i will be 40 this year i was born in 1983 i remember being in High school we had some 1999 Chevy Mid Bus with same sounding Engine good times and they were gas Powered

When I was a kid in the 90's, one school district still had an old 79 Ford bus. It was in the "boneyard," meaning it was a backup bus they used if other buses were broke down, and it was the last one they'd use. I rode it two or three times. It was old bus 1, and it had been the one my Grandfather had driven new when he was a school bus driver in the same district. He retired in either 80 or 81.

I noticed that. Interestingly, some of the later gas powered Internationals had this for a few years. Our town’s bus fleet had a few.

I rode on 4 of them when I was younger

engine is a 427 ;)

I agree! There's another video that was made with this bus, a few months ago and I said the same thing that you did. As a result, we have this video. Hopefully there will be more including driving on the highway and even the sound of straight cut gears. To be honest, I have no idea what I just said there, but I know what it sounds like.

Nice, 427 heh the other option, well the price of gas makes driving it a more of a pain of course, when I was going to school back in grade 2 in 1988 there were many around but it was these gas buses that got me into cars at an early age and I was always amazed that they were gas engines almost like the old chevy gmc half tons basically hauling around that much more weight and yes they were an industrial version engine made for working all day heh, tall deck more torque focused lower revving. Nice v8 sound at the end.

I seen that vid too a few months ago, I'll keep checking for more vids there's a guy on KZfaq Corvairwild type in "366 chuggin uphill and it's an old gmc dump truck that sounds like your bus heh

@@ericrichard858 I remember hearing the same sound out of trucks in the 80s and possibly the 90s, as I was growing up in Toronto. I went to a summer camp for the blind up in Muskoka and they had a white activity bus (also a Blue Bird) which also sounded like this and I only had a chance to ride in it twice. The second time was going horseback riding and on the way back, there was the sound of straight cut gears, which I had mentioned in my previous reply. Unfortunately, the fan was on and blocking out some of the noise of the engine and the whine. I've never thought to ask how they drive like that and that slowly, with a Standard to make that noise.

Omg me too! I couldn't tell you what model year it was but I remember this sound from my elementary years in the early 90s. It brings back memories of field trips!

Yes!

I don't think they were common then

@@nicolemclucas7578 In 79? Most Fort Worth ISD busses (International Loadstars) were Allison automatics by then.

@@MisterMikeTexas where I lived they didn't start using automatic transmissions on the buses until late 80s

@@MisterMikeTexas we had the same buses as this one, but without the poles

As a youngster, I remember riding in a wayne gmc automatic school bus model. True. Thomas, the bus company, had a GMC school bus model, and it was an automatic too. It was 1988.