Odds and Ends

There are a number of things about #739 that came to light during last week's work. After its days running between San Francisco International Airport and Travis Air Force Base in the late 1960s and early 1970s, it must have been sold to a charter company that retrofitted it into what we might call a 'party bus' today.

For those of you who really know their Scenicruiser history, the GX-2 prototype that preceded the familiar Scenicruiser had semi-circular lounge seating in the back with a table. And that's exactly what you find today in #739!

Apparently the driver could, if not party while driving, at least light up a cigarette. That was added to the dashboard where one of the original left engine gauges resided. Maybe that could be used to plug in a GPS unit, unless, of course, it's still a 12V positive ground system. I wonder how you tell?

However, it's clear that in the state of California, at least in certain areas, while Greyhound was running the Travis AFB shuttle, smoking was not allowed.