Another Front Engine All American with the Cummins C-platform engine and the Allison MT-643 transmission just like what John Roeck orders throughout the early-mid 1990’s in “Early Life And Continuous Livelihood”.
1993 Bluebird School Bus #418 – Gilbert Public Schools Surplus
Source: Public Surplus: Auction #1597298
Another Blue Bird conventional on the International 3800 chassis & cowl with one of my favorite IH/Navistar engines-the DT360, and the Allison AT-545 transmission.
1991 International School Bus #18 – Gilbert Public Schools Surplus
Source: Public Surplus: Auction #1588559
A Blue Bird conventional on the International 3800 chassis & cowl with one of my favorite IH/Navistar engines-the DT360, and the Allison AT-545 transmission.
1990 International School Bus #13 – Gilbert Public Schools Surplus
Source: Public Surplus: Auction #1588166
This same cutaway body-the Ward Vanguard on the Econoline cutaway chassis & cab with the IH/Navistar IDI 7.3 liter normally aspirated diesel engine and the C6 automatic transmission.
1989 Ford E-350 / Ward School Bus #89 – Gilbert Public Schools Surplus
Source: Public Surplus: Auction #1597394
This same cutaway chassis with one of my favorite diesel engines-the GM/Detroit Diesel 6.2 liter diesel.
I don’t like the idea of a vehicle that is primarily designed to be a van and for light commercial use being adapted for use as a School Bus.
A Medium-Duty truck is designed and built specifically for commercial use, and unlike a light-duty truck that often times,is also purchased for personal use; a Medium-Duty truck features a beefier frame and beefier componentry.
1992 GMC 3500/Ward School Bus #2 – Gilbert Public Schools Surplus
Source: Public Surplus: Auction #1597305
Another School Bus that isn’t my cup of tea-the Type A cutaway.
This cutaway is a Ward Vanguard, which Ward/AmTran/IC had produced until 1993 and ended as a result of Navistar having purchased the company in 1990 and the parent company wanting to concentrate on heavier buses built on their own chassis.
Only the larger and heavier Type C conventionals and the Type D transit styles are my cup of tea.
1989 GMC 3500 / Ward School Bus #86 – Gilbert Public Schools Surplus
Source: Public Surplus: Auction #1597378
A Ward/AmTran/IC Front Engine transit style School Bus on the International 3900 front engine stripped chassis.
The Ward/AmTran/IC Front Engine transit had replaced the President and Senator front engine transit models in 1990.
The 3900 replaced the 1853FC stripped chassis in 1990.
The 1853FC had been offered with the same gasoline and diesel engines that the Loadstar and S-Series conventional chassis & cowls have been offered with: the 345, 392, 404, and 446 V8 gasoline engines; and the DV462, DV550, DV550B, 9.0 liter V8, DT360; and DT466 diesel engines.
2002 American International School Bus w/lift – Anne Arundel County – Public Schools AACPS Surplus
Source: Public Surplus: Auction #1611527
This article summarizes the updates being made to the Heavier-Duty GM pickups for the 2017 model year.
GMC today released the first photos of the 2017 Sierra Denali 2500HD featuring a functional hood scoop design hinting at what is beneath its bold new appearance.
Source: 2017 GMC Sierra Denali 2500HD: Bold Hood Design Hints at What Lies Beneath
A Front Engine TC/2000 that was produced near the tail end of the TC/2000’s production run.
The school district had obviously installed an Allison/World MD3060 transmission because the MT-643 and the Allison/World MD3060 were never offered in the Front Engine TC/2000. These transmissions were only available in the Rear Engine TC/2000.
As the lighter-duty companion to the All American, the Front Engine TC/2000 was only available with the Allison AT-545 transmission.
BlueBird School Bus – North Sanpete School District Surplus
Source: Public Surplus: Auction #1619056
A Front Engine All American with the Cummins C-platform engine and the Allison/World MD3060 transmission that was produced when Blue Bird’s quality, fit, and finish was just beginning to go downhill.
School Bus – South Summit School District Surplus
Source: Public Surplus: Auction #1613105
In 1995, during the production run of the 80-Series Land Cruiser; Toyota had introduced a highly luxurious version of the 80-Series under their Lexus brand called the Lexus LX as a result of threatening US trade sanctions on Japanese luxury cars.
The Lexus LX, wherever sold; has always carried a huge price premium over a comparably equipped Land Cruiser, and has always been equipped more extravagantly than a fully loaded Land Cruiser.
The Lexus LX, however; has never received a so-called Lexus treatment of having a quiet interior and a smooth ride as one would expect any Lexus model to have.
Before the introduction of the Lexus brand worldwide, the Lexus LS had been sold as the Toyota Land Cruiser Cygnus in Japan, as an ultra-luxurious trim level of the Land Cruiser in the Japanese Domestic Market.
The Ultimate in Refinement Meets the Ultimate in Capability with the New Lexus LX
Source: The Ultimate in Refinement Meets the Ultimate in Capability with the New Lexus LX
Toyota Motor Sales USA’s press release on the sale of the facelifted 200-Series Land Cruiser.
Like Jeeps and Land Rovers, the Toyota Land Cruiser has a proud tradition of mixing and matching parts from other vehicles. In the case of the Land Cruiser-other Toyota products.
The Toyota F engine used in Land Cruisers, a combination of the Toyota Type B engine and the Chevrolet Stovebolt engine; had also powered Toyota Medium-Duty trucks and buses throughout the 1950’s and 1960’s. The GR V6 engine, and the UZ and UR V8 engines also, have all been used in other Toyota products.
Each generation of the Toyota Land Cruiser has been put through testing by Toyota similar to each Jeep model being required to ford through the Rubicon Trail with ease, and Land Rover’s stringent off-road standards at their test track on the property of their ancestral home in Solihull, England.
Saihei Iritani (who was born in 1915) and Kenrou Sekino (who was born in 1923) were the Chief Engineers for the FJ40, Hiroshi Ohsawa (who was born in 1926) had served a short time as the Chief Engineer for the 60-Series until he had been reassigned to work on the development on the NH60 4Runner/HiLux Surf and was then replaced by Iichi Shingu (who was born in 1934) for further development of the 60-Series project; Masaomi Yoshii (who was born in 1938) was an engineer for the 70-Series, Takeo Kondo; who was an engineer that had worked on the BJ and the FJ55V, was the Chief Engineer for the original 70-Series Prado (which is on the same platform as the HiLux and the 4Runner/HiLux Surf); Masaaki Ito is the Chief Engineer for the 100-Series Land Cruiser/Lexus LX, Osamu Shinoda was the Chief Engineer for the 70-Series; and Kunihiro Hoshi is the Chief Engineer for the 120-Series Prado (sold in the North American market as the upscale Lexus GX midsize SUV).
Toyota official site for press releases, photos, video, audio, pr contact information, presskits and more.
Source: 2016 Toyota Land Cruiser 001
A Dodge B-Van that’s a OEM/stock passenger van with the center-band two-tone paint job that I like, located in Royal Oak, Michigan.
Matthew Parij 