Our district had only Blue Bird Fords. Lee Goering the bus supt. wouldn't have it any other way. I'm younger than you all - ours were mid 60's Fords with a manual stop sign. Those signs never seemed to have enough grease to keep them from squeaking. Lee ordered every bus optioned as a 66 passenger with the 4x2 trans. All of the drivers were farm wives. I remember that in 1974 the district needed 4 new buses but the Ford plant was on strike. We got Loadstars. Man they stuck out like a sore thumb! As a farm kid there were many times that I had to walk back to get the tractor and a log chain in the winter. I can't imagine folks today letting a 10 year old pull out a stuck bus with kids on it. When I started driving bus I had a 1979 Ford with the 390 (unit 12). Took it in for an oil change and they said "this bus can't ever leave this lot again". It had a crack running all the way across the firewall. They were surprised the whole front end didn't fall off. I know just which dirt road killed old 12. It was washboards from stop sign to stop sign. Poor old 12 just tore herself apart. Then I got a 1986 Ford (31) and ran her up to 131,000 miles. It had the 370. Kind of a gutless wonder but awful fast. With her in high axle 75 was nothing to her. Course, that was empty on the country blacktop, so I had room to build up speed on the way home. Then I got an '87 Ford (9). She had the 429 but an Allison Automatic. It seems district insurance got tired of putting left knees and hips in all of the old ladies. As far as I am concerned Fords are junk, but they do know how to make heavy duty stuff. I wouldn't drive any other bus but a Ford.
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