I was at my truck repair shop - they have my Corvette C6 that I would really like to have, as hostage for all I have spent there. A person from the cities has his Greyhound for sale. It is a 1948 seated coach, with of course the freshly rebuilt 6-71. It is darn nice looking, did not have my camera with me, but can take some pictures tomorrow if anyone is interested. I could also call the person selling it, he thinks it might be worth somewhere between 10,000 and 25,000 dollars, but that is mostly hearsay.
So if anyone is interested, let me know.
Chuckd
Stillwater MN
Chuck,
Not interested in buying, but would like to see some pictures if you have time
Cliff
You have to post the pictures now! Interior shots would be extra nice! Thanks! Here is our non original unit
Not sure if the pictures will follow or not.
chuckd
some dash shots, 3 cracked passenger windows and the tires are trash.
chuckd
Rest of the pics that I have.
Chuckd
Hi Chuck,
I think I saw this coach last year at C&J repair down in Bloomington. Its a little rough but all there! Many of us would I'm sure give a few bucks for a chance to drive one just once.
Fred
The interior lo0ks great. Excellent movie bus
Chuck,
Thanks for sharing those.
That Bus is really a work of art, just a pleasure to look at.
And a real piece of our history.
Cliff
Sure brings back lots of fond memories from when Florida Greyhound Lines got their new Silversides in 1947 and 1948.
I recall riding on these old coaches with my dad when he was driving for Greyhound.
The Silversides had the best air conditioning back then in the hot summer in Florida it was nice and cold inside of these old buses.
Thanks for the photos and the memories.
jlv
Chuck were you able to find out his asking price?
Mark
'81 Eagle M10
'65 Crown
'47 PD3751 Silverside
That was awesome! Thank you so much for posting your pics and especially the interior ones. Amazing! The fresh rebuild looks like most of the ones i have seen ;)
In case anyone didn't notice:
Four-on-the-tree!
;)
Somewhere on youtube is a video of a bus with the shifter on the column like this, it looks like a neat way to shift to me..
Rick
Its sitting in a storage lot at the intersection of I-94 and hwy 280 between Mpls and St Paul.
For Sale sign in the window.
Fred
Rick :
Back in the Day we all shifted like that, Of course until the linkage would catch or jamb, LoL
Dave
I hope nobody converts that bus, it is a rare find.
Trouble is you need a CDL to drive it and insurance on a passenger bus is a killer.
It seems to me that it would depend on where you live as to needing a CDL...... Here in California my RTS is registered as a personal bus and I dont need a CDL, but the PO registered it that way and when I bought it most of the seats had already been removed.
I think if it has fewer than 15 seats, it can be registered how you want. But over that it requires the CDL.
When coming back in to California once, I had a whole group of friends, and yes they were drunk. they thought it would be funny to hang out the windows and "talk" to the checkpoint person. They made sure I had fewer than 15 people in the bus before they let me go. So I think they were serious about it.
In some states if you restored it and got some sort of classic or antique vehicle plates for it you may not need the cdl, insurance would probably depend on wether you carry any passengers, then liability insurance comes into play.
I thought about going after it...however I looked at the gas pedal...that bus has some miles! ;)
Very nice, thanks for sharing!
Jack
Does anyone know - is this bus still in the area?