Busketeer

 
 

In the fall of 2022 I noticed that a wooded parcel of land containing old vehicles and things seemingly abandoned was being cleared. Slowly as brush, vines and trash was removed something long hidden began to appear... As this land was only 5 blocks from my home I was able to watch as an old bus began to be revealed. But, why should I care?


I was born in Pontiac, Michigan on December 17, 1943. My father was employed by Yellow Coach company as a photographer. About that time the Yellow Coach company was renamed to be the Truck and Coach Division of General Motors Corporation. Dad photographed the Greyhound buses being build by GMC. When I was 4-5 years old, I got to go on a job to photo a new model PD3751 Greyhound with Dad. My job was to carry his bag of flashbulbs. I remember how big and how shiny that bus was! The photos above reveal such a Greyhound PD3751.

 

My name is David G. Brader and I live in Port Hadlock, Washington state.

In 2023 I took on the stewardship for this 1947 Greyhound bus. Of the PD3751 model series this bus is coach # 782. It served in early days out of the Chicago Greyhound garage and in its last days out of the San Francisco Greyhound garage where the Detroit Diesel 6-71 engine was rebuilt in 1964. I have chosen to name the bus, “Busketeer.”

The Story of a 1947 Greyhound Bus (PD3751-782)