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Books : Welcome Aboard the GM New Look Bus (An Enthusiast's Reference)In association with Amazon.comby: John Mckane  List Price: $32.95 Amazon.com's Price: $25.70 You Save: $7.25 (22%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 629.22233 EAN: 9781583881675 ISBN: 1583881670 Label: Iconografix, Inc. Manufacturer: Iconografix, Inc. Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 128 Publication Date: May 15, 2006 Publisher: Iconografix, Inc. Studio: Iconografix, Inc. Sales Rank: 875324 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: The General Motors Corporation will be remembered as one of the most important industrial organizations of the Twentieth Century. Although primarily known for its automotive products, it was best known in the surface passenger transportation industry for its intercity highway and urban transit buses. After the end of World War II, it improved its products and gained a virtual monopoly in the bus building business. The Truck & Coach Division of General Motors developed many designs that became industry standards. Arguably, the most notable design was the series known as the "New Look" bus for transit and suburban service. It first appeared in 1959, and the design was quite a radical departure from the models GM had produced since 1940. The New Look design continued in production basically unchanged for over 27 years, and didn't receive a face-lift until 1995 (that being the Classic produced in Canada). In many ways, it truly was the first "ADB", Advanced Design Bus. This is the story of how the New Look bus came to be, a discussion of its construction, and the many variations that comprised the New Look series. Average Rating:
 Rating: - This Book does the GMC fishbowl "New Look" bus Justice!I am an avid American bus fan and model bus collector and have almost every book written on American buses from the last 10-15 years (since the 1990s), started off by the Iconografix series of "photo archives" that a great man in the bus industry and bus enthusiast circles, Mr. William "Bill" Luke started. I want to say that this GMC New Look book is definitely a must have for any transit bus fan. Its is by far the most accurate and complete history of the most famous and prolific ... Read More Rating: - Great Book on an Overlooked American IconThis book is a highly interesting overview of the New Look "Fishbowl" bus that was so ubiquitous in American cities from the 60's until the early 90'. All four 'Generations' of the New Look bus are documented, along with sub-classes and unusual variations built for specific transit agencies. I never knew there was a steam-powered New Look, or one built with doors on both sides! The extra 25 pages in color are definitely a nice touch! The book also gives the reader a history of the New Look's predecessors, ... Read More Rating: - My favorite bus bookThis has quickly become my favorite bus book. The historical aspects of the development of the New Look bus and its place in North American transit history are fascinating to read, but just as fun are the various notes about spotting differences between each 'generation' during the coach's 27-year production run that appealed to the enthusiast in me. The authors also did a very nice job covering the various oddball New Looks built over the years such as the 30-foot shorties, the 60-foot articulated buses ... Read More Rating: - GM New Look busA well researched high quality work on this important part of the American Transportation scene for 30 years. Now we need a companion volume on the Yellow/GM "old Look" buses. Rating: - Very interesting!This book has great photos as well as very interesting history of the New Look bus, the pictures are very well done, and do the subject good. I would and do recommend this book very highly Browse for similar items by category:
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