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1966-1970 GMC H6500 school bus (retired) In 1966, the GMC division moved its school bus chassis from the medium-duty C/K to the all new H6500 heavy truck. A forerunner of both the GMC Brigadier and GMC General, the H-series trucks featured an all-steel front fascia with a center-hinged "butterfly" hood for engine access. [1]
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GMT530-generation GMC TopKick C7500 4x4 in use as ARFF truck. GMC TopKick C5500 4×4 with Deluxe Front Appearance Package. For 1998 production, General Motors approved 4x4 conversions of GMT530 trucks by upfitter Monroe Truck Equipment, licensing conversions of crew-cab C5500 and C6500 trucks (in addition to C3500HD trucks). [9]
The school bus body was designed to fit on a Chevrolet, Ford, or GMC chassis. [2] One of the first examples produced with a cutaway van chassis, the Busette mated a purpose-built school bus body with a dual rear-wheel van chassis. In North America, this configuration is now preferred by manufacturers for many other types of minibuses in ...
GMC RTS II pre-production model testing in Oakland, October 1976. [2] The RTS is the descendant of the GMC RTS-3T, its prototype built for the Transbus project; the RTS-3T was preceded by the RTX (Rapid Transit Experimental), a turbine-powered prototype produced in 1968 that had been under development since 1964. Both the RTX and the RTS-3T ...
1994: To lower costs, the TC/2000 now shares its pedals and instrument panel with the General Motors medium-duty truck line (the chassis used by the Blue Bird CV200) 1995: As diesel engines have largely replaced gasoline-fueled engines in transit-style school buses (as well as all full-size school buses), the Chevrolet 7.0L V8 is discontinued.
In the early 1990s, Mid Bus, an Ohio manufacturer specializing in small school buses, purchased the tooling and product rights to build the Busette from Wayne Corporation, and produced Busettes for a few more years. In modern times, more small school buses are based upon cutaway van chassis than any other type.
The Thomas Minotour is a bus body manufactured by Thomas Built Buses since 1980. The smallest vehicle sold by the company, the Minotour is a bus body designed for cutaway van chassis. Primarily sold for school bus usage, the Minotour is also produced as a MFSAB (activity bus) or in specialized configurations specified by the customer.