About Fun Fleet Bus #D104
Some Specs
#D104
Vin: TDM-4517-002
Built March 1960 for Zanetti Bus Lines, WY
First generation
96 inches wide/35 feet long, single door
6V71 Detroit/4 speed manual transmission
45 seats
A Pair Delivered to Zanetti
I purchased #D104 from Zanetti Bus Lines in Rick Springs, Wy. Now this was a very unusual fishbowl, and I was lucky to find it. It had a blown engine, so I had it towed to California. Interestingly enough, the owner, Mr. Zanetti, was close to retirement. He ran this bus line that took people to the mines in that area. He tells me that the GM rep stopped by in late 1959 bragging about the new GM "New Look Bus". Mr. Zanetti told him, "I will take two". The rep simply would not take him seriously, so Zanetti got him drunk over dinner and the order was made. The rep could not believe a small bus company in Wyoming would order these buses.
A Pair Delivered to Zanetti
Anyway, the pair of buses were delivered to Zanetti Bus Lines in March 1960. #D103 was wrecked in a head-on collision not long after delivery. These were single door buses with forward facing hi-back seats. The story was that GM had not come up with the suburban style buses yet. Mr. Zanetti insisted that D104 was a Suburban, but it was not. It was a standard transit single door. Only 6 of these buses were built. I overhauled the engine and updated the bus to my standards. D104 never gave me much trouble thereafter.
When and Where Did it Go
Fun Fleet bus #D104 was sold to a private party.
Fun Fleet Bus D104 photo album
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