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The Freightliner FS-65 is a cowled school bus chassis (conventional style) that was manufactured by Freightliner from 1997 to 2008. Derived from the Freightliner FL-Series medium-duty trucks, the FS-65 was produced primarily for school bus applications, though commercial-use buses and cutaway-cab buses were also built using the FS-65 chassis.
1995 – Oshkosh Custom Chassis in Gaffney, South Carolina, became Freightliner Custom Chassis, producing the underpinnings for walk-in vans used by companies such as UPS to deliver parcels and Cintas for uniform laundry services; diesel recreational vehicles; conventional school buses; and shuttle buses. The Oshkosh and Freightliner ...
1995- Freightliner launches Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation and acquires American LaFrance. 1997- Freightliner acquires Ford Motor Company's heavy-truck business and names it "Sterling." Freightliner launches SelecTrucks. 1998- Freightliner acquires Thomas Built Buses. Daimler-Benz and Chrysler merge.
In 1995, Freightliner, a subsidiary of Daimler AG, purchased the remnants of the company, yet again resurrecting LaFrance. Freightliner continued to utilize American LaFrance's original nameplates and designations including the Eagle custom chassis. Many of their Liberty products were built on Freightliner M2 or Sterling Acterra
Acterra - (1999–2009) Class 5-8 medium-duty, using L-line cab with Freightliner Business Class chassis. [4] Bullet – a cab/chassis model based on the third generation Dodge Ram 4500/5500 platform [5] Condor - rebadged Freightliner cab. Was used commonly on garbage trucks. L line – set back, set forward
Freightliner Cascadia: 2,972 — Sámano-Castro Urdiales: Spain: Chassis: 246 — Santiago Tianguistenco: Mexico: Freightliner M2 106, M2 112 and Cascadia / Western Star 57X: 1,610 — São Bernardo do Campo: Brazil: Entire Latin American truck product range Engines, axles, transmissions, bus chassis Research and development: 12,788 ...
The 4800 Series offered more powerful engine options than the 4700 and featured a 109-inch (2,770 mm) BBC. Western Star provided the truck as a bare chassis and cab, which could be fitted with a dump body, mixer, tank, crane, or other structure by a bodybuilding company as desired by the customer.
Engine compartment, showing a Cummins ISB6.7 Freightliner M2 106 ambulance Freightliner M2 112. Following a $250 million development program by Freightliner, the Business Class M2 was introduced at the beginning of 2002; starting with 2003 production, the all-new model line was gradually phased in as a replacement of the previous FL-Series. [2]