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- OBJECT TYPE
- INTERCITY/GAS/37 SEAT
- DATE
- 1947
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1979.0682.001
- MANUFACTURER
- General Motors Truck & Coach
- MODEL
- PDA 3703
- LOCATION
- Pontiac, Michigan, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 109
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 8
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL/ RUBBER/ GLASS/ WOOD/ POSSIBLY FIBRE & SYNTHETIC IN UPHOLSTERY
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 1070.0 cm
- Width
- 276.0 cm
- Height
- 290.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Motorized Ground Transportation
- Category
- Public transportation
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- General Motors
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Michigan
- City
- Pontiac
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1947-73
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - Technical
-
THIS BUS DESIGN REPRESENTS THE FIRST TRULY MODERN HIGHWAY BUS. SAID TO HAVE BEEN INSPIRED BY THE DC-2 AIRLINER, THE EXTERIOR APPEARANCE OF THE HIGHWAY CRUISER BREAKS AWAY FROM THE TRADITIONAL BOXY SHAPE ASSOCIATED WITH THE BUS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- PAINTED ORANGE; BACK HALF OF ROOF- ALUMINUM FINISH; CHROME BUMPERS & HEADLIGHT RIMS
- Decoration
- BLACK TRIM; WHITE NUMBERS & BUS LINE LOGOS/ N.B. THESE ARE NOT THE ORIGINAL FINISH &DECORATION DETAILS. THE PRESENT COLOURS ARE THOSE OF THE PROVINCIAL TRANSPORT CO. THE BUS WAS RESTORED TO THIS ERA BY THE CLASSIC & VINTAGE MOTORCOACH SOCIETY.
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General Motors Truck & Coach, Bus, 1947, Artifact no. 1979.0682, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1979.0682.001/
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