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Curbside Commentary: Driving in Japan – My Top Five Surprises…
Having lived off and on for thirty-five years in Japan, I’ve found a few idiosyncrasies here with regards to driving – things you wouldn’t expect, at least from those of us that learned to drive in...
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Bus Stop Classics: CD Beck & Co. – Imitation Is The Sincerest Form Of...
(first posted 9/17/2016) Does this look familiar? A GM Scenicruiser, right? No; it’s a Beck DH 1040, actually. But it’s a remarkably faithful copy, by a company that made a modest living copying...
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Bus Stop Classic: 1954 GMC PDX-4901 “Golden Chariot”– The Unsuccessful...
(first posted 10/1/2016) Note: While my name appears in the byline, it should read “Brophy/Niedermeyer” as Paul made significant contributions and improvements. The 40′ high-floor coach with large...
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Bus Stop Classic: GM PD 4107/4108 and 4903/4905; GM’s Buffalo – Last Of The Line
(curbside shots by PN) (first posted 10/15/2016) There are highs and there are lows…that old adage certainly sums up GM’s long history of intercity coach manufacturing. From the highs of the...
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Bus Stop Classic: ACF-Brill IC 41 – Silver Screen Standout
(first posted 10/22/2016) This bus may look familiar to you – like trying to remember the name of an old character actor who seems to be in every TV show or movie. Allow me to help – this is an...
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Curbside Comparison: Which Foreign Car Brand is Most Popular in Japan?
I’ve noticed a change here on the ground in Japan. Going back to the late aughts (2008-2012), I can remember seeing a BMW 3-series on almost every street corner here in Tokyo – they were ubiquitous....
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Bus Stop Classics: 1945-1952 REO Buses – Flying Clouds and Gold Comets…
There are quite a few posts in the CC truck archive on the REO Motor Company, a mid-tier manufacturer of mostly trucks in the early to middle twentieth century but with ventures into both the car and...
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Truck Stop Classics: 1952 Fageol Super Freighter – The Definitive ‘50s Moving...
(first posted 12/3/2016) Whether you recognize this distinctive vehicle likely depends on your answer to the following question; Which actor did you first see portray Superman; A-Henry Cavill,...
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Bus Stop Classics: Bedford VAL (1963-1973) – English Charmer
(first posted 12/10/2016) Here’s a bus with quite the lengthy filmography. CC readers may remember it from the Beatles 1967 film “Magical Mystery Tour” or the 1969 movie “The Italian Job.” It’s a...
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Truck Stop Classics: Eisenhauer “Twin Engine” Freighter – Twin Strikeout
(first posted 12/17/2016) Last week we looked at the Bedford VAL Twin Steer coach, and the week before that, the Fageol Super Freighter Van – and it posed an interesting question in my mind – has...
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Bus Stop Classic: Prevost H5-60 (1988 – 1992) – The Articulated Highway...
Note: This is another joint Niedermeyer/Brophy bus post. (first posted 12/23/2016) We’ve looked at several unique multi-front axle, twin-steer vehicles over the past couple weeks. Let’s close out...
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CC Farm Equipment: Crossliner Rover SP – Keeping Your Orchard Safe and Secure
I came across this interesting vehicle during an internet search and it captured my attention. It’s a Croplands Crossliner Rover SP – a self-propelled agricultural spraying vehicle used in large...
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Bus Stop Classic: 1954-58 Fitzjohn Roadrunner – Another Casualty of the GM...
(first posted 1/21/2017) The bus above is a Fitzjohn Roadrunner, an intercity model manufactured by the Fitzjohn Coach Corp in Muskegon Michigan, from 1954-58. The Roadrunner was the final bus...
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Vintage Motorhome Classics: 1974 Camelot Cruiser – Fit for a King
A while back we reviewed the Mid-States Executive flagship, a gargantuan sixty-foot motorhome and tractor built for Mid-States President William B. McDonald in 1952 – Mid-States being a major trailer...
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Bus Stop Classic: GM PD-4104 – The Most Dominant and Influential Bus Ever
(first posted 2/25/2017. Original pictures and some text by Paul N.) Over the past several months, we’ve reviewed several different motor coach manufacturers that went toe-to-toe with General Motors...
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Bus Stop Classics: 1976 – 2006 Prevost Le Mirage – It’s All In The Windows
(first posted 3/18/2017) In the mid to late 1970s, intercity motor coach operators in North America had several options to choose from as they looked to recapitalize their fleets. As we saw a few...
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Bus Stop Classics: MCI MC-6 “Supercrusier”– Six Inches Too Far Ahead of Its Time
(first posted 4/8/2017) Unless you’re a certified bus fan (and a certified old guy), it’s unlikely you’ll recognize this coach. Motor Coach Industries (MCI) built only 100 of them for Greyhound...
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Bus Stop Classics: GMC ODC 210 Bus Chassis – The Basis for Brazil’s First Bus
Brazil has a long history of both urban and intercity motorcoach transportation. Prior to the 1950’s, all buses were imported models, mostly conventional “bonnet buses” based on a truck chassis, with...
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CC Newsstand: First Quarter 2023 Sales Figures for US, Japan, Europe and...
You may have seen the recent Car and Driver article outlining the best selling vehicles in the US for the first quarter of 2023. There weren’t many surprises, except with perhaps Tesla having two...
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