THE MUSEUM ROSTER
WEED UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT BUS NO. 61 - CALIFORNIA STATE
This 1966 Gillig hails from Weed Union School District in Weed, California. Not much is known about this bus except for the fact that it sat unused for quite some time in a Yreka corn field, and that it currently sits in Lodi, California awaiting transport to Washington State. In late 2019, Gillig Coach Historical Society/Gillig Coach Club team member Deven Weber purchased this bus with the intent to restore it back to factory original specifications. However, due to personal issues he could not complete the project. In September, 2020, ownership was transferred to website founder Steve Rosenow, and as of this writing, the bus is being relocated to its new home in Shelton, Washington. After that, it will be restored back to factory-original condition and be reassigned a Washington State equipment specification. Photos by Andreas West and Anthony Pitts, provided by Deven Weber
CLOVER PARK SCHOOL DISTRICT BUS NO. 54 - WASHINGTON STATE
This bus hailed from the Clover Park School District in Washington State. Currently, not much is known about the history or fleet number of this particular unit. For the last decade, it served a church on Sleater-Kinney Road in Olympia, Washington. In 2017 the bus disappeared from the church's parking lot and was thought to be lost. In late 2018, it showed up on an online listing at Harlow's Bus Sales out of Spokane, Washington. GilligCoachesNET archivist Timothy Olsen and GilligCoachesNET founder and lead archivist Steve Rosenow purchased the bus in January 2019. It is now part of the Gillig Coach Club/GilligCoach Historical Society.
It made its return drive home on January 21, 2018, back to the Puget Sound area. It will then undergo a complete restoration back to factory OEM specification. The first set of photos provided by Harlow's Bus Sales' online listing page. Further photos will be courtesy GilligCoachesNET.
