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In order to keep costs in line, Mauck designed his bus with many off-the-shelf parts sourced from GM, Ford and others. For instance, in addition to having a GM powerplant, MSV's also had GM suspension and brake components, wiring harnesses and access hardware. The rear-end was a Ford 9" with a custom-designed Currie Enterprises differential.
The Custom CB50 was in production from 1999-2006, replacing the Custom CB30 and the Custom Coaches 550 and being succeeded by the Custom CB60. There were two variants, the high floor CB50 ordered in small numbers by several operators and the low floor CB50HCL which was more popular, with Premier Motor Service ordering 10 on Volvo B7RLE chassis ...
Today it includes custom automobiles, buses, motor coaches, and railway carriages. The word "coach" was derived from the Hungarian town of Kocs. [1] A vehicle body constructed by a coachbuilder may be called a "coachbuilt body" (British English) or "custom body" (American English), and is not to be confused with a custom car.
Smithfield Bus & Coach Works was formed when Westbus proprietors Bob and John Bosnjak purchased the bus bodying designs and jigs of Commonwealth Engineering in 1971. [1] [2] As well as buses for private operators, Smithfield bodied these buses for government operators: 312 Leyland Leopards for the Public Transport Commission [3]
In February 1995 it began bodying buses and coaches for Australian operators. [12] The company was placed in administration in November 2003 with the plant subsequently being purchased by Denning Manufacturing. [13] [14] [15] The business was successfully operated up until its sale to the Dunn Group, in 2019. Maguire Coaches Landseer in ...
Alexander Dennis is a British bus manufacturing company based in Larbert, Scotland.The largest bus and coach manufacturer in the United Kingdom, with a 50% market share in 2019, it has manufacturing plants and partnerships in Canada, [2] China, Europe, Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Zealand, [3] Singapore, South Africa and the United States.
Clénet was a manufacturer of Neoclassic automobiles with old retro styling, mixed with modern technology. Each limited-production model was conceived, designed, and produced by a small team in Santa Barbara County, California, in the 1970s and 1980s.
Sunline Coach Company was a manufacturer of recreational vehicles, truck bed caps, and household storage sheds from 1964 to November, 2006. Vehicles were primarily built at a production facility in Denver, Pennsylvania, or at a smaller location in Leola. The company built about 70,000 travel trailers, truck campers, fifth wheels, and motorhomes ...