A Crown tandem-axle Super Coach, said to be the "highest capacity school bus ever mass-produced" (could carry almost 100 kids; hate be the poor bus monitor on that trip).
It was built on a motor coach chassis.
I'm pretty sure those are vents on the roof as it would have had no AC back then.
Thanks you Dave, I couldn't get close enough to read the badge. Beautiful, isn't it? 100 kids, I wouldn't want to be on a route that picked up that many kids. And yes that space would be mayhem!
I rode a Crown Coach two axle school bus in the early and mid 1970s in Southern California. Bus number 9 driven by the same driver. The three axle buses were also used by the school district, but on relatively flat terrain due to the rear overhang.
The busses were maintained at a shop located on the high school grounds. I'd occasionally visit the driver and mechanics there. They showed me the mid-engine Cummins flat six. The low profile allowed it to be placed under the passenger space. A manual transmission was used. There was a pen and paper disc recorder at the front of the bus recording speed or rpms.
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what are those three protuberances on the roof?
Never seen a school bus with dual rear wheels, do the kids there have extra large butts?
A Crown tandem-axle Super Coach, said to be the "highest capacity school bus ever mass-produced" (could carry almost 100 kids; hate be the poor bus monitor on that trip).
It was built on a motor coach chassis.
I'm pretty sure those are vents on the roof as it would have had no AC back then.
Thanks you Dave, I couldn't get close enough to read the badge. Beautiful, isn't it? 100 kids, I wouldn't want to be on a route that picked up that many kids. And yes that space would be mayhem!
Capacity was limited to 46 when the payload comprised the varsity and JV sumo teams and their gym-rattling cheerleading sections.
I rode a Crown Coach two axle school bus in the early and mid 1970s in Southern California. Bus number 9 driven by the same driver. The three axle buses were also used by the school district, but on relatively flat terrain due to the rear overhang.
The busses were maintained at a shop located on the high school grounds. I'd occasionally visit the driver and mechanics there. They showed me the mid-engine Cummins flat six. The low profile allowed it to be placed under the passenger space. A manual transmission was used. There was a pen and paper disc recorder at the front of the bus recording speed or rpms.
A mid-engined school bus, this one gets better all the time:-)
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