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W.B. Fishbowl
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| NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote: | W.B.
Appreciate the info.
IMHO, regarding non-Old Look-type buses, ""Dangerfields: would have seen more appropriate for Brooklyn, at least at the onset, having more of a stolid "working class" look than a flashy Fishbowl............
"NYO"
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And indeed, Brooklyn was where the first "Dangerfields" all went . . . not a single sliver of them, at the onset, trod the roads of "tony" Manhattan. (Of course, the "museum" buses, thru' 2019 . . . ) |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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| Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2026 5:49 pm Post subject: |
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W.B.:
Interesting...... have always thought of the "Dangerfield" being a "workingman's Fishbowl"; like the "Pattoms", the "Dangerfields" had a distinct "no frills, no flash"appearance, unlike the more flamboyant Fishbowls.
Too.....think of how many Fishbowls had batwings, while only one lobe "sroa" Flexie was evcr equipped with them..............
"NYO"
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W.B. Fishbowl
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| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2026 2:44 pm Post subject: |
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In the past, I put up pics of a "Shik-aga" "Dangerfield" with batwings . . . if any of 'em were assigned to "tony" Manhattan, no doubt some would have had them added on, as the last 200 of the 1965-66 Fishbowl order for " 'stoa" (meaning, 6701-6900) had. |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2026 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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W.B.:
Interesting to consider........
Had "Gee-Em" not produced the Fishbowl, one wonders what a "modern" FLXIBLE transit coach might have looked like.
After all, the Fishbowl inspiration was MORE than obvious in the "Dangerfield".
As we know, through the 60s, the "See-Tee-Yay" was MORE than enamored with the"Dangerfield"; it was not until the 70s that new Fishbowls were purchased............
"NYO"
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W.B. Fishbowl
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| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2026 5:47 pm Post subject: |
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| NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629 wrote: | W.B.:
Interesting to consider........
Had "Gee-Em" not produced the Fishbowl, one wonders what a "modern" FLXIBLE transit coach might have looked like.
After all, the Fishbowl inspiration was MORE than obvious in the "Dangerfield".
As we know, through the 60s, the "See-Tee-Yay" was MORE than enamored with the"Dangerfield"; it was not until the 70s that new Fishbowls were purchased............
"NYO"
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Might've looked more like Mack's final "new" bus. From the pics you'd linked to in the past. |
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NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629
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| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2026 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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W.B.:
See:
https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?153145
(courtesy:nycsubway.org)
*Note the destination sign; this was from an "INTER-CITY coach.
This line (JSQ-Paterson) ran by our old apartment building back in the 60s; Mom nd I used it a number oof times over the years.
The libe akso used ACF-BRILLs and WHITES (two models) through the 60s.................
"NYO"
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