Travel a bit in Mexico and some of their Class A buses make some of these
appear to be wimps!
Paul A
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Gillitzer" <danginah@charter.net>
To: "Wm. Severin Thompson" <wsthompson@thicko.com>;
<spridgets@autox.team.net>; "Linda Grunthaner" <grunthaner@gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 7:07 PM
Subject: Re: no LBC........ GM Futurliner bus Barrett-Jackson
> Now HERE is a bus for ya, usually referred to as "Big Fast and Ugly", an
MCI
> MC6, has a V12 Diesel and was illegal to operate in a number of states so
> some of them were sent up to Greyhound Canada Ops:
> http://busexplorer.com/PHP/MidPage.php?id=378
> I have a couple Scenicruiser diecast models, love those things. Original
> Scenicruiser had 2 side by side V6 Diesels coupled with a fluid drive
> coupling, would only do about 45mph on one engine though. Got reengined to
a
> V8 in the early 60s.
> Diesel Dan
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wm. Severin Thompson" <wsthompson@thicko.com>
> To: "'Dan Gillitzer'" <danginah@charter.net>; "'Linda Grunthaner'"
> <grunthaner@gmail.com>; <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 8:39 PM
> Subject: RE: no LBC........ GM Futurliner bus Barrett-Jackson
>
>
> > My 1959 Scenicruiser...
> >
> > http://i15.tinypic.com/35k534k.jpg
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dan Gillitzer [mailto:danginah@charter.net]
> > Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 7:48 PM
> > To: Linda Grunthaner; spridgets@autox.team.net
> > Subject: re: no LBC........ GM Futurliner bus Barrett-Jackson
> >
> > 1948 Flxible Clipper, they used 3 of them. There is no "E" in Flxible,
it
> > was
> > a trademark thing. Pretty well known brand in it's day, second probably
> > only
> > to GMC Coach. Link:
> >
http://www.fmca.com/fmc2006/julmag/news.asp#Flxible_Buses_Used_In_RV_Movie_
> > Dan
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