Last year I posted pictures of TT school buses from New Zealand.

I have located the following extra pictures which I have enlarged parts of to show the 'period accessory' suspension 'enhancements'.

Note around the front springs:









Cheers
Adrian

Well, lets try the this time with the pictures

This would be 1925, that year rego plates were made in the USA. Due to US rules, they had to include a state on them - pretty silly as they were for export. Anyway,"NZ" was added for that year - but the matter was sorted for 1926 and after.

Cheers
Adrian

There is a Model TT school bus at Mt Pleasant, Iowa. The wooden body has the name Blue Bird on it. Until recently Blue Bird was a major manufacturer of school buses with a factory in Eastern Indiana. I am guessing they were purchased by another company who has kept the same body design. Some of their buses still bear the name Blue Bird. They are quite a challenge to put two way radios in.
I love the leather straps on the pictures above. One way of limiting the movement of the front spring.

Intresting, I was wonering what the straps were for

Blue Bird is still in business and doing fine. They are based in Georgia. They built Model T buses in their first year of operation, 1927.

Link to company history:

http://www.blue-bird.com/general.aspx?id=66&quickid=68

ok, what is the reason for the lerher belts around the front crossmenber and axle? I have seen this many different time.

Tyrone, I don't really know about the reasoning for the straps on these busses, but in my experience, the heavy duty oilfield and off road trucks had a sort of limiting strap, chain or cable. Supposedly this would pick up the axle, wheels and tires on that side and help keep it from turning over, seemed to help in my experience, probably helped keep the busses from rocking and rolling, they were top heavy.

Say that is a good answer Grady. thank you.