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Curbside Classics Archives
Bus Stop Classic Archive
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![Stepped bi-level or “deck and a half” buses were once very popular – Paul previously wrote a great overview of perhaps the most famous example, the GM PD 4501 Scenicruiser. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1951-krupp-sc3bcdwerke-faun-aero-04-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Bus Stop Outtake: 1951 Krupp SWO 480 – European Scenicruiser")
Bus Stop Outtake: 1951 Krupp SWO 480 – European Scenicruiser
Posted on September 30, 2017 | 27 CommentsStepped bi-level or “deck and a half” buses were once very popular – Paul previously wrote a great overview of perhaps the most famous example, the GM PD 4501 Scenicruiser. […] -
![Most of us here north of the equator are in the throes of summer – heat, humidity, and more heat….hopefully this post will allow you a zen-like moment of cool […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_2230-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Bus Stop Outtake: 1948 General Motors TDH 4507 Old Look Coach – Take That Mother Nature")
Bus Stop Outtake: 1948 General Motors TDH 4507 Old Look Coach – Take That Mother Nature
Posted on July 29, 2017 | 17 CommentsMost of us here north of the equator are in the throes of summer – heat, humidity, and more heat….hopefully this post will allow you a zen-like moment of cool […] -
![Paul has written informative articles on both of these coaches here at CC, but as I was doing some research for an upcoming post I came across this great old photo […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_1468-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Bus Stop Outtake: Another Look At the New and the Old (Look, That Is)")
Bus Stop Outtake: Another Look At the New and the Old (Look, That Is)
Posted on July 22, 2017 | 40 CommentsPaul has written informative articles on both of these coaches here at CC, but as I was doing some research for an upcoming post I came across this great old photo […] -
![While I always enjoy looking back at some of the classic motor coaches from the Golden Age of bus transportation, its also good to look forward to see where mass […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Bus Stop Classics: Proterra All-Electric Urban Transit Bus – The Clean and Quiet Shape of Things to Come")
Bus Stop Classics: Proterra All-Electric Urban Transit Bus – The Clean and Quiet Shape of Things to Come
Posted on April 29, 2017 | 15 CommentsWhile I always enjoy looking back at some of the classic motor coaches from the Golden Age of bus transportation, its also good to look forward to see where mass […] -
![Funny how the world works: even back in the ‘40s, the Brits trusted American machines more than their home-grown designs when it came to serious work in tough conditions. To […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_20170420_125525.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Bus Stop Classics (Twofer): Burmese Chevrolet Buses – Relics Don’t Retire, They Get Rebuilt")
Bus Stop Classics (Twofer): Burmese Chevrolet Buses – Relics Don’t Retire, They Get Rebuilt
Posted on April 24, 2017 | 27 CommentsFunny how the world works: even back in the ‘40s, the Brits trusted American machines more than their home-grown designs when it came to serious work in tough conditions. To […] -
![This unique vehicle certainly caught my attention when I was doing a little research recently for an upcoming MCI post. The first thing that popped into my head was “where and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/2013-5-5-010-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Bus Stop Outtake: MCI 9 “Suncruiser” – The 47 Passenger Cabriolet")
Bus Stop Outtake: MCI 9 “Suncruiser” – The 47 Passenger Cabriolet
Posted on March 25, 2017 | 12 CommentsThis unique vehicle certainly caught my attention when I was doing a little research recently for an upcoming MCI post. The first thing that popped into my head was “where and […] -
![Several weeks ago we looked at the Fitzjohn Roadrunner, an intercity coach built from 1954 to 1958 that failed in the marketplace due to the overwhelming might of General Motors […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2005-8-17_AerocoachRFWeb-Large-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Bus Stop Classics: 1951 Aerocoach Mastercraft P-372 – The Champ (GM) Scores Another Knockout")
Bus Stop Classics: 1951 Aerocoach Mastercraft P-372 – The Champ (GM) Scores Another Knockout
Posted on February 11, 2017 | 17 CommentsSeveral weeks ago we looked at the Fitzjohn Roadrunner, an intercity coach built from 1954 to 1958 that failed in the marketplace due to the overwhelming might of General Motors […] -
![Coaches aren’t really my thing, but when you start browsing Google and see nice period pics of this nature, you investigate. And then you find more, and they’re all crazier […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Ayats-jupiter-10.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Bus Stop Classics: Late ’50s Ayats-Bodied Pegaso coaches – Under The Influence")
Bus Stop Classics: Late ’50s Ayats-Bodied Pegaso coaches – Under The Influence
Posted on January 23, 2017 | 56 CommentsCoaches aren’t really my thing, but when you start browsing Google and see nice period pics of this nature, you investigate. And then you find more, and they’re all crazier […] -
![CC’ers in North America may have came across this bus in the late 90’s or early 2000’s – it’s an Advanced Bus Industries (ABI) TSV 30 – a mid-sized, low […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/1999-Mauck-MSV-1120S-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Bus Stop Classics: 1996- 2002 Mauck/Advanced Bus Industries MSV/TSV – Little Bus/Big Limousine (LB/BL)…")
Bus Stop Classics: 1996- 2002 Mauck/Advanced Bus Industries MSV/TSV – Little Bus/Big Limousine (LB/BL)…
Posted on January 7, 2017 | 24 CommentsCC’ers in North America may have came across this bus in the late 90’s or early 2000’s – it’s an Advanced Bus Industries (ABI) TSV 30 – a mid-sized, low […] -
![I imagine most folks head off to Disneyland to do the typical tourist things; ride the various attractions, see some of the live shows and musicals, and take in the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Tokyo-Disney-Resort-Spring-2013-03762-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Bus Stop Classic: Tokyo Disneyland Resort Cruiser Bus – Retro Disney…")
Bus Stop Classic: Tokyo Disneyland Resort Cruiser Bus – Retro Disney…
Posted on November 19, 2016 | 17 CommentsI imagine most folks head off to Disneyland to do the typical tourist things; ride the various attractions, see some of the live shows and musicals, and take in the […] -
![London’s Routemaster is Britain’s most famous bus – it lasted in frontline service for 50 years and is recognised worldwide as the symbol of London. But there is another vehicle […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Bus Stop Classic – The Leyland Atlantean 1958 – 1986 – Rush Hour Isn’t Crush Hour Anymore")
Bus Stop Classic – The Leyland Atlantean 1958 – 1986 – Rush Hour Isn’t Crush Hour Anymore
Posted on November 6, 2016 | 29 CommentsLondon’s Routemaster is Britain’s most famous bus – it lasted in frontline service for 50 years and is recognised worldwide as the symbol of London. But there is another vehicle […] -
![Last week we looked at some possible future trends in urban motor coach transportation – those that rode on good ole’ terrestrial mother earth. But there is another mass transit […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/no173_pic03_l-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Bus Stop Classics: Tokyo Tama and Chiba City Monorail – The Bus with a Birds-Eye View…")
Bus Stop Classics: Tokyo Tama and Chiba City Monorail – The Bus with a Birds-Eye View…
Posted on November 5, 2016 | 22 CommentsLast week we looked at some possible future trends in urban motor coach transportation – those that rode on good ole’ terrestrial mother earth. But there is another mass transit […] -
![The coach parked here in front of the DAF Museum is a unicum, a Curbside Classic Sole Existing Exemplar. It’s a 1970 DAF SB200 bus chassis with a one-off body […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/IMG_3031.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Bus Stop Classic: 1970 DAF-Jonckheere – Its First Power Unit Was A Philips-Stirling Engine")
Bus Stop Classic: 1970 DAF-Jonckheere – Its First Power Unit Was A Philips-Stirling Engine
Posted on November 1, 2016 | 15 CommentsThe coach parked here in front of the DAF Museum is a unicum, a Curbside Classic Sole Existing Exemplar. It’s a 1970 DAF SB200 bus chassis with a one-off body […] -
![Right after the Second World War large numbers of buses were needed to recover the public transport system. Buses based on semi-trailers were more rapidly available, and cheaper, than complete […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/IMG_2978.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Bus Stop Classic: 1964 DAF Tractor – 1963 DAF Semi-Trailer – Deckers Bus Body")
Bus Stop Classic: 1964 DAF Tractor – 1963 DAF Semi-Trailer – Deckers Bus Body
Posted on October 26, 2016 | 17 CommentsRight after the Second World War large numbers of buses were needed to recover the public transport system. Buses based on semi-trailers were more rapidly available, and cheaper, than complete […] -
![A fine example of a classic city bus, this 1969 DAF chassis with a body built by ZABO. The history of ZABO (Zwijndrechtse Auto-Bus Onderneming) from Ridderkerk, the Netherlands, dates […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/IMG_3005.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Bus Stop Classic: 1969 DAF-ZABO")
Bus Stop Classic: 1969 DAF-ZABO
Posted on October 19, 2016 | 11 CommentsA fine example of a classic city bus, this 1969 DAF chassis with a body built by ZABO. The history of ZABO (Zwijndrechtse Auto-Bus Onderneming) from Ridderkerk, the Netherlands, dates […]
