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Title: Friday Fun / Name That Bus #1745 Kaiser Permanente Articulated Intercity Bus
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 08, 2010, 04:14:14 AM
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Title: Re: Friday Fun / Name That.....Bus? #1745
Post by: Allemano on October 08, 2010, 04:16:46 AM
Is it in front of the Karnegie Hall?
Title: Re: Friday Fun / Name That.....Bus? #1745
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 08, 2010, 04:18:17 AM
Yes, after much kareening ;D
Title: Re: Friday Fun / Name That.....Bus? #1745
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 15, 2010, 04:27:00 AM
Next stop: Expertville!
Title: Re: Friday Fun / Name That.....Bus? #1745
Post by: pguillem on October 15, 2010, 09:24:24 AM
Kaiser 1946 Santa Fe Trailways
Title: Re: Friday Fun / Name That.....Bus? #1745
Post by: Otto Puzzell 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"

QuoteBuilt 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. :)