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Thomas Built Buses, Inc. (commonly known as Thomas) is an American bus manufacturer. Best known for its production of the first ever rear engine Type C school bus. Thomas produces other bus designs for a variety of usages. Currently, its production is concentrated on school buses and activity buses, along with their commercial derivatives.
Thomas guided his company through a transition to bus manufacturing in 1936. The Perley A. Thomas Car Works was later reorganized as Thomas Built Buses, Inc. , and became one of the three principal builders of large school buses in the United States by the end of the 20th century.
In 1972, as a third generation of the Thomas family assumed leadership, Perley A. Thomas Car Works was reorganized as Thomas Built Buses, Inc. [2] [4] Adopting a brand name in use by Thomas since the 1950s, the change was explained as bringing the company closer to its core product line of buses, [2] [4] 42 years after producing its final ...
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Saf-T-Liner C2 Interior view, looking back. The Thomas Saf-T-Liner C2 (often shortened to Thomas C2) is a bus manufactured by Thomas Built Buses since 2004. The first cowled-chassis bus designed by Thomas following its acquisition by Freightliner, the C2 debuted the first all-new body design for the company in over three decades.
2003- Thomas Built Buses debuts the Saf-T-Liner C2, a revolutionary school bus design. 2004- Freightliner opens its high-tech wind tunnel center in Portland, Oregon. FCCC introduces the hybrid electric walk-in van chassis. 2005- Opening of a high-tech cold chamber in Portland, Oregon. 2007- Daimler and Chrysler split. The new Daimler AG is founded.