On Fri, 28 Jun 1996 Claralw@aol.com wrote:

>  Your bus was manufactured sept 63, and the
> number 0 301 353 jives with that.   I assume you do have the pull out cab
> door handles, which means it is an early 64 model, buildt before 18 dec 63.

Yup.  Pull handles, knee-action engine lid, small-nut tranny ...
 
> i was thanking jim for the 1500 us standard as of 64 model year confirmation.

Which is probably why there is no "1500" designation on the backside.

> 0578878 motor number was about end of May production 1964.  sorry for
> not looking more carefully at the numbers. 

Hey, no problem.  With this info I can begin to make sense of it all ...

Thanks for your help!

Bob