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In 1957, Kenworth ended its presence in the bus segment, resulting in Gillig obtaining the product rights to the Pacific bus product lines. [4] [5] With the acquisition of the tooling from Kenworth, the roofline of the Transit Coach was introduced with redesigned front and rear roof caps. [7]
The conventional bus chassis, which had become poor sellers, were dropped altogether, and Kenworth focused its designs on more transit or "coach-type" buses with engines being located either underfloor or at the back of the bus. By this time, Kenworth was a major force in transit bus production, and nearly every major transit company in the ...
In 1957, a major acquisition was made as Gillig purchased the Pacific bus division of Washington-based truck manufacturer Kenworth. At the time, Gillig controlled a 70% market share of Northern California over Crown Coach (based in Los Angeles), along with a similar share of Washington State, Oregon, and Nevada. [4]
Produced Type C buses on Ford chassis. Kenworth-Pacific: 1957 Renton, Washington: Produced Type D buses. Kenworth subsequently sold their bus tooling and equipment to Gillig. Northern Coach [9] Wisconsin Produced a small number of "Northern-Air" Type C buses in the late 1970s. Oneida Products Corporation [10] 1960
The well-known World War II M25 tank transporter (also known as Dragon Wagon) truck, commonly referred to as Pacific was not a product of Pacific Truck and Trailer but of Pacific Car and Foundry. Again, the well-known Pacific School Coach was a Kenworth model CT school bus, made from 1949 onwards; Kenworth itself being a subsidiary of Paccar ...
From the 1950s to the 1970s, school bus production on the West Coast evolved separately from the rest of the United States, with the Crown Supercoach and the similar Gillig Transit Coach having a near-monopoly of the school bus segment in California and a large share of the rest of the West Coast. Outside of the region, many operators continued ...
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The company was founded in 1916, in Oakland, California, by Rollie, William, Frank and Claude Fageol, to manufacture motor trucks, farm tractors and automobiles. [1] It was located next to Oakland Assembly , then a Chevrolet factory originally built in 1917 by William Durant , which later became part of General Motors .