1950 GMC TDH 5103 'Old Look'

1950 GMC TDH 5103 in A Millionaire for Christy, Movie, 1951 IMDB

Class: Bus, Single-deck — Model origin: US

1950 GMC TDH 5103 'Old Look'

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supcoach US

◊ 2021-04-17 00:35

 GMC "Old Look"

CougarTim US

◊ 2021-04-17 00:55

 Pacific Electric livery:

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A volatile time in Los Angeles public transit, with buses taking the place of streetcars.

Looks like #2789. Pacific Electric buses #2701-2889 were the first TDH-5103s:

Quote Pacific Electric was the very first Customer of new GM product. The company received 125 new TDH-5103 buses between July and September 1950 and ordered 65 more for delivery in 1951 as part of the system modernization which costed $7 million. Buses arrived in the new red and silver 'teardrop' livery and were the first Pacific Electric buses to have two-piece front destination signs. New buses were used to replace electric cars on eight suburban and interurban routes during 1950 and 1951.


Link to "www.sptc-spb.ru"

https://cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php/Pacific_Electric_Railway - Lists #2701-2824 as having serial numbers 0002-0125.

Lateef NO

◊ 2021-04-17 11:40

 Excellent research. I feel that the decommission of the streetcars was rushed and just one of many factors in the aesthetic decline of Los Angeles.

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