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Bus of the Day: July 15, 2015; Boley '05 International CE School Bus
Topic Started: Jul 15 2015, 02:46 AM (1,829 Views)
Dean-o-mite
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Today's car of the day is from Harvestman's collection, and is Boley's 2005 International CE School Bus.


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IC Bus is an American bus manufacturer headquartered in Lisle, Illinois. A wholly owned subsidiary of Navistar International Corporation, IC specializes in school buses and multi-function school activity buses (MFSABs). In addition, the company produces shuttle buses, and commercial transit buses derived from their school bus designs. The company was established in 2002 as Navistar reorganized its subsidiary bus manufacturer American Transportation Corporation (AmTran). Through AmTran, IC traces its roots back to the 1933 founding of Ward Body Works in Conway, Arkansas. The IC company name is an abbreviation of Integrated Coach (previously Chassis), alluding to the single corporate structure (Navistar International) that produces the bus body, chassis, and much of the powertrain. All buses are produced with Navistar International chassis and engines (the latter, prior to 2015), and all bodies are produced at the IC manufacturing facility in Tulsa, Oklahoma.



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For 2005, coinciding with the introduction of the International 3300, the first all-new conventional school bus chassis by International since 1979, IC updated the body of the CE with a modernized drivers compartment and a larger dashboard; a number of controls were integrated into the steering wheel. To streamline production, the roofcaps of the CE were added to the FE and RE-Series; the high-headroom version of the RE-Series became standard. Unlike its competitors, IC and its Ward/AmTran predecessors owned relatively little market share outside of yellow school bus production; to expand into new markets, IC introduced two new product ranges for 2006. Based on a cutaway cab version of the International Durastar, the HC-Series was a range of shuttle buses while the LC-Series was a low-floor bus aimed at paratransit customers. To further reach into the school bus market, IC introduced the BE-Series, a low-GVWR version of the CE. While nearly based entirely on the CE-Series, the BE was designed as an alternative for buses based on cutaway vans; it was marketed towards operators transporting young children and special-needs students. Unlike van-based school buses, the BE was designed with a flat floor without rear wheelwells. In April 2009, the company changed its name again, this time to IC Bus.



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69Stang
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What a good looking bus!!!!
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cody6268
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I'm guessing this is an HO scale one?

The school bus I rode in during my short stint in public school during kindergarten was much like this one, and those same buses are what's used by the county today.

Really well detailed! I think I have to get one for some reason, even though I don't collect school buses.
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juantoo3
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Looks good!
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pjedsel
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:thumbup: Awesome looking school bus...and so much for my theory of a foreign bus theme...well at least it is still buses. Yes, the Boley models are 1/87th (HO scale) and very nicely done. I like the extra detail with the front mirrors and other items. School buses are popular models...with many of us having ridden on a few of them over the years.
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Pegers
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i like the look of the wheel hubs...
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JeepXJLover
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Makes me car sick just looking at it. I get major car sick and worse so on buses.
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ivantt
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Most excellent detail for HO scale. I have some HO vehicles, but no school bus looking this good.
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Hobie-wan
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This is really nice and detailed. I have a Boley International cab missing the cement bits off the back but the details are really great. The wheels really stand out on that one too.
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pjedsel
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:thumbup: The Boley school bus won1 Oh the memories of bouncing around in some of those old school buses - wonder if the ride has improved any?
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microbuss
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where is the stop sign?
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Harvestman
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Aug 2 2015, 07:45 AM
where is the stop sign?
Broken off, sadly...the previous owner was a little too rough with it.
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