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Title: 1st after WWII
Post by: lvmci on October 29, 2021, 10:09:22 AM
1st after WWII...
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Post by: RJ on October 29, 2021, 10:54:14 AM
Tom -

Now THAT'S a cool old photograph!

RJ
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Post by: chessie4905 on October 29, 2021, 11:23:01 AM
Nice!
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Post by: CrabbyMilton on October 29, 2021, 02:21:32 PM
Those early MCI's were rather underrated.
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Post by: luvrbus on October 29, 2021, 02:53:51 PM
I never knew the MCI 100 had scoop on the rear,I have been close to a couple and never noticed the scoop
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Post by: 47hound on October 29, 2021, 03:27:36 PM
Beautiful bus.  Not so beautiful gasoline engines...But I still want one.  Patrick
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Post by: luvrbus on October 29, 2021, 03:33:32 PM
Quote from: 47hound on October 29, 2021, 03:27:36 PM
Beautiful bus.  Not so beautiful gasoline engines...But I still want one.  Patrick

Yep the old red diamond 450 CI International engine loved gasoline it probably got 4 MPG with a tail wind on a good day,they were tough though
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Post by: Lin on October 29, 2021, 05:23:52 PM
you mean they weren't Series 60 with an Allison?
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Post by: Tedsoldbus on October 29, 2021, 06:42:47 PM
Back when the drivers wore uniforms with a Greyhound hat. People dressed up to ride the bus. No Dometic roof air. Those were the days......
Great picture!
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Post by: CrabbyMilton on October 29, 2021, 07:32:05 PM
I'm sure a CUMMINS and ALLISON combo would snap in quite nicely. Didn't know they used IH engines.
Title: Re: 1st after WWII
Post by: luvrbus on October 29, 2021, 08:48:35 PM
Quote from: CrabbyMilton on October 29, 2021, 07:32:05 PM
I'm sure a CUMMINS and ALLISON combo would snap in quite nicely. Didn't know they used IH engines.

Lol that was before Allison and the old Cummins was in infant stage ,the IH red diamond was a very popular military engine   
Title: Re: 1st after WWII
Post by: lostagain on October 30, 2021, 07:25:28 AM
Not long after that, they used the 4-71 Detroit, and air bag suspension in the 1957 Courier 96. And still had the scoop radiator air intake on the roof. I used to drive them in the 70s. They were a good solid car. A better bus than the subsequent MCi 1, 2, 3 and 4s. The MC5s were good buses again.
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Post by: oltrunt on October 30, 2021, 08:12:15 AM
They sure had a clean crisp look to them.  :^ Jack
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Post by: Tedsoldbus on October 30, 2021, 10:30:27 AM
I think we all smile because it was back when a Ford F-150 did not have 3 TV screens in the dashboard, people didn't think you an idiot if you are not on FACEBOOK, and children didn't talk to you only if you can text. We were tougher back then. I once killed myself falling off those high metal jungle-jim monkey bars at the playground. My mom made me walk it off.
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Post by: chessie4905 on October 30, 2021, 12:10:52 PM
I don't  think they are allowed to be called that anymore.
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Post by: Tedsoldbus on October 31, 2021, 10:00:32 AM
Metallic children's climbing and recreation apparatus?
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Post by: Jim Blackwood on October 31, 2021, 10:14:58 AM
That's probably a slur on the hydrocarbon solids (but not 'plastic', really!) industry. Better clean up your language.

Jim
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Post by: CrabbyMilton on October 31, 2021, 10:45:12 AM
Must have taken some doing to get GM to sell the 4-71 to a competitor. Of course it was smart but GM was funny about that back then.
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