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GM PD-4106 story I'd like to share from my dad
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traildriver




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PostPosted: Sun Mar 16, 2014 11:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks for posting that great photo....I see a VT MC-7 behind it, but not sure....is that an Almeida 4104 also beside it?
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 12:34 am    Post subject: Re: Almeida Bus Lines Reply with quote
bobbymedeiros wrote:
I worked and drove for Almeida Bus and started 1945 working in the garage and then drove the buses. They were located on Dartmouth and Rockdale Ave and on Swift Street and Bolton Street and then on RTE6 near Buttonwood Park all in New Bedford. The photo on this post 1940 Areocoach #11 is parked in Park Square Boston across from Stadler Hotel. The bus terminal there, was the Park Square Terminal across from the Trailway Bus Terminal. This is the first bus I cleaned, service and drove in the 40's. 6 cycl red diamond engine, 5 speeds.

I am interested to know who your father was Matt. I am sure we both worked together back in the 70's. My name is Bob Medeiros. Please contact me back. Thank you



bobbymedeiros,

As the official welcoming committee here at BusTalk, let me do just that by saying welcome aboard to you and that we certainly look forward to your valued input as a member.

BTW; you have displaced me as senior most citizen here by five years - congratulations and continued well being to you.

Many regards,

Mr. Linsky - Green Bus Lines, Inc., Jamaica, New York
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MattS



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 6:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
traildriver wrote:
Thanks for posting that great photo....I see a VT MC-7 behind it, but not sure....is that an Almeida 4104 also beside it?


Not sure about the 4104, but it is my favorite Almeida coach photo!
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 12:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
MattS wrote:
traildriver wrote:
Thanks for posting that great photo....I see a VT MC-7 behind it, but not sure....is that an Almeida 4104 also beside it?


Not sure about the 4104, but it is my favorite Almeida coach photo!



traildriver,

4104!

Regards,

Mr. 'L'
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MattS



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 12:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yep, I agree it's a 4104, don't know who it belonged to though.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 8:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Oh, I knew it was an '04, but wondered if it was an Almeida....the colors look similar in the obscured view....
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 9:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'm not 100% sure, but I think by the mid-70s Almeida had sold off their 04s. At least I don't remember any on the lot. Mostly 4106s (numbered from 70 to about 82), 4107/08s (#80s-94), 4903/05s (#95-106), and a few yellow/green MCIs (#107, 108) that sat by themselves in the north-east (I think?) corner of the rear lot. The last P8M-4905As they bought were that horrible yellow and green scheme and numbered around 110-114. Boy, they were ugly. #114 is the highest numbered coach I have a photo of.

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 19, 2014 12:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ouch...what an eyesore...what were they thinking when they painted up that otherwise handsome coach like that? Shocked
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 11:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Makes me glad that the 05 I used to drive was painted brown and tan and had a lot fewer dents!
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 1:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Sure miss GM Coach...
There will never be another like it....
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