Unitrans 4123-4127 were five Flxible New Look bus

Flxible New Look bus

The Flxible New Look bus is a transit bus introduced in 1960 by The Flxible Company, and produced from 1960 until 1978, when the New Look was replaced by the "870" Advanced Design Bus. Over its 17-year production run 13,121 Flxible New Look buses were manufactured.-Design:The Flxible New Look bus...

es operated in regular service by Unitrans

Unitrans

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 in Davis, California

Davis, California

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. They had been owned by the Sacramento Regional Transit District

Sacramento Regional Transit District

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 prior to their service with Unitrans.

At the time, these were the only 35-foot Unitrans buses to be equipped with 8-cylinder engines, and as such were known as being relatively fast buses by the Unitrans staff. They were also affectionately known as "Baby Flexes" by the Unitrans staff because of their shorter length when compared to the 40-foot Flxible New Looks also on the Unitrans fleet. They were painted in the standard Unitrans paint scheme of the late-1980s/early-1990s (a white base with red and blue stripes running from front to back along the mid-section of the bus). Having been sold, they are no longer part of the Unitrans fleet.

Technical specifications

Manufacturer: The Flxible Company

Flxible

The Flxible Co. was a motorcycle sidecar, funeral car, ambulance, intercity coach and transit bus manufacturing company based in the United States that was founded in 1913, and which closed in 1996.-History:In 1913, Hugo H. Young and Carl F...

Model: 45102-8-1 New-Look

Flxible New Look bus

The Flxible New Look bus is a transit bus introduced in 1960 by The Flxible Company, and produced from 1960 until 1978, when the New Look was replaced by the "870" Advanced Design Bus. Over its 17-year production run 13,121 Flxible New Look buses were manufactured.-Design:The Flxible New Look bus...

Date built: 1975

Engine: Detroit Diesel

Detroit Diesel

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 8V-71 diesel

Diesel engine

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Length: 35 feet

Width: 8½ feet

Seating capacity: 41

Original operator: Sacramento Regional Transit District

Date acquired by Unitrans: Late 1980s

Current status: All were retired and sold in 1996.