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The International Harvester Company (often abbreviated IH or International) was an American manufacturer of agricultural and construction equipment, automobiles, commercial trucks, lawn and garden products, household equipment, and more.
International Motors, LLC (formerly Navistar International Corporation) is an American holding company created in 1986. The successor to the International Harvester manufacturing company, International produces trucks and diesel engines under its own brand; [3] the company produces buses under the IC Bus name.
IC Bus (originally IC Corporation) is an American bus manufacturer.Headquartered in Lisle, Illinois, IC is a wholly owned subsidiary of International Motors.Established in 2002 by Navistar through the reorganization of subsidiary manufacturer American Transportation Corporation (AmTran), IC currently produces school buses and commercial-use buses for multiple applications.
International Harvester. International FC1853 (1975–1986) Introduced in the mid-1970s, the Ward President is a front-engine transit-style school bus similar to the Blue Bird All American and Thomas Saf-T-Liner EF. Several front-wheel drive prototypes were produced in 1976.
In 1915, International Harvester constructed its first school bus; [4] today, its successor company Navistar still produces school bus cowled chassis. In 1919, the usage of school buses became funded in all 48 US states. [4] In 1927, Ford dealership owner A.L. Luce produced a bus body for a 1927 Ford Model T.
1961 Thomas school bus on an International Harvester chassis Late-1960s Thomas Saf-T-Liner body on GMC H6500 chassis (rare) in New York as a farm bus. In 1962, Thomas Car Works officially expanded its production beyond High Point as Thomas Built Buses of Canada, Ltd. was established in Woodstock, Ontario. [2]
In 1982, the company acquired International Harvester's construction equipment business. [11] In 1984 the company acquired the earthmoving and mining product lines from American Standard's WABCO division, [12] for a bargain price of $66.3 million. [13]
Inside Furthur, psychedelic paintings. Furthur is a 1939 International Harvester school bus purchased by author Ken Kesey in 1964 to carry his "Merry Band of Pranksters" cross-country, filming their counterculture adventures as they went.