Promotional And Informational Video For The Chevrolet Motor Division’s (Of General Motors) Medium-Duty Trucks For The 1986 Model Year, Including The Conventional-Style School Bus Chassis And Cowl.
The School Bus Chassis & Cowl in this video is of the 1967-1973 “Action Line” generation of GM Trucks, which General Motors had intentionally kept in production specifically for their School Bus Chassis & Cowl until 1984, when the School Bus Chassis & Cowl in the 1973-1991 bodystyle would finally make it’s debut; 11 years after the 1973-1991 bodystyle had debuted for the other Medium-Duty Trucks, the Light-Duty Pickup Trucks, Suburban, and K-5 Blazer/Jimmy.
The School Bus Chassis & Cowl in this video is also fitted with the Thomas Conventional-style body, equipped with the Four-Light System (as opposed to the Eight-Light System that would become common in later years, well into the present day).
The School Bus Chassis & Cowl in the 1973-1991 bodystyle would continue into production until 1991, when the GMT530 Chassis & Cowl, available solely and exclusively to Blue Bird as the result of an agreement that General Motors and Blue Bird had signed in circa the late 1980’s-early 1990’s; effective beginning with the 1992 model year; and would continue as the very last School Bus Chassis & Cowl that General Motors would produce, to date, until the 2003 model year.
An Article In The Wall Street Journal About Mary Barra’s Gripe With Canada Freely Allowing The Import Of Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) Made In China Into Their Country:
Shame On General Motors For Converting The VEC Mock-Up And AEC Emissions Buildings On The Property Of Their Tech Center In The Detroit Suburb Of Warren, Michigan (Of Which It, And The Chrysler Tank Plant Are The Catalysts For The Detroit Suburb Of Warren Transforming From A Bucolic Area To A Sprawling Urban Area) Into An Icky, Yucky Gym; And Jumping On The Bandwagon Of The Current Trend Of Fitness.
A 1972-1996 General Motors Full-Size Van, A Half-Ton Cargo Van Model; That Has Been Converted Into A Homemade Class B Motorhome; located in the Detroit suburb of Warren, Michigan.
You can tell that the Steel Wheels for the Half-Ton 1973-1991 Two-Wheel-Drive General Motors Half-Ton Pickup Trucks, Suburban, and K-5 Blazer; and 1972-1996 General Motors Full-Size Vans are designed to carry a relatively little amount of weight when compared to the Steel Wheels for the Four-Wheel-Drive Half-Ton Pickup, Suburban, and K-5 Blazer models; and the Steel Wheels for Two and Four-Wheel-Drive Three-Quarter-Ton and One-Ton Single Rear Wheel Pickup models, Two and Four-Wheel-Drive Three-Quarter-Ton Suburbans, and One-Ton Single Rear Wheel General Motors Full-Size Vans.
Sadly, this Van is rusting out.
The paint that was sprayed onto this Van as a result of an aftermarket paint job on this Van that was performed earlier in it’s life; upon being converted into a Class B Motorhome; is in bad shape at this point in time.
A Carpenter Conventional-Style School Bus On The General Motors (Chevrolet) Chassis & Cowl In The Municipality Of Rose Township, Michigan That Sadly; Has Met The Same Fate As The 1945 Wayne Conventional-Style School Bus On The International Harvester/Navistar H-Series Chassis & Cowl That Had Later Served As A De Facto City Bus In Fairbanks, Alaska; And Was Ultimately Abandoned In The Backwoods Of Alaska, By Being Converted Into Living Quarters For Vagabond Bums.
This General Motors Chassis & Cowl is equipped with the Dayton-style Multi-Spoke Wheels.
This Carpenter Conventional Body is equipped with the Four-Light System. The Eight-Light System was becoming more common at the time this Body was built, and mounted atop the General Motors Chassis & Cowl.
This Article By The Website Allpar Chronicling The Ambitious Development Of The Minivan By The Chrysler Corporation Beginning In The 1970’s, Including One Of The Design Objectives Being A Low, Flat Floor; Are One Of The Many Things I Dislike About Every Minivan That Chrysler Has Ever Built; And Every Other Car-Based Minivan.
What most did not want was one of the company’s B-Vans-David Zatz
Contrary to this Article stating that most people did not want a Dodge B-Van, a General Motors (Chevrolet/GMC) Full-Size Van, or a Ford Econoline/Club Wagon for personal use; I love the traditional, American Full-Size Vans, and the European Full-Size Vans (including the Ford Transit). I also love the Truck-based Compact Vans from General Motors and Ford, the Astro/Safari and the Aerostar, the T1, T2, T3, and T4 Volkswagen Transporter/Microbus/Vanagon/EuroVan; all successive generations of the Volkswagen Transporter that have been sold in markets other than in North America since 2003; the Volkswagen I.D Buzz, the Renault Estafette, the Renault Trafic, the Renault 1,000 Kg, the Renault Super Goélette, the Renault Master, the Peugeot J7, the Peugeot J9, the Citroen TUB, the Citroen H-Van, the Fiat 238, the Fiat 242, the Fiat Ducato, the Iveco Daily, the Toyota HiAce, the Nissan Urvan, the Mitsubishi Delica, the Mazda Bongo, the Toyota Master/Ace/Tarago/VanWagon, the Toyota Estima/Previa; and the Nissan Vanette.
If you acquire a copy of the Book that I wrote about how I would personally run General Motors, you will read that I would rekindle General Motors’ relationship with Fuji Heavy Industries/Subaru; and I would order the development of a European-style Compact Van using a Subaru EREV Powertrain with a Subaru EJ Engine as the Range-Extending Internal Combustion Engine, would definitely be of a higher and taller profile and would incorporate a high, flat floor; would be benchmarked against the Renault Trafic, Volkswagen Transporter, and Volkswagen I.D Buzz; would be styled by either one of the two leading Italian styling firms: ItalDesign or Bertone; and would be sold in the North American market as a new-generation Chevrolet Astro and GMC Safari.
You may purchase a copy of this Book online from Barnes & Noble:
This Article By The Website Allpar Chronicling The Ambitious Development Of The Minivan By The Chrysler Corporation Beginning In The 1970’s, Including One Of The Design Objectives Being A Low, Flat Floor; Are One Of The Many Things I Dislike About Every Minivan That Chrysler Has Ever Built; And Every Other Car-Based Minivan.
What most did not want was one of the company’s B-Vans-David Zatz
Contrary to this Article stating that most people did not want a Dodge B-Van, a General Motors (Chevrolet/GMC) Full-Size Van, or a Ford Econoline/Club Wagon for personal use; I love the traditional, American Full-Size Vans, and the European Full-Size Vans (including the Ford Transit). I also love the Truck-based Compact Vans from General Motors and Ford, the Astro/Safari and the Aerostar, the T1, T2, T3, and T4 Volkswagen Transporter/Microbus/Vanagon/EuroVan; all successive generations of the Volkswagen Transporter that have been sold in markets other than in North America since 2003; the Volkswagen I.D Buzz, the Renault Estafette, the Renault Trafic, the Renault 1,000 Kg, the Renault Super Goélette, the Renault Master, the Peugeot J7, the Peugeot J9, the Citroen TUB, the Citroen H-Van, the Fiat 238, the Fiat 242, the Fiat Ducato, the Iveco Daily, the Toyota HiAce, the Nissan Urvan, the Mitsubishi Delica, the Mazda Bongo, the Toyota Master/Ace/Tarago/VanWagon, the Toyota Estima/Previa; and the Nissan Vanette.
If I were in charge of General Motors, I would order the development of modern Fuel Injected, Variable Valve Timed and Inducted, and Vermicular Graphite Cast Iron Block And Head versions of the GMC 305, 351, 379, and 401 Cubic Inch V6 Gasoline/Petrol Engines for Light And Medium-Duty Trucks and SUVs. I would also recommend the development of Hydrogen-fueled versions of these Engines.
For The Badge-Engineered Isuzu Class 8 Trucks that would be sold in the North American market as Chevrolets and GMCs, I would also order the development of the modern versions of the GMC 432 and 478 V6 Gasoline/Petrol Engines, the GMC 637 V8 Gasoline/Petrol Engine, and the GMC 702 V12 Gasoline/Petrol Engine. And I would recommend the development of Hydrogen-fueled versions of these Engines as well.
Cheryl “Sheri Lynch” Wardlynch’s Choice: Whether Or Not Embrace Gray Hair.
I, the owner of this very Blog; would appreciate it if Sheri Lynch had any consideration for people such as myself who are Autistic, who don’t like and can’t tolerate change, and don’t want to accept people and the world around them changing.
This includes Sheri Lynch continuing to dye her hair, WBT-FM never, ever changing it’s call letters to WLNK-FM, WBT-FM never adopting the Hot Adult Contemporary format, WBT-FM never adopting “The Link” moniker, Lincoln Financial remaining in the Broadcasting business well into the present day, and long after it had merged with Jefferson-Pilot; and the WBT Radio Stations, and WBTV-TV; in turn, never changing hands several more times ever since Lincoln Financial had exited the Broadcasting business.
I also prefer that Sheri Lynch be mindful of the history of the WBT Stations, and the Broadcasting Division of Jefferson-Standard/Jefferson-Pilot Communications, and her role in it; as chronicled by another Jefferson-Standard/Jefferson-Pilot employee, the late Reno Bailey, on his website BT Memories: https://web.archive.org/web/20220416080601/http://www.btmemories.com/
Moreover, I also prefer that Sheri Lynch be mindful of my fascination (or infatuation, depending on which word you prefer to use) of Full-Size Pickup Trucks, SUVs, and Vans; 1960’s-1990’s Intermediate and Full-Size American Passenger Cars and Coupe Utilities, European vehicles, Medium and Heavy-Duty Trucks, School Buses, and Motorhomes; and if Sheri and her husband never owned a General Motors GMX200 Minivan, a Buick Rendezvous, a Pontiac Aztek, any Minivan that the Chrysler Corporation and its successors have ever designed and built, any generation of the unique to the North American market Toyota Sienna (XL10, XL20, XL30, and the XL40); the RA Honda Odyssey, the unique to the North American market RL1, RL3/4, RL5, and RL6 Honda Odysseys, or the KV-II, VQ, YP, and KA4 Kia Minivans (including the badge-engineered Hyundai Entourage).
Instead, I prefer that Sheri Lynch and her husband own a Full-Size Pickup Truck, SUV, or Van; a Chevrolet Astro/GMC Safari, a Ford Aerostar, a T4 Volkswagen Transporter/EuroVan, a Volkswagen I.D Buzz, a R20/R30 Toyota MasterAce/Tarago/VanWagon, or an XR10/XR20 Toyota Estima/Previa; if she and her husband traveled in a Motorhome any longer, or if Sheri and her husband owned a 1-Ton Dual Rear-Wheel “Dually” Pickup Truck and a Fifth-Wheel RV Trailer, and traveled that way; instead of cruising around traveling in their Minivan.
The Wheel-Trans Paratransit Division Of The Toronto Transit Commission, As Of The Mid-1980’s, Having Basal General Motors B-Platform Station Wagons; Dodge B-Van Passenger Vans Fitted With High Tops And Wheelchair Lifts, And Commercialized Versions Of The Thomas Mighty-Mite School Bus On The General Motors P-Chassis, With Wheelchair Lifts In Their Fleet:
A 1977-1990 General Motors B-Platform Sedan, And A 1968-1972 General Motors A-Platform Chevrolet El Camino Coupe Utility Located In The Town Of Ninety Six, South Carolina:
Matthew Parij 