On This Date In 1976...

Описание: ...Bob Mayer Road-Tested a Metrobus

WTVJ's Bob Mayer anchored newscasts and reported news ranging from breaking stories to scientific and medical breakthroughs -- and he exposed restaurants that weren't as clean as they should have been. Mayer also test-drove new cars and reported his findings. From Cadillacs and Lincolns to Mustangs to K-Cars, Mayer drove them all.

But on June 18, 1976 WTVJ aired what may have been Bob Mayer's biggest test drive: A 1977 AM General bus, soon to be added to Metro Transit's fleet.

Mayer rated the "futuristic-looking" bus, with its "cavernous interior" seating forty-seven people, pretty highly. He even thought it drove well, although power steering would have been a plus. Gas mileage -- four miles per gallon -- would have been pretty dismal for a passenger car. But for a bus? Maybe not so bad?

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This clip is derived from news video in the WTVJ Collection. Accession number 035-45; airdate June 18, 1976.