In light of the Victory Liner from Santa Fe Trailways, I thought I’d highlight another leviathan pressed into homefront duty to support the troops during World War II. Crismon gives GM’s pre-Futurliner Parade of Progress van a little ink with the above photo, taken in 1941 at Fort Holabird, Maryland. He noted that a Georgia […]
Inspired by our recent post on the Kaiser articulated aluminum/magnesium bus, frequent blog contributor Gene Herman sent us a couple photos of another Santa Fe Trailways bus made out of an unusual material: plywood. Gene writes:
Built out of plywood during WW II in Santa Fe’s Wichita, KS., shops to conserve valuable war materiel, the Victory […]
After this morning’s post on the Kaiser articulated bus, another bus seemed appropriate for the Hemmings Find of the Day, thus we’ve picked this 1919 Pierce-Arrow inter-city 17-passenger bus. From the seller’s description:
This 1919 Model is believed to have run between Wallace and Burke Idaho and was given a complete restoration by Ron Fawcett […]