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Title: What kind of bus is this in this video?
Post by: NewbeeMC9 on August 29, 2014, 07:35:42 PM
Saw this on TV, what is it?  GMC?  Flexible?


http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8XtIE4g4b_M (http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8XtIE4g4b_M)
Title: Re: What kind of bus is this in this video?
Post by: Scott Crosby on August 29, 2014, 07:43:13 PM
Fishbowl
Title: Re: What kind of bus is this in this video?
Post by: NewbeeMC9 on August 30, 2014, 08:05:25 AM
Ahh, the small windows above the windows, couldn't recall which bus had those.

Thanks
Title: Re: What kind of bus is this in this video?
Post by: muldoonman on August 30, 2014, 08:57:53 AM
When that video started and it wasn't George Jones it lost me!
Title: Re: What kind of bus is this in this video?
Post by: Scott Crosby on August 30, 2014, 09:01:21 AM
Standee windows are common on many transit buses where people stand up and hold on to bars.  It gives them a nice line of sight.  I don't know if fishbowls were the first to have them, but they were mentioned in all the literature about the new looks as a selling point feature. 
Title: Re: What kind of bus is this in this video?
Post by: luvrbus on August 30, 2014, 09:30:52 AM
The 01 and 05 Eagles had windows above the windows since the 50's but they were a highway coach and the window opened at the top no one ever knew for sure why GM didn't use the same window frame like the rest was it just another place to leak the way GM did it
Title: Re: What kind of bus is this in this video?
Post by: TomC on August 30, 2014, 11:33:23 PM
It is a GMC Fish Bowl. It has a 6 piece curved windshield, and the tear drop window behind the driver's seat. If it were a Flx, the front windshields would be flat pane glass. Good Luck, TomC
Title: Re: What kind of bus is this in this video?
Post by: Runcutter on August 31, 2014, 07:13:55 AM
Agree, GM Fishbowl.  Most probably in a junkyard.  At about 1:00, there's a good inside shot of the front, that shows the destination sign box inside cover, and the rollsign itself missing.  Looks like most seats gone.  Further in, there's a shot that shows the fleet number over the front passenger entry door.  From the type font, my first guess is a retired Los Angeles RTD unit.

Arthur