About Fun Fleet Bus #5400
Some Specs
#5400
Vin: TDH-5301-3428
Built in August 1962 for Indianapolis Transit System, IN
First generation
102 inches wide/40 feet long. two door push
6V71 Detroit/Allison VH-2 transmission
53 seats, National seats
Added to Fun Fleet
This bus was purchased from Indianapolis Transit System in 1978. This was my first forty-footer and wide body bus. I was very excited. A few years earlier I had borrowed a 5301 from Community Charter. It was an ex Santa Monica 5307. I really liked that bus as it had all the cool features of a 5301; getting 5400, then, was exciting to me.
More on 5400
Fun Fleet Bus #5400 was Indianapolis 1404 originally. I actually bought two buses and drove them back to California. Unfortunately, the other one had an engine failure due to a bad vernatherm valve.
A Bus "Train" Horn
I also installed a Nathan 5-chime horn on 5400 and had a lot of fun installing and designing the system to run it.
Train Bell
I also put on a train bell. It was fun.
Upholstery Upgrade
Upholstery Upgrade
I also re-upholstered this bus with green seats.