Why not gasser rear enging?
What is against rear engine gassers, and front engine diesels? Just wondering? Same goes for the common pickup truck diesels in the rear?
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bluwtr49 wrote:
I have to think the overheating with a rear gasser can't be that big of a deal. The old Flexible buses had a rear engine Packard I-8 and ran just fine...those puppies got a lot of miles on them.
Back in 1961 when I was in college a local guy had several of those old Flxible buses to service students from small towns in the adjacent areas.
I think he bought them from Greyhound or Trailways when they retired them from regular service. I was told they had straight-8 Buick engines, if I remember correctly.
I do remember a few beakdowns, but no telling how many miles those old classics had on them. I believe the owner used to buy engines from the junkyard when he needed them to keep costs down.
I drove one of them for a while. I didn't have to pay the $15 per month fee when I was a driver. He didn't require anything but a regular driver's license. I don't know if it was legal or not, but we got by.
Ah, the good ole days.
