Greyhound Historic Fleet being sold off

Boomer · October 19, 2022, 08:50:14 PM

The Euros that recently bought GHL are in the midst of selling off the historic fleet, which has been based in LA and was taken on tour around the US for the 100th anniversary of the company a few years ago.

lvmci · October 19, 2022, 09:26:15 PM

Is there an article somewhere that identify the buses that are in the fleet?...

RJ · October 20, 2022, 03:04:55 AM

Quote from: lvmci on October 19, 2022, 09:26:15 PM
Is there an article somewhere that identify the buses that are in the fleet?...

Tom -
Jim Michaud of Busesonline.com announced it 10/18/22 on his Facebook page. He did not provide a full listing of the historic fleet, as it appears that several may already be spoken for. But the Scenicruiser (PD4501-001!), the Yellow Coach 743, an MC-9 and the 1931 Mack were shown in the listing.

Sad, but not surprising, seeing as the current owner of Greyhound has a horrible reputation, and this is simply another way to run the company into the highways of history. . .

FWIW & HTH. . .

Boomer · October 20, 2022, 05:23:28 PM

From what I am told, I guess the Euros did not get the historic fleet in their purchase of GHL, nor some of the property including the LA garage. The MC7 is sold, the Silverside has been sold to the Pacific Bus Museum (good!), the Brill has a holding agreement and the Scenicruiser has an astronomical price on it, as does the Mack. The MC9 is affordable as is the 743 Yellowcoach. Contact Jim if you want a piece of Americana. I have been aboard several of these buses and can attest to their remarkable restorations. KEEP THEM IN AMERICA !!

traildriver · November 23, 2022, 05:08:38 AM

I certainly hope these magnificent coaches find their way to good homes, and that they are made available for public viewing. Would have loved to see them all go to the Museum of Bus Transportation in Hershey, PA.

I imagine those Greyhound mechanic's that so lovingly restored the fleet, especially the '31 Mack, are dismayed by this news...

chessie4905 · November 23, 2022, 05:29:14 AM

Interesting no mention of the collection in Hibbing Minnesota. We were there in 2020. It was closed. Had to view through fence. The collection and facilities were in pretty sad condition. Supposedly the beginning roots of Greyhound location.

windtrader · November 23, 2022, 07:49:38 AM

you know, we all agree it is better to run these old buses to keep things from drying up and cracking etc. These fully restored buses rarely see the tarmac so what sort of condition are they in if they were fired up and run down the road? Just curious and liekly applies to the car collector crowd

dtcerrato · November 23, 2022, 08:53:07 AM

@windy
I was thinking about Jay Leno when you mentioned car collector crowd. If he got burnt with gas he is motivating that part of his collection anyway...
10-4 on the historical bus collections.
I remember at some bus rallys where the real old (mid 30s) completely restored (?) awesome buses were brought in on landfall. Kinda makes one wonder.