Day: June 15, 2017

I was so taken by the Gillig bus in the previous post that I had to do some research.  Discovered that Gillig opened for business making carriages in 1890, was designing custom bodies by 1906  and started making school buses in 1932.  Check out the Gillig website here and here.   Haven’t yet nailed down the date or specs of the Gillig in my photographs, but I suspect that it dates from the late 50s or early 60s, based on its dual headlights (Detroit started putting dual headlights on some cars in 1957 and 1958, if memory serves).  Research continues …