Rollsigns from Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, Michigan
This rollsign was recovered from 1967 built, GMC SDM-4502 (serial number 135) #558, a 35 foot suburban new look. The bus
was found at a scrap yard off US Highway 131 near Three Rivers, MI. The bus had been there for many years, and the sign
had taken a lot of abuse. When I tried to salvage it in April of 2006, the sign was in well over 300 pieces. Due to limited time,
I managed to salvage as much as I could from what was scattered inside the bus, and from outside around the front of the bus.

When I returned two weeks later to resume my salvage efforts, the bus had been removed for scrap.
What is seen in these photos is the sign's reassembly after over 100 hours of work.

The sign is dated May 4, 1967. If it were complete, it would have 23 exposures. Rather than attempting
to draw the sign like the others on the site, photographs were taken instead (left and lower left). A photo
of its main sign tag is seen below. Both their sign tags are typed below:
PRODUCT OF TRANSIGN
PONTIAC MICHIGAN
STATE OF MICHIGAN
YC-188808
GM-8878891
TS-41640 5/4/67
(as photographed below)
Retired Western Michigan University GMC SDM-4502 (serial #135)
#558 as it was discovered at a scrap yard in Three Rivers, Michigan,
March 30, 2006. The photo shows how badly damaged the sign was,
hanging out of the front sign box and with pieces of it on the ground.