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1959 Mack MV-620-D Demo Bus for Greyhound Bus Lines
The rarest of the rare. A one of a kind prototype 1959 Mack MV-620-D built for Greyhound. Make sure you look at all the pictures-I saved the best for last!
The bronze trim is reminiscent of the trim used by the MCI MC5.
Can't mistaken this for anything other than a Mack.
Side view. This bus was/is very impressive.
Dashboard of the Mack. With the exception of the steering wheel, the instrument panel is similar to the PD4104.
Here's the Mack ID plaque. It's in the same location as on the GM's.
Interior of the Mack. Notice the lavatory is on the drivers side.
Check out the Mack bulldog on the drivers seat.
Surprise! If this isn't the Batmobile of buses-I don't know what is.
A different angle of the rear.
Check out the fins man. All it's missing is the "continental" spare tire kit.
Bus photos submitted by: Classic Bus
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Dec 14, 2006 | 12:55 pmAt present I am a Motor Coach Operator with a local company. That career began back in early 1989.
Prior and earlier to that however, I worked briefly (in 1971 or so) with CDTA in Schenectady, NY. At that time, their garage was on Albany Street-the former location of Nationwide Tours. The Mack Prototype was long gone by that time, but I heard a fair amount of talk about it from a few on the "oldtimers." Most of our fleet consisted of new Flexibles, and one old GMC "old look."
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Jun 24, 2010 | 6:27 pm
This bus is still running, and has its original Mack engine in it. I photographed it at a truck show this summer in New Stanton, PA
Originally posted on January 31, 2009 8:26:17 PM EST
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Jun 24, 2010 | 6:28 pm
What powers this beast? 8V71?
Originally posted on March 29, 2009 9:34:41 PM EDT
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Jun 24, 2010 | 6:29 pm
The first Mack was a bus.
Originally posted on June 22, 2009 12:09:30 PM EDT
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Jun 24, 2010 | 6:30 pm
This bus was my fathers bus a long time ago , I have a picture of it when he is selling it to a man I believe was from Pa , this is not the only experimental mack bus my father owned , ther was one called a D model and only 1 was ever built it was a single axle.
Originally posted on August 8, 2009 5:57:00 PM EDT
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Jun 24, 2010 | 7:15 pm
IIRC the Mack bus is still in existence. I actually "worked" on it one evening in the 1970s as an electrical engineer.
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Jun 25, 2010 | 2:03 pm
Yeah my dad worked on designing the mechanical areas of these when he worked at Mack between 1956 and 1985
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Sep 03, 2010 | 12:09 pm
i was surprised that Greyhound di any thng with mack at that time for I thought they were strickly GM with theSceinacruier
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Nov 02, 2011 | 3:38 pm
I believe this bus was powered by a Sandia-based Thermodyne V8, like what they used in the F-700 series tractors for awhile. I put a lot of miles on F-600 and F-700 Macks hauling stage and lighting equipment in 40' Fruehauf furniture vans with "doughnut" tires. Triplex transmissions...5 X 3, VERY old school, even in the '70s. The Macks were crude tractors, but VERY tough and reliable.
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Nov 02, 2011 | 3:43 pm
Uh, no, Mack's first product was a bus. Macks were fairly common in the transit biz up into the '50s. Muni Rwy in San Fran ran a huge fleet of Macks dating from the early '50s and ran them, and some Brills, into the late '70s. The Macks had Thermodyne pancakes running Spicer two speeds similar to what Flxible used. You could hear a Mack coming by the whistle of the turbo if it was still in low range.
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That is an interesting looking Bus,I have never seen one like it,Never knew Mack built buses,Thanks for those pics!!