Another one rides the bus.....

[poltr1]

Earlier today, someone on one of the Facebooks groups I'm on mentioned old school buses. And it reminded me of my bus riding experience.

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[poltr1]

This is what the front grille of the Superior buses of the 1950s and early 1960s looked like. They used the International Harvester R-185 chassis. To a 5-year-old, this looked pretty darn scary.
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/52/96/72/5296725e430772b5e84b1c8f8f34af69.jpg

And here's a little more info on that model:
http://tractors.wikia.com/wiki/International_R-185

[poltr1]

The front grille of the 1960s and early 1970s buses (with the Carpenter Body body) looked something like this:
http://www.goheartland.com/VintageVehicles/stationwagons/62InternationalBus1.jpg

The chassis used for those buses was the International Harvester Loadstar, which was made from 1962-1979.