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“History of General Motors - Yellow Coach - Part 1 of 5 (VTS_01_1)” by BCM

“Звон бутылок ЛИАЗ-677” by PRO Video

“Автобус ЛАЗ-695, служебный, Украина, Запорожье, LAZ-695, bus 22.10.2020” by zeven-laz Transport

“ЗИС-155, 2017 год” by Андрей Владимирович

“2020 BlueBird Vision with the 6.8L V10 Trition "GAS" short POV ride “bus 105”” by Automotives Boy

“2024 Bluebird Vision (Gasoline)” by Dillon Rathan

“2023 Blue Bird Vision 7.3 Godzilla Startup and Idle - Bus 102” by Bus 1

“2022 Bluebird Vision Propane Takeoff- #HP2021” by Bluebird 286

“2019 bluebird vision propane | fast take off” by School Bus Guru

“ZIS 155 vo filme Deti Dona Kichota” by Slovenská autobusová doprava Zvolen, a. s.

“ЗИС - 155” by Денис Муратов

“Зил 158 Петровича и сам Петрович #VEGABUS” by Транспорт в прошлом

“Автобусы: Зис-8,155, Лиаз-158В, 677, 677М, Лаз-695Е, Икарус-55,180” by Женя Вертолет

“Заводим ЛАЗ-699 зимой кривым стартером” by My LAZ

“LAZ-695 Soviet and Ukrainian city-high middle-class bus” by BUSES OF THE WORLD

“Главный автобус СССР/ЛИАЗ 677/Иван Зенкевич” by Иван Зенкевич PRO автомобили

“Тест-драйв лучшего ЛиАЗ 677 под звук бутылок. Дрифт на советском автобусе.” by Gennadiy 677

“"Звук бутылок" ЛиАЗ-677М” by Андрей Владимирович

“ЛИАЗ 677 звук мотора (бутылки)” by Владислав П

“1981 Mazda parkway” by Ethan Richards

“マツダ パークウェイロータリー26の排気音(Parkway ROTARY26)” by Koji (Koji_GSII)

[euklid]

The "crate of bottles" nickname is definitely on point

[dadgarage]

A rotary-power Mazda bus? You're an automotive information archaeologist.

[chadakoin]

It certainly does sound like a "crate of Bottles" at low RPM's.

[Tuppoo]

Gasoline buses are used when keeping emissions (specifically NOx and particulate matter) low is more important than keeping fuel efficiency high. A natural gas/LPG powered bus runs very clean, but will consume more fuel than an equivalent diesel bus.

[petrfindejs]

In the former Czechoslovakia we had Walter D-Bus. It had 7.4l V12 and top speed 110km/h, for 1930s it was good performance.

[Oddman]

Insecure Okies: "I NEEEED a 6.7 liter powerchoke diesel with 1, 100 ft-lbs to pick up four bags of mulch once a year at the store!!"

ZiS-124: "I can carry over 10 tons with 95 HP and 221 ft-lb"

[captaindreadnought]

ZiL: so we've designed this 6.0l V8 for commercial use, how many of them do you want?

Soviet Union: yes

[Truckerboy]

Here in Canada/America there is lots of examples of gasoline school buses, all the major school bus brands use them. Of course the BlueBird uses the 7.3 Godzilla because it’s based on a Ford F650 frame (they are really cool, I’ve rode in one). BlueBird’s direct competitors, IC Buses (owned by International Navistar) and Thomas Built Buses (owned by Daimler) also use a V8. Both have options for an 8.8 L V8 built by PSI that is specifically engineered for use in school buses. It can run on gasoline or LPG. Locally where I am they are pretty popular, specifically the IC CE.

(Edit was spelling fix I meant buses not busses

[hugejohnson]

I never knew that I wanted to learn about Soviet gasoline powered buses. Thank you VisioRacer!

[iant]

My bus we lived in and traveled is a 1972 Bluebird school bus. Originally powered by a 478 GMC V6… Blew at some point, and now has the 427 tall deck V8.

[FliesFLL]

The school buses I rode in two school districts in Michigan were all gasoline powered. There simply were no small diesel engines available and the mechanics that maintained the busses generally were not familiar with diesels.

It seems the most common gas engine used in busses back then was the Ford "truck six", a 4.0 or 4.9 liter pushrod inline six with a two barrel carb and a manual transmission.

[upwithit]

I drive a Ford E450 shuttle bus with the 7.3 liter engine. Not sure if it’s the engine or the exhaust setup, but that thing sounds incredible. The bus that it replaced was an F550 with the triton V10. That engine had a wail to it, but with a full load of 25 passengers, it could barely make it up the hill on the bus loop.

[FStan-covv]

In Romania, back in the 60s and 70s we had a bus called TV-20 which used a 5.2 liter gasoline V8 engine (Ford design). That engine was also used on some romanian built trucks

[XX-nwxg]

I really like the list style videos, it’s what brought me to your channel in the first place, not that I don’t enjoy more in depth content. It would be great to see more in the future.

[RDEnduro]

Wow imagine having a restored Mazda Parkway that looks so fun

[movinmetal]

Going to school in the late-80s/early 90s in Canada, you would see Thomas-brand schoolbuses, often with Chevy/GM cabs and 427 tall deck V8/4-speed powertrain.

Quite a few International S model buses too, probably had the 345ci Harvester V8/4-speed powertrain

Good ole days 😉👍

[lenar_usmanov]

PAZ 3205 petrol bus too, he producing from 1989 year, almost all soviet buses working on petrol engine

[lshrd]

Growing up in NJ USA, we had many buses powered by a Ford 360FE big block. I think they were de-stroked 390s. Later on the Ford buses the district had were the 370 ci 385 series V8s.

[michaelmueller]

The German military used Unimogs 404-S until the 1990s. They had a 6cyl petrol engine from the Mercedes 220 (passenger car) The engine was tuned down to 82hp (60kw) for longevity. A larger Diesel engine would not have fitted under the bonnet at that time. This type of Unimog had the reputation of being the most capable 4WD small truck.

[BulltBikes]

I chaperoned at a school field trip and we rode on Blue bird buses with the Ford V10 (when i was younger most buses had detroit diesel engines) that V10 hauled that bus full of people very smoothly the only bad egg was the transmission which was really jerky and seemed to shift all of the time and couldnt decide which gear to stay in.