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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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W.B. Fishbowl
Age: 57 Joined: 02 Oct 2014 Posts: 2422 Location: New York, New York, USA
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Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2019 7:15 am Post subject: |
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Let us now cast our eye upon the 1964 and 1965 Flx's ordered for the "Tee-Yay," now shall we? (All images courtesy bus.nycsubway.org)
#5001 at Flatbush and Nostrand Avenues, 1973 . . .
https://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1568
#5003, fresh from the Flxible factory (note the initial 3-piece rear window) . . .
https://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1569
#5015, with recycled c.1960 front roll sign . . .
https://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1579
#5047, painted in two-tone blue, frayed around the bottom, with "split sides" front sign, 1980 . . .
https://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1587
#5058 with recycled front sign from first TA 'New Looks' from 1959 . . .
https://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1607
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First bus of 1965 order, #5601 (and first of that order with rear windows built as 4-piece), at Washington Plaza on Route B60 in 1970:
https://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1612
#5606 on Route R112 at St. George Terminal, 1973:
https://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1613
Rare appearance of early Flx bus (#5632) in Manhattan, 1970:
https://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1617
#5659 chugging along on Rt. Q16 at Union and 39th, 1972:
https://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1775
Final bus in this order, #5790, on Route Q13 at Roosevelt Avenue and Main Street, 1973:
https://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1619 |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2019 11:44 am Post subject: |
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MABSTOA 15:
SUPER photos, as always! (bus.nycsubway.org) is virtually limitless, with its bus photo archives, especially New York's fleets....an INVALUABLE research tool!)
Without a doubt, the 1960's "TEE-YAY" green was the BEST paint scheme worn by both the GMC's and Flexies; I also liked the two-tone blue of the 70's.
I could live with the first blue-white scheme that appeared later on, but I HATED.....repeat, HATED the very last paint they wore, the one I, long long ago dubbed the "VANILLA DIP".
To me, it looked like someone took a scale model bus and simply dipped into a can of white paint, and then applied a few decals.....YECCCHHH!!!!!!
(Of course, I did not mind the RTS sporting this scheme!)
Especially in the original green, the Flexies somehow looked "tougher" than the GMC's (NOT that the GM's were welterweights, by any means!!)
I still enjoy picturing a GRUMMAN in "Tee-Yay" green, just for the fun of it......
"NYO"
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2019 11:56 am Post subject: |
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Flex #9130 holding down a S-103 run, back in 1978.
This was, in all honesty, the final paint scheme on both the GMC and Flexie New Looks that I liked.......
http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1958
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2019 12:05 pm Post subject: |
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Though the classic "TEE-YAY" green was, and STILL is, my favorite GMC/Flex paint, I've always found it easy to like the two-tone blue of the 70's......
http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1947
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2019 9:25 pm Post subject: |
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"HEAVY ARTILLERY ON THE MOVE" (Lenox & 116th, 1981)
(also, note #2 subway service shuttle advisory on bus shelter)
http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1234
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2019 10:46 am Post subject: |
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ROCKLAND COACHES Flex #7722 approaching the Lincoln Tunnel, on a sunny day, back in 1981.
Though the size of the windshield is inspired by GM's New Looks, it is clear that the windshield is merely a greatly enlarged version of that used on TWIN's postwar coaches, as we have noted earlier.
(added bonus: take a look at what is outbound on the overpass, passing overhead! Also, if you look VERY closely, you can just make out a bit of a 4104, just beyond the overpass!)
http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?2950
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2019 10:53 am Post subject: |
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(This one is one of my faves!)
Though there are no Flexies in this 1973 MSBA photo, this pic is too good not to post here.......
http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?3509
(courtesy: bus.nycsubway.org)
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2019 5:47 pm Post subject: |
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175th St. & Southern Boulevard, 1970.
An interesting contrast between the designs of a (MABSTOA) Flex New Look and a battle-scarred Old Look.......
http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?798
(courtesy: bus.nycsubway.org)
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W.B. Fishbowl
Age: 57 Joined: 02 Oct 2014 Posts: 2422 Location: New York, New York, USA
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Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2019 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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Seeing these pictures . . .
. . . and noticing the '5' sign on front, this would appear to be 135th Street just west of Broadway, as it's about to turn south on Riverside Drive. |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 BusTalk's Offical Welcoming Committee
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Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2019 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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VERY NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wasn't this a demo, that also ran for the CTA? (or did the CTA roster a number of these New Looks with this style window?)
I've seen a photo of what looks to be the same bus in the photos you posted (with the same unusual windows), but numbered #8600.....
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