The Scenicruiser was one of my favorite buses to drive.  The visibility out the front was super and the
ride was that of floating through space because you sat so far out in front of the front wheels.  The  
looks of the bus was highly impressive and it carried a tremendous load of baggage and express in the
huge baggage bins.  It seated 43 people, 10 downstairs and 33 up stairs.  There was a restroom
downstairs on the right just before you went upstairs.

The Silverside is the bus that really made Greyhound.  It was very plush inside and when the air
conditioner was working it was a very quiet and comfortable bus to ride in.  Greyhound had GM build
this bus to their specifications and it was the Icon of Greyhound for many years.  On the highway it
handled beautifully, but in town it took two men and a boy to turn into city streets.  There was no power
steering and the slower you were going, the harder it was to turn the steering wheel.  When you opened
the door your hand could be mashed between the gear shift and the door handle if you weren't careful.  
The Silverside was the love of my life tho, as it was the first Greyhound bus I ever drove.

These were the buses being used at the time I started driving for Greyhound.  The PD 4103 was a
lightweight bus with no restroom.  The earlier models had corrugated aluminum siding like the
Silverside.  The aluminum was taken off on the last models produced during WWII. The PD 4103 had no
power steering but it was so light on the front end it didn't need it.  It was a fine driving bus.

The PD 4104 ( Highway Traveler )  was the next model to come out and they were the pride of the fleet
at the time, however, they had no rest room.  I think the 4104 was the forerunner of the MCI Series.  It
sort of looked like the MC 5 but had rounded corners on the front top of the bus and had a five
passenger seat in the rear with no restroom.  Maybe Greyhound designed the MCI's after it.  The PD
4104 only lasted a couple years and then came the MCI's with restrooms.  The MCI Series started after
I began my career with Greyhound so I watched it mature.
MY BOOK
"MEMOIRS OF A GREYHOUND BUS DRIVER"
Front and rear covers of my book
Silverside
Scenicruiser
Last PD 4103's built
Early Model PD 4103
I was on a Charter in Death Valley when I saw Lady Bird Johnson
dinning in the next room.  Being the outgoing person I am, I asked
if I could have my picture taken with her and she granted me my
wish.  The FBI looked me over carefully but did not interfere.
The Flex Clipper was a 28 passenger bus driven by a big Buick V-8 gas engine.  It was on its way out of
the Greyhound fleet when I started my career with Greyhound.  There was only one or two around and I
was fortunate to get to drive one from Stockton into San Francisco before they disappeared all together.
   
PD-4104
Flex-Clipper
These two pictures are of the model, MC-5, the beginning of the popular MCI Series.  This particular bus is
the one I drove to Alaska in 1971 with the Lodi Travel Club on a 21 day charter.  Notice the dirt on the sides
of the bus from driving on the gravel road.  At the time the Alaska Highway was all gravel until you reached
the Alaska State line.  Actually the front-end of the MC-5 looks like the PD-4104.  The big change was the
squared-up look at the rear end of the bus and of course the addition of the restroom in all the MCI models.