1956 Disney Studios Omnibus

1956 Disney Studios Omnibus in Saving Mr. Banks, Movie, 2013

Class: Bus, Double-deck — Model origin:

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Junkman ◊ 2014-04-21 01:37	1956 Disney Studios Double Decker. An entire fleet of those was built for Disneyland and other Disney operations, like the EPCOT Center, in 1956 by Disney Studios. So yes, the manufacturer is indeed Disney Studios. They were built on Ford F-500 Chassis and running gear, but the drivetrains have been updated over the years. Currently they have GM Duramax V8s installed.
dragonboy ◊ 2014-04-21 02:12	For reference junkman, after looking myself, its official name was the "Omnibus"
skywatcher68 ◊ 2015-05-26 23:36	Junkman wrote 1956 Disney Studios Double Decker. An entire fleet of those was built for Disneyland and other Disney operations, like the EPCOT Center, in 1956 by Disney Studios. So yes, the manufacturer is indeed Disney Studios. They were built on Ford F-500 Chassis and running gear, but the drivetrains have been updated over the years. Currently they have GM Duramax V8s installed. According to this book, the 1956 original used an International Harvester chassis.

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Junkman

◊ 2014-04-21 01:37

1956 Disney Studios Double Decker.

An entire fleet of those was built for Disneyland and other Disney operations, like the EPCOT Center, in 1956 by Disney Studios.
So yes, the manufacturer is indeed Disney Studios. They were built on Ford F-500 Chassis and running gear, but the drivetrains have been updated over the years. Currently they have GM Duramax V8s installed.

dragonboy

◊ 2014-04-21 02:12

For reference junkman, after looking myself, its official name was the "Omnibus"

skywatcher68

◊ 2015-05-26 23:36

Junkman wrote 1956 Disney Studios Double Decker.

An entire fleet of those was built for Disneyland and other Disney operations, like the EPCOT Center, in 1956 by Disney Studios.
So yes, the manufacturer is indeed Disney Studios. They were built on Ford F-500 Chassis and running gear, but the drivetrains have been updated over the years. Currently they have GM Duramax V8s installed.

According to this book, the 1956 original used an International Harvester chassis.

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1956 Disney Studios Omnibus