4103 number 1054

[Rick59-4104]

  I agree John, the Eagle tag will have to come off. Thanks for the call today, first time I have received a phone call from a fellow bus nut while actually laying under a bus. And it was refreshing to actually crawl under a bus without having to pull up on blocks first.
Thanks for the information on the 4103 number 1054's original owners, I did a little on line research and it seems in the early days Continental Southern changed ownership in a Louisana Poker Game.
The fellow is coming tomorrow to look at the International Pickup to see if we have a trade.

Thanks to all who provided information on this bus.

Rick

[gus]

Rick,

I don't think any GM buses had frames, they all pretty much used the same monocoque Al construction up to the 4106 when they started mixing some steel structural pieces in with the Al.

Don't blame you for wanting to uncover the windows, wish I could do that to my 4107 but it is too far gone to go back. Nothing on a GMC looks as good as the original window setup.

The only GMC I like more is the 3751.

Did I mention I'm jealous??

[RJ]

Rick -

In addition to the info JLV gave you, I'll throw in that it was delivered as fleet number CS-522.

Dallas' is also an ex-Trailways car, fleet number 330 in the Dallas, TX based division.

FWIW & HTH. . .

[Rick59-4104]

 Just in from my nightly 300 mile truck run hauling the good ol U.S. Mail, driving so much at night after a while the radio gets turned off and it is reflection time.....Sometimes this is good, sometimes this is bad. Tonight I found myself wishing this 4103 bus had all the original windows, got to thinking about the fact that my wife is a very talented artist I 'm thinking she could probably paint to scale windows and frames on the bus sides so well you would not know they were not the real deal unless you got right up to the bus.
Then the thought process went a little deeper and I began to visualize people behind the windows riding the bus, since the bus was delivered in 1952 not ordinary people but Norman Rockwell People...fair skinned attractive ladies in colorful dresses, plump men wearing period hats smoking cigars and cigarettes, a couple of 10  and 11 year old freckled faced sisters with blond pigtails staring in horror at the frog the big eared boy wearing the ballcap in the seat behind them just pulled out of his pocket. A charactor right out of the summer of 1952 framed in each "window".
Then I starting thinking about a series of Mexican Day Of The Dead Paintings my wife just painted for a Cowboy Bit and Spur show I did in Tucson a couple of weeks ago and I began to see a bus load of festive Colorful Mexican Day Of The Dead Senor's and Senorita's in the windows.
Then I could not decide between the Norman Rockwell folks period 1952 or the Mexican Day Of The Dead Theme so I kind of decided to put the Norman Rockwell's on the street side and the Mexican Day Of The Dead Folks on the curb side. My wife is not going to like this. Time for bed.

Rick

[rampeyboy]

I think that is a great idea!

[Ed Hackenbruch]

Hmmm, i lost a post somewhere.   What i said was that i had thought of having a wrap made of people looking out and waving to the passing cars.

[Rick59-4104]

 It's official, just did the deal on the 4103. If anyone knows of one the hard to find find drivers windshield for this please give me a shout. Mine is there but does have a line of vision crack. I wonder if GM had the windshields for the 4103's special made or if some early truck split windshield might fit or be close? Am I missing something or are the two windshields swapable if you flip them?
Plans are to get it home, park it close to the shop so I have power, strip out the interior and see what the heck I've got...
Just kidding on the window paintings

Rick

[Rick59-4104]

 The 4103 is home, my Brother Ronnie and I moved her today, everyone needs a Brother like I have. No broke bones, no dents or dings on the bus, have pictures of the 35' bus on a 24' Dovetail Equipment Trailer if anyone wants to see pictures of the move I may throw some up on the Yahoo GM bus forum under Ricks 59 4104 in a day or so.

I am beat......I like this bus.


Rick