America's first bus

pipopak · July 20, 2011, 06:03:09 AM

Good for a conversion.... only if you LOVE the open:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ASfEL4J-qUo/TiJbd25D0zI/AAAAAAABoA0/UH25RlDW1Cg/s1600/IMG_20110714_082754.jpg

John316 · July 20, 2011, 06:08:13 AM

Don't have to worry about a roof raise

CrabbyMilton · July 20, 2011, 06:13:10 AM

Good if you have no plans to drive on the interstate.

zimtok · July 20, 2011, 06:54:41 AM

More like a over-sized Taxi then a bus...

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chev49 · July 20, 2011, 07:34:34 AM

looks like they used photoshop to remove the back seat woman driver...

Busted Knuckle · July 20, 2011, 10:29:25 AM

How come them thar 2 fellers in the front is sit'n so close together?
You can plainly see they is at least a foot on the left that one could slide over!

BK

pipopak · July 20, 2011, 01:58:06 PM

Quote from: Busted Knuckle on July 20, 2011, 10:29:25 AM
How come them thar 2 fellers in the front is sit'n so close together?
You can plainly see they is at least a foot on the left that one could slide over!
BK

There are questions that is better to left unanswered...

CrabbyMilton · July 20, 2011, 02:55:44 PM

HEHE sick minds.

They probably had to pick up some more people so rather than make the new passenger climb over that guy, they can just sit down. Or, they wanted the picture to show the nice comfortable seat.

demodriver · July 20, 2011, 08:09:12 PM

Very similar to the 21 willys knight that I am building.... its a touring coupe tho. not a bus lol

chev49 · July 20, 2011, 10:11:05 PM

Start off by raising the roof 11"

artvonne · July 20, 2011, 10:39:18 PM

IMHO, the first real Bus was the immediate predecessor to the GMC PD3751, the Yellow Coach PGG-3701 that was built in 1940. Quite a leap of technology.

Iceni John · July 21, 2011, 09:33:17 PM

Right-hand drive? Maybe the photo's reversed. Mind you, in 1900 perhaps it didn't matter which side of the road you drove on (assuming there were any roads to speak of). Or maybe it's British . . .

The low-pro tires on fancy-looking spoked wheels, complete with rivets at the rims, look Gangsta kool. Here we are a century later, and everyone now wants wheels like those on their Escalades and Chrysler 300s. At least you won't get punctures with them.

John

pipopak · July 22, 2011, 04:12:43 AM

Quote from: Iceni John on July 21, 2011, 09:33:17 PM

The low-pro tires on fancy-looking spoked wheels, complete with rivets at the rims, look Gangsta kool. Here we are a century later, and everyone now wants wheels like those on their Escalades and Chrysler 300s. At least you won't get punctures with them.

John

So, the gangsta look is really a big jump.... backwards!!.

chev49 · July 22, 2011, 04:41:53 AM

vehicle probably was right hand drive. lots of them were. I have only have had 1 right hand drive car of the 1000 or so that ive owned and it was something like 1906, but i forgot the exact year as i sold it 40 some years ago. The brake was a long handle that you pulled back with your right hand...even then i doubt one could miss a turtle while traveling 11 mph...

Uglydog56 · July 22, 2011, 11:09:57 AM

Left hand drive didn't really become a standard in the states until the introduction of the model T.

America's first bus

artvonne