BusTalk Forum Index BusTalk
A Community Discussing Buses and Bus Operations Worldwide!
 
 BusTalk MainBusTalk Main FAQFAQ   SearchSearch   MemberlistMemberlist   UsergroupsUsergroups BusTalk GalleriesBusTalk Galleries   RegisterRegister 
 ProfileProfile   Log in to check your private messagesLog in to check your private messages   Log inLog in 

The Vanishing Act.......
Goto page Previous  1, 2, 3, 4  Next
 
Post new topic   Reply to topic    BusTalk Forum Index -> New York City Buses
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee



Joined: 18 Dec 2007
Posts: 22283
Location: NEW JOISEY

PostPosted: Sat Dec 01, 2018 6:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Broadway & Park Row, 1972.

Here, this time, we see an Old Look (#7075); note how the advertising panel on the dash is mounted below the "GM" nameplate..........

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1821

(courtesy: bus.nycsubway.org)

*note, too, the empty destination sign box; you can also see the light bulbs that would usually be illuminating the roller curtain......


Last edited by NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 on Sat Dec 01, 2018 6:03 pm; edited 1 time in total
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
W.B. Fishbowl



Age: 57
Joined: 02 Oct 2014
Posts: 2379
Location: New York, New York, USA

PostPosted: Sat Dec 01, 2018 6:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote:
http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1960 (any clues on this bus?)

Not for now . . . but I can say where it was taken: 42nd Street and 10th Avenue, just outside the West Side Airlines Terminal. Where the parking lot across the street stood, is now the Manhattan Plaza apartment complex. (And yet another luxury high rise has since been put up where the West Side Airlines Terminal once was.)[/img]
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee



Joined: 18 Dec 2007
Posts: 22283
Location: NEW JOISEY

PostPosted: Sat Dec 01, 2018 6:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

W.B. Fishbowl wrote:
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote:
http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1960 (any clues on this bus?)

Not for now . . . but I can say where it was taken: 42nd Street and 10th Avenue, just outside the West Side Airlines Terminal. Where the parking lot across the street stood, is now the Manhattan Plaza apartment complex. (And yet another luxury high rise has since been put up where the West Side Airlines Terminal once was.)[/img]

W.B.:

Thanks......

At least I know now where the photo was taken! Wink

"NYO"
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee



Joined: 18 Dec 2007
Posts: 22283
Location: NEW JOISEY

PostPosted: Sat Dec 01, 2018 6:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

New Look #6910 (PABT).......

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1345

(courtesy: bus.nycsubway.org)
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee



Joined: 18 Dec 2007
Posts: 22283
Location: NEW JOISEY

PostPosted: Sat Dec 01, 2018 8:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Boreum & Fulton, 1972......

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1894

(courtesy: bus.nycsubway.org)

*Note the "THIS BUS GOES TO A&S" ad on #8100's batwing! (this was a LONG, long time ago!)
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee



Joined: 18 Dec 2007
Posts: 22283
Location: NEW JOISEY

PostPosted: Sat Dec 01, 2018 8:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jay & Myrtle, 1972......

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1873

(courtesy: bus.nycsubway.org)
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
W.B. Fishbowl



Age: 57
Joined: 02 Oct 2014
Posts: 2379
Location: New York, New York, USA

PostPosted: Sat Dec 01, 2018 9:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote:
Boreum & Fulton, 1972......

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1894

(courtesy: bus.nycsubway.org)

*Note the "THIS BUS GOES TO A&S" ad on #8100's batwing! (this was a LONG, long time ago!)

And the front rollsign recycled from one of the 1959-62 New Looks. (It wasn't just limited to MaBSTOA and their recycling of 1963 front rollsigns from within the 3301-3555 buses onto later orders.)
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee



Joined: 18 Dec 2007
Posts: 22283
Location: NEW JOISEY

PostPosted: Sat Dec 01, 2018 9:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

W.B. Fishbowl wrote:
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote:
Boreum & Fulton, 1972......

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1894

(courtesy: bus.nycsubway.org)

*Note the "THIS BUS GOES TO A&S" ad on #8100's batwing! (this was a LONG, long time ago!)

And the front rollsign recycled from one of the 1959-62 New Looks. (It wasn't just limited to MaBSTOA and their recycling of 1963 front rollsigns from within the 3301-3555 buses onto later orders.)


W.B:

Man, do you KNOW your stuff!!!!!!! Shocked Shocked

Right now, I must admit, I'm thinking about the OUTSTANDING book on MABSTOA history that you and our good friend (and also fellow resident MABSTOA expert) MaBSTOA 15 would put out, if you decided to "join forces"! Shocked Very Happy

Again, I really love "getting into" this fascinating vintage "Noo Yawk" bus trivia...... Wink

"NYO"
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee



Joined: 18 Dec 2007
Posts: 22283
Location: NEW JOISEY

PostPosted: Sat Dec 01, 2018 9:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Let your eyes feast on the "background elements" as well as New Look #8003, in this truly nostalgic scene from Brooklyn, 1972.......

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1852

(courtesy: bus.nycsubway.org)
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee



Joined: 18 Dec 2007
Posts: 22283
Location: NEW JOISEY

PostPosted: Sat Dec 01, 2018 10:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

New Look #8100 at Avenue H & Flatbush, 1972.

Again, the wonderfully nostalgic store signage serve to date this photo as much as the bus itself.......

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1895

(courtesy: bus.nycsubway.org)
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
MaBSTOA 15



Age: 70
Joined: 27 Feb 2013
Posts: 1056

PostPosted: Sat Dec 01, 2018 11:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My understanding is that since the buses with a/c and batwings (NYCTA 8001-8202 and MaBSTOA 8301-8780) had a factory mounted ad rack between the headlights, GM simply did not attached the GM emblem nor the aluminum trim between the headlights.

Why install it since you can see it!
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee



Joined: 18 Dec 2007
Posts: 22283
Location: NEW JOISEY

PostPosted: Sun Dec 02, 2018 12:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

MaBSTOA 15 wrote:
My understanding is that since the buses with a/c and batwings (NYCTA 8001-8202 and MaBSTOA 8301-8780) had a factory mounted ad rack between the headlights, GM simply did not attached the GM emblem nor the aluminum trim between the headlights.

Why install it since you can't see it!


MBSTOA 15:

Thanks for sharing more info on the NYCTA/MTA New looks that I certainly had no inkling about! Wink

In browsing through photos of New Looks in other cities, I have seen buses that never lost their "GM" nameplates, while others had either a fleet number or company insignia covering over the "GM" letters.

Hey, it sure made for some quite interesting-looking buses, back in the day! Very Happy


Last edited by NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 on Sun Dec 02, 2018 12:51 am; edited 1 time in total
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee



Joined: 18 Dec 2007
Posts: 22283
Location: NEW JOISEY

PostPosted: Sun Dec 02, 2018 12:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

First generation New Look #667 at Montaque & Cadman Plaza, 1972.......

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?378

(courtesy: bus.nycsubway.org)
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee



Joined: 18 Dec 2007
Posts: 22283
Location: NEW JOISEY

PostPosted: Sun Dec 02, 2018 12:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here we see #8877 at Kings Highway & E. 38th St., on a sunny day, back in 1972......

http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1927

(courtesy: bus.nycsubway.org)
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee



Joined: 18 Dec 2007
Posts: 22283
Location: NEW JOISEY

PostPosted: Sun Dec 02, 2018 1:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This sleek and shiny New Look proudly displays its "GM" nameplate as it glides along the.....RAILS.....??!!?? Shocked Shocked Rolling Eyes Rolling Eyes Shocked Shocked

http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?10979

http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?10980

http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?10982

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic   Reply to topic    BusTalk Forum Index -> New York City Buses All times are GMT - 5 Hours
Goto page Previous  1, 2, 3, 4  Next
Page 2 of 4

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You can attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum


Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group