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Re: Friday Fun / Name That.....Bus? #1745
« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2010, 04:16:46 AM »
Is it in front of the Karnegie Hall?

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Re: Friday Fun / Name That.....Bus? #1745
« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2010, 04:18:17 AM »
Yes, after much kareening ;D
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Re: Friday Fun / Name That.....Bus? #1745
« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2010, 04:27:00 AM »
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Re: Friday Fun / Name That.....Bus? #1745
« Reply #4 on: October 15, 2010, 09:24:24 AM »
Kaiser 1946 Santa Fe Trailways
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Re: Friday Fun / Name That.....Bus? #1745
« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2010, 05:23:15 AM »
While it was for a time painted in Santa Fe (railroad) livery, it was called the "Kaiser Permanente Articulated Intercity Bus"

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Built in 1946 at Kaiser’s Permanente Metals Corporation plant near Los Altos, California, the three-axle, 60-foot bus featured true monocoque construction and used a 275hp supercharged six-cylinder Cummins diesel engine under the floor of the front section. The remainder of the under-floor space was used for the air-conditioning unit and for luggage storage, which helped lower the center of gravity – as did the use of aluminum for the lower portion of the body and magnesium for the uppe

The Karn Utz livery was but a figment of my imagination. :)
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