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Highway Products, Inc., based in Kent, Ohio, was formed by Joseph Thomas 'Joe' Myers in 1960 to manufacture truck bodies for specialty markets such as mobile post offices. In addition to mail trucks and mobile post offices the company also manufactured small boats for both military and commercial use, missile launchers and engines.
As of 2007, S&S/Superior now operates as a division of Accubuilt, using the Superior Coach trade name for its line of funeral cars and specialty vehicles. Accubuilt's 200,000-square-foot (19,000 m 2 ) flagship facility was also the exclusive production plant for the W.P. Chrysler Executive Series 300, a longer- wheelbase version of the Chrysler ...
A restored 1940 Twin Coach trolley bus in Seattle. Twin Coach was an American vehicle manufacturing company from 1927 to 1955, located in Kent, Ohio, and a maker of marine engines and airplane parts until the 1960s. It was formed by brothers Frank and William Fageol when they left the Fageol Motor Company in 1927.
Coach USA's June 11 statement said the company filed voluntary Chapter 11 proceedings in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware to “facilitate sale processes to preserve jobs ...
In 1964, Flxible purchased Southern Coach Manufacturing Co. of Evergreen, Alabama, and built small transit buses at the former Southern Coach factory until 1976. Flxible was purchased by Rohr Industries in 1970, and a new factory and corporate headquarters were built in Delaware, Ohio , in 1974, with the original factory in Loudonville, Ohio ...
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In June 2024, Coach USA filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, blaming corporate impact caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The company has plans to sell its assets, and is planning to sell its Megabus subsidiaries to Bus Company Holdings, a unit of the Renco Group. [20] Avalon Transportation acquired Lenzner, Kerrville, All West and ACL Atlanta.
The GM "Buffalo" bus models were strongly influenced by the PD-4501 Scenicruiser, a model GM manufactured exclusively for Greyhound Lines between 1954 and 1956.. The Scenicruiser was a parlor bus intended for long-distance service with two levels: a lower level at the front containing the driving console and ten seats behind it, and an upper level containing seating for 33.