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Old September 23rd, 2016, 04:14 PM
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Default 1971 GMC Bus - Toro-Flow DH478

Here is a quick video of my bus. GM only built 510 of these short New Look buses making them the rarest of this well known style of buses. Many were repowered, however mine still retains the DH478 Toro-Flow engine. The aspect ratio of the video is off making the shape of the bus wrong, but you guys will only care about the sound of the engine, right??!

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Old September 24th, 2016, 12:04 AM
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Here is the engine in my bus.
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Old September 24th, 2016, 12:25 AM
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Nice bus
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Great Video and sound! Sure brought back memories of living and Los Angeles and riding the RTD BUS. Now I know what I was hearing.
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Default Re: 1971 GMC Bus - Toro-Flow DH478

Great Little Fishbowl Bus you have there, I only spent 23 years of my life as a transit bus mechanic, worked on a lot of the New Look buses.

We had some 35 footers, and lot of 40 footers, all Detroit Diesel powered, 6V71 & 8V71.

they even have a 1954 GMC classic that has been in TV shows & Movies. its a 671 powered bus.
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The Bus looks fantastic, what year is it? I grew up in San Francisco in the 70's and most of the busses there were the bigger fishbowl GMC's with 8V-71's. I loved the sound of those Detroits and they sure did get up and go, specially when compared to some of the old Mack Diesel inline 6 busses that were really slugs!! I even got a chance when I was 10 years old to ride in a tugboat on the San Francisco Bay that had just been repowered with two 8V-71's. It was an all nighter and I slept less than an hour actually in the engine room It's good to see a DH478 bus though
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Great little bus! Even as a diesel at a certain RPM you still now it's a GMC V6.
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Default Re: 1971 GMC Bus - Toro-Flow DH478

Does anyone have any info or pictures of the turbocharged version they put in busses?
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There is one on Jolly's 6066 GMC Guy Page, look under Toro Flow Diesels
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Does anyone have any info or pictures of the turbocharged version they put in busses?
I've never heard of the turbo version in a bus, at least in a GMC Transit bus.
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