Flyer 700/800/900 series
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The Flyer 700/800/900 series were a series of transit buses built in three generations by Western Flyer and its successors Flyer Industries and New Flyer, of Canada, between 1967 and 1987. Except for
Top: Flyer D700A leading a D800 in Vancouver (1984) Bottom: Flyer D901 and GM New Look in Oakland
Vancouver Flyer D700A and D800 buses in 1984
"Fishbowl" windshield on E800 at Seashore Trolley Museum. D/E700 and 800 windshields are largely identical.
Flyer E700A in Toronto (1987). Note slanted side windows.
GM New Look bus
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The GM New Look bus is a municipal transit bus that was introduced in 1959 by the Truck and Coach Division of General Motors to replace the company's previous coach, retroactively known as the GM "old
Flyer 700/800/900 series
…Flyer, which previously had manufactured exclusively suburban over-the-road coaches until then. It closely resembled the contemporaneous and popular GM New Look bus, including the multi-pane "fishbowl"-style windshield and parallelogram-shaped side windows. The D700 subsequently was licensed to AM General in 1970…
A GM "New Look" bus model T6H-5307N in service for the TTC (2008)
A restored GM "New Look" bus of the former New York Bus Service (now the MTA)
AC Transit mechanics examine the 6V71 engine of bus no. 976
"Suburban" interior with high-back seats and "dropped" center floor