
Nice video.. was curious to know how many miles are on it.
Roughly 600,000 :)
The video nobody understands bus lovers when i prchased under one law.
What is the location and phone number of the old buses and Any for sale?
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I enjoy busses too.
We lost our sister who is the mother of her daughter to Drug overdose and she's Cremated and she's at peace before Covid/19 hit
This reminds me of gta vice city
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Riding the dog !!!
Just a small remark, when you said the coachbus it made me laugh, it is eather a coach or a bus but never a coachbus, a bus has fixed seats and runs within a city, a coach has reclining seats and runs between citys and intersate, sorry I just had to remark on that.
You should take it to Alaska and eat potatoe seeds
Meaning?
Wassup Buddy? How's Your Day And Weekend Going?
What’s the location? I like to buy one and fix it up. Thank you for the videos.