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  • Tiny House
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  • sell your converted bus online
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  • skoolie bus conversion
  • bus camper conversion
  • bus conversion classifieds
  • advertise in bus conversion magazine
  • RV conversion meetups
  • bus conversion events
  • bus camper conversion
  • sell your converted bus online
  • bus conversion membership
  • bus conversion magazine
  • bus conversion membership
  • vanlife and buslife community events
  • Truck Conversions
  • RV conversion meetups
  • skoolie bus conversion
  • bus conversion membership
  • bus camper conversion
  • advertise in bus conversion magazine
  • converted buses for sale
  • converted buses for sale
  • bus conversion magazine
  • advertise in bus conversion magazine
  • bus conversion forum
  • bus conversion events
  • skoolies for sale
  • RV conversion meetups
  • sell your converted bus online
  • Truck Conversions
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  • bus conversion membership
  • RV conversion meetups
  • bus camper conversion
  • advertise in bus conversion magazine
  • sell your converted bus online
  • bus conversion events
  • bus camper conversion
  • sell your converted bus online
  • bus conversion magazine
  • bus conversion forum
  • advertise in bus conversion magazine
  • vanlife and buslife community events
  • bus conversion magazine
  • converted buses for sale
  • converted buses for sale
  • bus conversion events
  • advertise in bus conversion magazine
  • bus conversion forum
  • bus camper conversion
  • Truck Conversions
  • bus conversion classifieds
  • vanlife and buslife community events
  • bus conversion membership
  • bus conversion membership
  • Tiny House
  • skoolie bus conversion
  • skoolie bus conversion
  • RV conversion meetups
  • bus conversion membership
  • skoolies for sale
  • RV conversion meetups
  • sell your converted bus online
  • Truck Conversions
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PD-3751, PD-4151

3751

When Greyhound plans for a revolutionary postwar bus design did not materialize, 2,000 buses of the familiar prewar Silversides pattern were ordered from General Motors and delivered in 1947 and 1948 to replace older buses exhausted by World War II.

The classic Silversides, known for the aluminum fluted siding, formed the first large fleet of diesel-powered buses. They incorporated some mechanical improvements over the prewar buses but were quite similar in appearance. Following automotive design of the times, the Silversides had the gear shift mounted on the steering column. The majority were the 37-passenger model PD-3751 of which 1,643 were produced and the remainder were the 41-passenger PD-4151 of which there were 357. All were delivered to Greyhound companies or affiliates.

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Information from the Bus World Encyclopedia of Buses - 1988

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