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…There is seating for thirty or so riders. We’re taken for a spin around town. Pedal to the metal! Built by the GMC Truck and Coach Division in Michigan. The driver’s position. A notorious GMC Toroflow engine. GMC “Fishbowls” were quite popular, but the short models were not. It’s a… (Search hits: 0 in title, 12 in body, 0 in comments.)

…under the name NovaBus. In between it was Motor Coach Industries. Total GMC Fishbowl production was some forty four thousand with a quarter of that coming from the Canadian Factories. Every transit system across the county, big, small or in between, its seems, had Fishbowls on the roster. All production… (Search hits: 0 in title, 8 in body, 2 in comments.)

…history….great work…much appreciated by those who follow.” Rob Graz. More buses! Old Metal Sandon BC – Trolley Bus Overload! The Big Red Bus – Come ride along! They Live: Calgary Transit GMC Fishbowls in 2013 – The last holdouts. If you wish more information on what you’ve seen here, by… (Search hits: 0 in title, 4 in body, 0 in comments.)

…very popular transit bus of the 1960s-1980s era. Some lasted in service into the 2010s (see: They Live! Calgary Transit GMC Fishbowls in 2013. Fishbowl buses were made in both the US and Canada. This example was retired around 1990 and is a less common 35 foot model (most we’re… (Search hits: 0 in title, 4 in body, 0 in comments.)

…be his last. Over the years he’s owned almost a dozen GMC Fishbowls from the 1960s-1980s period. These were similarly a common sight and quite popular among collectors given the ease as which they can be found. Most of Ken’s were ex-Edmonton Transit (booo Edmonton) with one each coming from… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…1960s era GMC L7000 at Pioneer Acres Museum Irricana. The truck is painted up in old Canadian National Railways colours. What’s under the hood… Note the very compact wheelbase. The tail end of GMC’s legendary “Twin Six” engine. Note two distributors. A peek inside the cab. The serial number plate,… (Search hits: 1 in title, 7 in body, 0 in comments.)

…big GMC seen behind. 22) A GMC 9500. This model was produced in the late 1960s and well into the 1970s and was the largest truck the company had at the time. It’s a real serious looking machine – all business. It appears complete. 23) We love funky motorhomes! This… (Search hits: 0 in title, 6 in body, 0 in comments.)

…Since there is a lot to see, each description will be brief (I know, so unlike us) lest this post grow too large and out of control. Now let’s start exploring… 1 above) A row of medium duty trucks, including a GMC (1970s) tanker, International S Series (late 1970s to… (Search hits: 0 in title, 5 in body, 0 in comments.)

…models unique to Canada. An example of that, here’s a Mercury Truck (same one seen earlier). Given the small market in this here country, relatively speaking, makes these a tad uncommon. To the left, a vintage GMC. 23) Mercury trucks are highly collectible. 24) Made by GM Oshawa Ontario, a… (Search hits: 0 in title, 5 in body, 0 in comments.)

…For the longest time they only made lightweight (relatively speaking) cab-overs, but today all they make is conventionals. Sitting atop the engine has fallen out of favour… Keeping them all company is a small one ton farm truck. This is a 1947 GMC farm truck coming in from the Drumheller… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…interlopers, non-Fords, a 1947-1955 era GMC grain truck, perhaps the most common pickup from the era, and beside, a mid-1950s Fargo. The latter was a Dodge with different trim, sold at Plymouth dealers. 5) An International KB from the late 1940s outfitted as a grain truck. There’s that colour again!… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…had a Canadian Factory. 15) A workaday 1970s.1980s GMC Medium Duty. There were made in huge quantities and we see them all the time. In back, a boxcar once involved in a wreck and now an equipment shed, and our old friend Crowsnest Mountain again. 16) This is a 1960s/1970s… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 0 in comments.)

…of production. Being a “28”, it was the longest model the firm made. We’ve seen photos of the shorter ones and they appear oddly stubby and not quite “right”. The chassis for this one is a GMC/Chevrolet and is powered by a “454”, the company’s largest engine at the time…. (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)

…homemade piece of farm machinery. Some kind of sprayer perhaps? Hard to make out what the intentions were of the fellow who built it. The bottom half of the beast is made from a chopped down GMC Kurb-side Van (1950s/1960s era?), the top the cab off another piece of farm… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)

…seen on the sides of the building. This is the last standing Bawlf in the province. Want to know more? Go here: Prairie Sentinels – Woodhouse Alberta – Vandervalk Farm. 1997 GMC C1500: The pride and joy of Daniel, one of the Vandervalk clan, once a plain old farm truck… (Search hits: 0 in title, 1 in body, 0 in comments.)

…Fargo tailgate and other scrap bits. 11) Our old friend, the International KB and beside, a Chevrolet “Advance-Design” (is it me, or does that moniker not flow off the tongue well). This model was in production from 1947-1955 and along with the near identical GMC version was probability the most… (Search hits: 0 in title, 1 in body, 0 in comments.)