About Fun Fleet But #6709
Some Specs
#6709
Vin: TDH-4519-1956
Built in February 1967 for Wichita Metropolitan Transit District
Second generation
96 inches wide/35 feet long. To door, rear push style
6V71 Detroit/Allison VH-9 transmission
45 seats, American seats
Added to Fun Fleet
This bus was purchased from Wichita metropolitan Transit District. For the Fun Fleet collection to be complete, I had to have a second generation 35-foot series and this bus fit the bill. I drove it back to California. The bus later had a transmission problem, but I changed it and ran it in the collection for many years.
When and Where Did it Go?
Fun Fleet bus #6709 was sold for scrap.
Some upgrade to 8V71 history
Big motor in a little bus
This bus was a second-generation series but these was an update in 1967. GM was about to introduce the 8V71 Detroit Diesel for fishbowls. They had to modify the power plant by lowering it several inches. This was done on all models, including the 35-foot buses. In addition, the bumpers were redesigned whereas the front and rear were the same. All buses produced after that were modified and this one was an example of that change.