Gm Bus 3703 getting back on the road
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- čas přidán 23. 02. 2019
- This was a project bus from this past year. I re-edited the whole project into one video. This bus had been off the road for 21 years and sitting in the dirt under a tree for 16 years. We got it up and running and moved to its new home in Idaho from Oregon. It ran beautifully and i can’t wait to see it when the conversion gets completed.
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Those coaches, with their metallic side panels and shiny bumpers and rivets, look nothing less than STUNNING when fully restored.
I've been watching some of these vintage bus videos recently and all I can say is that I am amazed at how these diesel engines sit for ages and fire up with very little effort other than fuel and batteries; truly impressive motors, not like some of the ones we have today!
We have back home bus old Mercedes seating 30 years ,friend of mine told me he can start i told him impossible , well bus started with new batteries and 50 l of diesel .That engine all mechanical so noting for mice to eat on.
If that bus has a soul, it’s saying thank you for the rescue.
Well said mate. Well said
@Ian H. ...Or it could be saying, "Do you know what it's like living with arthritis and tendonitis ??? ....Damn it ! Let me rest in peace !!!
No if, it has a soul.
These days I rarely have anything to smile about but seeing these antique beauties moving down the road is an absolute pleasure. Thank you for sharing.
research what is being called flat earth, This will help you with smiling.
@@elmerfox6872 Especially when you realise it's true !
@@elmerfox6872, a laugh is more like it😂😂😂😆😆😆🤣🤣🤣🤪🤪🤪😉😉😉
@@lennyp4782 Really Lennie?
@@elmerfox6872 The earth is about as flat as a basketball full of air. Geesh. It's oblique, meaning it bulges at the equator but it is, in every way, round. I have seen the curvature of it.
You know what would be just beautifull? If such an old Grey Hound could be restored to its formal glory, and advertise to tour people in it again for the sake of the golden old past.... but that's just me. Would've loved something like that here in South Africa in the beautifull Western Cape. Tour you guys from over there here in my country and show you the beauty (while it still exist, although probably not for much longer, sad to say).
those old buses were so beautiful, the rounded edges and nice retro colours, i love them
and how :) yes
Water....? What the heck
plus in great shape for its age, paint is nice, nothing seemed rotted or broken, ran very well, surprisingly fast for a 4/71, she hogged up that grade very nicely, sounded great.. needed very little to get it going again from what I so. the 4/71 is only 4.5 liters, and she did 70 mph with it..up hill.. Imagine a 6/71t in that thing, re manned, 0 hours, bus is great from what I can see, I wouldn't hesitate to invest in her.. drop a nice wad making it perfect again, as long as nothing major is gone on her.. ground up resto, get all the pesky problems solved, go right through the drive line , and re do everything (maybe change to a spicer overdrive for commonality) , don't know what this guys budget is, but the thing is almost a museum piece, perfect candidate for a quality re do..
@@planegaper I didn't realize it's little size, that 471 isn't much bigger than my old 80 Series Landcruiser and the thing actually moves out ok for the size of it. It's an Awesome sight to see it cruising down the road like it was never parked up for 2 Decades. I have a new respect for the Old Detroit.
If that bus had a voice, oh what tales it would tell! ....love those old buses!
GoGo right about now it would say YEYYYYYYY😀😀
Boy does that bus bring back memories of the 50s and 60s on the Salt Lake City Buses that I used to take from 21st south to South Temple.. to see movies and walk around Temple Square.. Thank you for bringing this amazing bus back to life.. Of course we didn't have bunks on them.. lol
Drove its brother in 1974 for a gospel band. It took awhile to get there but it would cruise 70 all day. Lots of good memories!
Take the Greyhound and leave the driving to us! Remember that phrase and it was true! The styling on these buses is much more impressive than the boxes they use today.
I drove Greyhounds in the 80s in Northern Ontario, Canada. MCI 5s, 7s, 8s and a pair of MCI 9s, powered by 6 cylinder engines, on a long term test. Those 2 busses were in the fleet for only a few months, before they were pulled from service, and converted to 8 cylinder powerplants. Driving 'the Hound' provided me with a lifetime of memories!
I love the screamin' jimmy sound when he passed you. And no more smoke, they just love to run!
BEAUTIFUL, Haven't heard that sound since a kid 60 years ago hearing the old Greyhounds pass our house
I cant explain it but for some reason seeing this bus crank up and hit the road was just amazing. I wanted to jump for joy. It's wonderful to see this bus get another shot at life!!!!!
That must have been quite a sight, two antique GMC buses in convoy!
Gappie Al Kebabi bullshit, you knew what you were saying idiot!!!
@Jambo, maybe that's what he gets off on...or in. Otherwise, why did he even post anything like that?
Amazing!!! It's wonderful to see that there's still people like you that care to save old big busses from the scrapyard. Because when they're gone they are gone. Congratulations!
Absolut fantastic that the old lady shakes off her 20 years old dust, and straight out on the highway. No wonder shes screams of joy, good luck to all of you 🧐
Wow! I love it. I wish I could drive one of the old GM's! I drove city, charter, and tour buses for over 30 years, and was a collector of bus memorabilia and photos. I loved the old PD's, and yet they were all out of service by the time I started driving professionally in 1973. Mostly, I drove the more recent "Buffalos," until I went to city buses; then later, Prevosts and MCI's in charter and tour service throughout the southwest. At 67, I sit around here in Tennessee and there is nothing for me to do. Best of luck to you on this find!
As a teen in the 70’s I watched my grandfather work on many V71’s. Looking at and hearing any Detroit diesel brings back fond memories. He worked on a fleet of concrete trucks and my first impression was the diaper they needed for oil drips. Lol
Just the sound of it does somthing to my Hormones.
Oh ya.I could sleep well listening to that engine.
That is awesome to those old GM’s on the road getting the job done amazing, brings back memories in Portland and riding the 04’s and 06’s of the rose city transit company when I was a growing up. I always like to sit in the back of the bus on the long seat over the engine to listen to engine run and it was always warm and by the way the smell of diesel fuel, those were the days.
It’s hard to believe that little 4/71 pulls the ol girl, really neat. I’m a greyhound Scenic cruiser lover too, thanks for sharing.
"On a long and lonesome highway
East of Omaha
You can listen to the engine
moanin' out his one note song" (Turn The Page - Bob Seger)
I couldn't help thinking of that song watching this old bus go down the highway. I love these old buses. I would love rebuilding them.
Absolutely!!
Seems like that old bus sat there all those years just waiting for you guys to rescue it. It seemed happy to get back on the road!
Love those 2 stroke Detroit diesels. Music to my ears. The largest Detroits I ran were the 12v71 and 8v92. The smallest Detroit I built a fire in was a 2-53 in a grader.
I shed a tear to see that old girl hit the great open highway again!!👍:).....
I will never tire of these types of videos! "It Runs!"....Love it!
@Open Roader ..., People don't realize that the old Detroit Diesels were virtually Bullet Proof and from the little 2v all the way up to the 16v the rockers , injectors , pumps etc were interchangeable... These 2 cycle diesels were the work horse for the American road ways for decades... a friend of mine owns Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Breakdown 1953? GM tour bus and I know it was still driving and touring w/ a bluegrass band in 2015... Many Blessings , SMR
@@TheSmreeder That's incredible!
Ahhh! You forget the 1 cylinder engine powering a 10 kilowatt generator, 100 percent GM.
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Cheers!
I never get tired of hearing the sound of those old Detroit Diesels 😎 Can’t wait till I have the time to get my 6V92 back on the road. Thanks for sharing
Beauty at its best ! Curves curves always melt my heart , thee guys knew a thing or two when it came to aesthetics, unlike the boxes and hard lines you get today in the name of design ! These vehicles were beautiful and cuddly ! Easy on the eye
That’s why i love the vintage buses.
Not sold on the colour though...
I think the colour makes pop and unique one at that ! I would keep it as it is , change it and it loses that magic head turner effect !
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On the interior I have to agree with you it does not do it justice , that I would change .
To see and hear the sound of that engine is to go back in time. I was still very young when I traveled here in Brazil, some companies used this bus with these engines and at that time I fell in love with the sound of the engine, it is as if it breathed, as if a huge heart beat inside it ... exciting...
I love it...this old girl still has a heart that is pumping strong...thanks for sharing..
Thanks for taking the time to get that inspirational story up here. She's a bygone beauty well worth a big helping of TLC.
Nice old bus. Those 2 cycle Detroit's literally run forever. I ran a 6v92 for 24 years it never let me down. As far as I know it's still going. Two bits of advise, change the oil every 250 hours, and never lug the engine. They have very little oil pressure at low rpms so you have to keep it revved up. Remember they sound like they're screaming because it's a two stroke so the sound is an octave higher than it really is. Oh and never let it overheat that will kill it.
i allways wondered why those old buses were always screeming.
@@mikecarignan7002 They are called Screaming Detroits, but Gary is wrong about why. They don't run an octave higher. They run twice as many cycles as a 4 stroke. A 2 stroke Detroit at 2k rpms has as many combustion cycles as a 4 stroke at 4k rpms.
@@mrbeefhbw that's exactly an octave higher, twice the frequency. They run an octave higher than a same RPM 4 stroke, that's all there has to be added (octave higher than what)
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Hi. What do you mean by, "lug the engine"?
Strong and solid American Engineering not the cheap Chinese. Love and respect from India.
India,s poor people can,t afford cheap Chinese products （*^_^*）
What till you see dodgy Indian "Engineering"
lol then let's see what you Indians do with your trains, hahaha
now gtfo
What do they do with their trains? Powered by American locomotive company products ( Alco Locomotives ) and in the past few years replaced with EMD locomotives to modernize the Indian Railroad system.
Back when vehicles were rolling art pieces companies took pride it making them look so cool I love the tilted back windshields. Cant ever go wrong with a detroit be better with a 6-71. Im impress the brake were not seized
It was a pleasure watching your video, it’s good to see those old girls on the road instead of in some junk yard! She’s a classic and you just can’t beat those old Detroit’s!
I just found your channel today ... Thank you for saving these Beautiful Art Deco GM's... Some people can't understand how those old DD's still run They were Fantastically engineered engines and so many parts where interchangeable.. just like you said "the 4v71 little sister to the 8v71" ... You are truly Blessed in your RESCUE of these fine machines...Thank You and Many blessings , SMR
Love the shape of the buses in those years
...indeed! Epic journey of 2 antique buses rolling down the interstate. Both smooth as butter. The kind of old bus that would drop off passengers, in Mayberry.
Thanks for sharing.
JT
That was an ACF Brill in Mayberry.
Wow! Beautiful buses. Love the old detroit. I remember my grandfather would say check the fuel and fill the oil on them.
Jay Leno claims that if my memory is correct that the Rolls Royce airplane engines are what won WW2. I say he needs to give credit where credit is due. If it weren't for Detroit Diesel 2-stroke engines not only in military trucks, buses, marine vessels such as the landing craft used to transport soldiers to the aisle of Iwo Jima on D-Day. The Detroit 2-stroke engines were so reliable and adaptable. You could mount two Detroits end to end and literally double horsepower. You can also change the timing gears in the front of the engine and reverse the rotation. You would never see that with Cummins, Caterpillar, and Mack truck engines. God bless the Detroit.
What do you think of the Detroit Diesel 2-stroke engines?
America was built by 2-Stroke Detroit powered equipment.
Ya gotta love this CZcams stuff...we can have so many wonderful experiences...this really punches my buttons!!!
Can I just say, that bus has a great looking rear end? You just don't see style like that much any more. Also, I'm amazed at how quietly your bus moves down the road.
As an aside, so many old bus faces remind me of the Southern Pacific cab forwards.
Stumbled upon your videos and I am hooked!
Man what a groovy bus. With work and some modern equipment that bus could be awesome for travel. 👍
Those Detroit’s are some sweet sounding engines, can almost smell the exhaust, in them.
For a lover of these old coaches you can almost smell the diesel exhaust coming through the screen.
Ahhh the flying J truck stop. I had many a night spent there waiting for I-84 to open up during severe winter storms.
Thank you for sharing this beautiful old bus and getting it back on the road.
Ya have a blank canvas to do some magic with ! Love the style !
Excellent bus rescue guys. Keep history rollin' again.
Now that is a beautiful site to see driving down the highway. Classic style, sharp lines and even though it needs some serious help in the interior the project will be well worth it. Have fun!
This is the most beautiful style bus I've ever seen. Built in '47, the auto plants were just starting to make civilian vehicles again after making aircraft and tanks during the war.. So, the design of all these late 40's vehicles were really late 30's designs. That was the art deco period, when the most beautiful.. everythings were made. Truly terrific style bus, and I even love the color.
Man i got to hand it to you, your level of deduction and determination is unmatched. I mean that thing is an absolute relic from a time long ago and long forgotten. To see a guy preserve such a beast is not only rare but miraculous. The love for quality things of yesteryear has become obsolete and replaced with chrome plated plastic garbage. Keeping older vehicles on the road is a VERY respectable talent that is not for everyone. Awsome wrenching and great video god bless;- )
The Working Man 82 WELL SAID!!
Poetry in your comment.
@@quikgt thanks :- )
@@TheLemonadedrinker Thank you, It comes naturally to a gearhead.
To hell with aerodynamics! A piece of art!
Is aerodynamics worse than in modern buses? I don't think it is
@@Ganliard modern buses have wheel skirts, and the front of that 3703 is probably a bit worse, the 4103 might not be any worse though.
For some reason I like to watch restoration videos. Yours are some of the best I have watched. I hope you keep producing them and thanks for sharing your work.
What a beautiful old bus. Reminds me of Ewan McGregor's character in Robots. Keep them big wheels a turning.
At 25:20 they pass a water well drilling rig. THAT sure brought back memories of many decades ago when my late parents owned a well drilling company locally. One of the last water wells that was drilled before the company shut down was at the house I presently live in. Pleasant memories......
I am a classic car guy by nature, but I just love these old vintage bus videos. Your bus looks amazing, I'd like to see a video about it. Great job keep em coming!
That bus on today's modern highway looked like something out off the old twilight zone shows.
Looks like hard, dirty, technical and highly skilled work.
That’s going to be so awesome to save the past. Thanks for videos! Awesome 👍
What a beautiful looking old bus well worth the effort getting it back on the road.
The homes in the lawn chair is classic. Give him a beer lol. Jeez that barn and quonset hut are awesome. Looks like everything on that property is supersized. A minor miracle watching that bus leave under it's own power.
He has some health issues but he was out cheer leader and get the front row experience
I love these old busses. Something about the sound of the engines remindcme of my childhood in the 70s. I would rather fix an old bus like this than to build one of the "off grid" vehicles everyone seems to be building now.
Cool and stylish design, in that era. Used to have Flxible Clippers in Australia. They were also powered by 4/71's. Later versions did get the 6/71.
First & 2nd impression was Great Find! Beautiful condition! Thought I was going to be disappointed and not see the inside but got a glimpse of the hornet slaughelter lol. Looking forward to more vids, especially fixes and interior fixes... The future here is a camper I’m thinking as it would be most useful, and the rave nowadays.
Love that first crank and the sound, nothing like a GM. Just subscribed
Love these videos, resurrecting these old 1940s and 1950s busses. Great job!
i bring hit miss engines and tractors back to life man i want a bus..great job you guys do.
Amazing what a bit of TLC and some fresh rubber can do! Beautiful old beast!
this is absolutely beautiful . you can find your self in 1940s . like pure love . you know American was beautiful that time
OMG! I can't believe my eyes! We once owned this bus. My dad had a 1948 3703 and my husband loved it so much that he wanted one. Dad's friend had this bus and ended up selling it to my husband. I think we bought it in the early 80's and sold it in the late 80's. My dad and his friend Charlie (the original owner) rebuilt the motor and put the exhaust pipe in. My husband gutted the inside and totally remodeled it. I reupholstered the seats and made the curtains. My husband had the hitch put on and we pulled a VW bug behind it when we traveled. We took a trip with my parents in their bus and us in ours and headed for Cape Hatteras. Coming home we nearly lost the (hydraulic) brakes in the Blue Ridge Mountains. They got so hot that they were smoking. We had to pull over to the side of the road and sit while they cooled down. Frightening experience to say the least. When we returned home, dad and Roger (my husband) put new maxi brakes on it. I had/have my CDL license and I drove it from Breezewood, Pa to Uniontown, Oh (where we lived) once we got out of the mountains pulling the VW bug and had the pedal to the medal. Dad stayed behind me the entire time and I topped 60 mph passing anything and everything to get back home. lol. When we owned it we had it painted to compliment my dad's bus. Both were painted dark blue with white but different pattern. They were beautiful. Dad's CB handle was Blue Dog 1 and we were Blue Dog 2. Please, please tell me where she is today and keep us updated on her restoration. So many memories. Can't believe she's still around and back on the road. Amazing! Brings tears to my eyes.
a vintage bus rescuing a vintage bus. bravo sirs
Enjoyed watching your video guys...keep up the good work.
Nick from the UK.
and she comes to Life.. awesome video. Love those old retro Buses. Please give her some tlc she deserves. I had to subscribe. no dought a very good channel.
I agree with losing the split rims 😁Amazing how this old bus fired up and drove after 20 years! Proves the endurance of old technology. Good luck with your restoration.
First time on your channel--I must say I am impressed how positive you are about everything--even wasps!
68air I also just ran across this channel. Was thinking the same thing about the positive attitude! Amazing.
Just come across your channel. Well what can I say but only fantastic seeing how you go about starting those old buses 😄 Even though I’m a railway fan lol 😆 I’ll be watching a lot more. Cheers Stevie from the UK 🇬🇧
She is a Beauty.
Would so enjoy getting her on the road, and just go.
Have to say I was super thrilled to hear the ol time fire up
nothing better than the sound of the Detroits. We had a 6/110 that was a beast. We also had a few old aluminum block 3/53 that would scream.
22:14 Luckily they got out of there just as Swift was pulling in !
thats fudged up!
LincolnTek hilarious 😂.
SO WHAT ARE YOU SAYING EXACTLY? LOL. B-)
U beat me to it lol
Glad I found your channel. Love the old buses and the old Detroits. Thank you for the time you spend.
Oh my. I LOVE it. The song in my head is "On the Road Again. "
That bus is sweet and that Detroit purrs like a kitten.
This old mechanic likes your videos. I've done plenty of field work on buses and coaches at festivals and concerts in the most odd ball of places and people over the years. It's always interesting
The sound of that american diesel engine, so iconic from films and TV programs
And it runs after being sat all those years
With that little 471 bet, it cannot hardly get out of its own way. Id love to own it
We once owned that bus. My husband and dad restored it. It originally belonged to one of my dad's friends. His name was Charlie. Charlie and dad rebuilt the engine. Dad had a 3703 1948. We vacationed one year at Cape Hatterhas. Dad pulled a VW bug behind his and we pulled a VW bug as well. I drove it home to Uniontown Oh from Breezewood PA with the pedal to the metal topping out at 65 mph. For the smaller engine she was a runner. I was amazed when my son called me one night in 2018 and told me he found our old bus. I've since made FB friends with the owners. Can't wait to see the final restore.
Such a gem of a bus. Classy old girl.
From one mechanic to the other keep doing what ur doing, there is no one out there that does this anymore....
she's a beauty, Love the color scheme.
Such a beatiful coach and the sound ... is amazing.
I Always get the GM and the Flexible Flyer mixed up!!!! Cool rig, good luck with the restoration!!!!
Heh heh, that first start was definitely ASMR for an old mechanic like me. Honestly, I didn't know that they put the 4-71's in the early buses. A lot of late 40's Greyhounds and Trailways buses had inline 6 cylinder 478 International gas engines. I've worked on a few of those and they were serious gas hogs (4-6 mpg tops), and probably didn't have near the torque of that 4-71 Detroit. I'm surprised how well the exhaust cleaned up after it ran for a while. I did hear 1 sticky injector when you first got it going but it seems to have cleared out by the time you got to your fuel stop. You might still want to adjust the rack a bit to get it to fire evenly on all 4 at idle.😉 That's going to be a neat restoration project! Nice work guys!😁👍
The Greyhound Scenicruisers original power plant was 2 4-71 engines each with its own manual clutch going into a common gearbox. When Detroit came out with the 8V71 series in 1957 Greyhound started replacing the dual engine setup with the 8V71. I spoke to a greyhound driver that drove them across the southwest and he had a few breakdowns with the twin engine setup and what he liked is after unclutching the failed engine he could finish the trip. A little slower with only one engine but far better than sitting by the side of the road in the desert. The air conditioner was run by a separate engine.
When Greyhound replaced the twin engine setup with the 8V71 they eliminated the air conditioning engine and ran the AC off the main engine. Break down in the desert and it gets hot quickly.
Cheers!
danw is that why they lope at idle.. mis-adjusted injectors ? I remember riding the old silver side greyhounds.. and they always had that lope at idle.. and I thought it was a governor problem.. or just how they were !
@@jamesshanks2614 could a live twin 4-71 powered scenicruiser be seen somewhere on the internet nowadays? or are they all gone ? I spent several hours searching but without success.
Where do old busses go to die? They don't! Love your optimism, well for you it's skill and experience. I see an old bus like that and I have an imagination, difference with you; you can make it work.
I remember when this is how Buses still looked in the 60's.
Those were some good days. Diesel was about 23 cents a gal.
I know I'm 4 years late but damn that bus definitely had style, got to love art deco
What a beauty! Good luck with the restoration.
So much more beautiful than the "modern" stuff.👍👍
I remember seeing these(which were restored at that time),when I was a little kid.It's great that there are such knowledgeable professionals that have the skill to bring these beautiful old busses back to life.
Great work fellas!
👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏
You guys are either crazy or gutsy or both. I like your approach. “All we need are brake lights”.