Agreement was reached to build GM's model TDH-3610 under license (but with diesel-electric propulsion, similar to that used for the TDE-40xx models), and production was assigned to ZIS (Zavod imeni Stalina: literally Plant named after Stalin) where it became their model number 154. Soviet versions ZIS-154 Ī 16 kopek Soviet stamp issued in 1976 showing a ZIS-154 bus.įollowing World War II, cities in the Soviet Union needed a modern transit bus.
Note that Yellow Coach realigned all models to series 05 in 1941.ġ02 inches (2.6 m) wide built only for California operatorsįor the City of New York used a 4509 chassis All buses are 96 inches wide unless noted. The following buses are listed by ascending model number.
Manual and automatic transmissions were available, with the Spicer angle-drive two-speed transmission being used on automatic-equipped buses built prior to 1948. Most "old-look" buses were powered with the Detroit Diesel 6-71 inline six-cylinder diesel engine, the exceptions being the shorter models that were powered by the four-cylinder version of the same diesel engine, and buses that were equipped with gasoline engines. Unlike most earlier buses, the GM "old-look" bus was built using a monocoque design, rather than a body-on-frame design, and it helped shepherd the change from gasoline to diesel-powered buses.
The GM "old-look" bus was somewhat streamlined in appearance (resembling the PCC streetcar in styling), similar in shape to a loaf of sandwich bread, and had windows that were smaller than those found on more modern bus designs produced after the 1950s. The "old-look" name is an unofficial retronym applied to this series of GM buses after the release of the GM New-Look series. Approximately 38,000 "old-look" buses were built during the 29-year production run. Production of most "old-look" models was stopped upon the release of the GM New-Look bus in 1959, however some smaller "old-look" models continued to be built until 1969. The Yellow Coach badge gave way to the GM nameplate in 1944. Yellow Coach was an early bus builder that was partially owned by General Motors (GM) before being purchased outright in 1943 and folded into the GM Truck Division to form the GM Truck & Coach Division.
The GM "old-look" transit bus was a transit bus that was introduced in 1940 by Yellow Coach beginning with the production of the model TG-3201 bus.