Buses of the 1960's

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On this fun-filled historical city tour, hop aboard the Magic Bus that will transport you to 1960s San Francisco. Become a part of the Beatnik generation, see Haight-Ashbury in the Summer of Love and visit San Francisco’s Chinatown, from which eastern philosophy spread in the 1960s. Discover the iconic neighborhoods as they are now with your own eyes, and see the past come alive with retractable projection screens that cover the windows, giving you a look back in time.

The 1960s was definitely the decade of the car but not all were muscle cars or American. Volkswagen was also a very popular automaker in the 1960s. From the Volkswagen Beatle that was first introduced in the United States in 1949 which later to become very popular in the 1960s, to the Volkswagen Bus which teenagers loved to take on road trips to the beach.

If you were lucky enough to have lived in the Sixties, we hope reading about these classic cars has brought back some fond memories. The 1960s had great cars, great music and summers that never seemed to end.

If only we could transport ourselves back to this time of excitement. But just remembering these great times will surely bring a smile to anyone’s face.

I found this classic Trailway’s Bus Company photograph at my link page Northern California Bus Fans, which is located to the right of your computer screen at www.norcalbusfans.com Photographer Jerry Squire, took this photograph many years ago, but no location, description or year is given. Judging by the cars to the right of the photograph, the bus color scheme on this 1960’s era General Motors motorcoach, and the way the people to the left are dressed, I am willing to say that this photograph may have been taken during the late 1960’s.

Vetra trolleybus in Limoges, mid-1960s Vetra was a French bus manufacturer; one of its postWW2 trolleybuses seen in the French city of Limoges. Its livery is a good match for its surroundings.

The Volkswagen Type 2, known officially (depending on body type) as the Transporter, Kombi or Microbus, or, informally, as the Bus (US) or Camper (UK), is a panel van introduced in 1950 by the German automaker Volkswagen as its second car model. Following - and initially deriving from Volkswagen’s first model, the Type 1 (Beetle) - it was given the factory designation Type 2.[10]

Ikarus bus in Budapest, 1960s

A publicity photo with the Danube in the background; these buses found their way into other Eastern bloc countries.

1960’s Hippie Van

Parked immediately behind the Disneyland panel van was another vintage Dove Blue bus (below), however in this case, it was an early 1960s SO model, specifically an SO2 ( High Roof Mobile Shop) version according to my research.

Rear half of 706 RTO LUX bus - historic czechoslovak bus from 1960’s shown in Leťany military museum during the opening show of its 15. season. Central Bohemian Region, CZ

The GM New Look bus, also commonly known by the nickname “Fishbowl� (for its six-piece rounded windshield), is a transit bus introduced in 1959 by General Motors and produced until 1986.[2] More than 44,000 New Look buses were built. Its high production figures and long service career made it an iconic North American transit bus. The design is listed as U.S. Patent D182,998 by Roland E. Gegoux and William P. Strong.

File:1967 Fargo school bus.jpg Photograph of a retired school bus located in a scrapyard in Canada. The bus has a 1967 Fargo (Canadian Dodge) chassis with a Thomas Conventional school bus body.

1960s heavy lifting bus/truck mobile home catering department mongrel this ex barton coach has been through some changes and now is comfortable in her knew roll as krwalsh-classics utility vehicle she go’s to all the shows and always looks fantastic.

The New York City Transit Authority (also known as NYCTA or The TA,[1] and branded as MTA New York City Transit) is a public authority in the U.S. state of New York that operates public transportation in New York City. Part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the busiest and largest transit system in North America,[2] the NYCTA has a daily ridership of 7 million trips (over 2 billion annually).[3]

Sheffield commemorates 100yrs of the motor bus.

First Sheffield have repainted two of their vehicles into retro liveries to celebrate 100 years of the motor of the motor bus in Sheffield. Both vehicles looked splendid as they were revealed in their 1913 and 1960’s paintwork.

Antique yellow Bluebird bus number 6 from the 1960’s Abandoned in a old field in South Georgie.