George- Sorry to hear of your loss of your long time friend, and also a well known record holder. As you may known my old company, Hurst Performance was very active with the Summer Bros. Goldenrod.
I found this reference: Mechanic working on a bus engine at the Tennessee Coach Company garage in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, photographed by Esther Bubley in 1943. Jon's Trailways History Corner mentions Yellow Coach and Aerocoach, so maybe an engine from one of these: Tennessee Coach Company Bus Station Additional pictures and information from Jon's Trailways History Corner, https://cw42.tripod.com/Jon-5.html After the Fageols, Tennessee Coach turned to front engine ACF parlor buses, but in the mid-30's, when ACF redesigned their coaches with underfloor engines, Tennessee Coach began buying from Yellow Coach. The attached picture of number 66, a 1934 Yellow Coach type "V," arrived in time to introduce service on their newest route, over US Hwy.. 411 between Knoxville and Atlanta. The colors on the buses through these years was blue and white. Up through 1947, after an early brush with Yellow Coach diesels, the company had purchased 77 Aerocoaches, however, in 1945, a fleet of GM PDA-3702 diesels arrived and after 1947, only GM diesels would be purchased until 1961, when the first Eagles arrived. The following picturs are more recent than 1943.
Another picture by the same photographer, maybe taken at the same garage. A mechanic rebuilding a bus engine at the TCC garage in Knoxville, 1943 by Esther Bubley
What year and make of car with that bumper? @Ron Funkhouser In the OKC area back in the 30s... Both photos went together as far as our family members can remember. Hello, The original house where Great Grandfather grew up in OKC in the 1930’s was hard to find. Memories were that it was a huge house. (near 18th Street in the NW area... Is it still there?) We could not find it when we were in OKC back in 2002. We spent one day finding the old elementary school, several houses, but this big house was and still is a mystery. Then, as we were organizing old photos found in different family albums, a photo of an old roadster with an unusual front bumper popped up. My wife said her mom told her it was one of the roadsters her dad had back in the late 20s into the 30s in OKC. This is the car that went with this house and family in 1930's. Jnaki With a face like this, who wouldn't want to step on the gas for some thrilling speed? In Norman and Oklahoma City, this roadster probably drove all around the countryside. It was probably doing what we did with our hot rods and cruisers, today. Except that, they had 4 cylinders and funny looking wheels, but miles and miles of empty roads with less traffic than today. It was “two seater time” until the family started to grow. Then, it was ditch the roadster or RPU and get a real family sedan for the daily drives. Hot rodding was probably done, but the great grandfather never let on that he jammed the pedal on those empty highways in the 40s and 50s. But, we saw him back up fast in a narrow driveway at his last house in central Orange County on Christmas vacation. Not a scratch on his sedan. Our extended family had relatives all over the Norman-Oklahoma City region. Some are still around in their houses from back in those 40s days. My wife grew up in one big house in OKC and walked to school… “through rain and snow, daily…” to her elementary school, Putnam Heights Elementary. Her family went back and forth from So Cal to OKC and ended up in 1955 with a two door Chevy v8 sedan for those long trips. We have all heard the old timers tell about walking to school in the rain and snow… Well, it was done in this area with regularity in the late 40s and 50s. But, hot rodding in those 20s cars and early 30s roadsters /RPUs is a not what you would find in a family photo album or notes. As human nature has shown us, though, there is always the “need for speed…” Yea! Great, great grandpa!
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