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Marshall Bus was an English builder of bus and coach bodies based in
Marshall Bus was established in the 1940s by David Marshall. In 1958 it bought the bus bodying business of Mulliners. During the 1960s it bodied many buses for British Electric Traction. It ceased manufacturing in the early 1980s.
In January 1992, Marshall Bus re-entered the bus bodying industry after purchasing the rights to the Duple Dartline from Carlyle Works. It also completed bodies on Iveco Ford 49.10s and Volvo B6s.
The company's most popular product was the Marshall Capital, which was a single-decker bus body built between 1997 and 2003. It was built on Dennis Dart SLF and MAN chassis.
In the 1990s, Marshalls performed overhauls on West Midlands Travel MCW Metrobuses. In 2001–02 Marshall rebuilt a number of AEC Routemasters for Transport for London.
In 2001 the business was sold by Marshall Special Vehicles in a management buyout. In 2002 Marshall was placed in MCV reaches 1000
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. It was owned by the Marshall Group until sold in a management buyout in 2001.
History
Marshall Bus was established in the 1940s by David Marshall. In 1958 it bought the bus bodying business of Mulliners. During the 1960s it bodied many buses for British Electric Traction. It ceased manufacturing in the early 1980s.
In January 1992, Marshall Bus re-entered the bus bodying industry after purchasing the rights to the Duple Dartline from Carlyle Works. It also completed bodies on Iveco Ford 49.10s and Volvo B6s.
The company's most popular product was the Marshall Capital, which was a single-decker bus body built between 1997 and 2003. It was built on Dennis Dart SLF and MAN chassis.
In the 1990s, Marshalls performed overhauls on West Midlands Travel MCW Metrobuses. In 2001–02 Marshall rebuilt a number of AEC Routemasters for Transport for London.
In 2001 the business was sold by Marshall Special Vehicles in a management buyout. In 2002 Marshall was placed in administration
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and shortly after closed.'' Coach & Bus Week'' 25 June 2019
MCV Bus and Coach
MCV Bus and Coach is an Egyptian manufacturer of bus bodies founded in 2002 when Manufacturing Commercial Vehicles bought some of the design rights of defunct English bus builder Marshall Bus."A Capital idea, the evolution of MCV" ''Buses Magazi ...
bought the design rights for the Capital body and continued production for a short while before its successor, the MCV Stirling, was introduced."A Capital idea, the evolution of MCV" '' Buses'' issue 702 September 2013 page 31
Products
*C16/C19 (fromCarlyle
Carlyle may refer to:
Places
* Carlyle, Illinois, a US city
* Carlyle, Kansas, an unincorporated place in the US
* Carlyle, Montana, a ghost town in the US
* Carlyle, Saskatchewan, a Canadian town
** Carlyle Airport
** Carlyle station
* Carly ...
)
* C27 Dartline (from Duple/Carlyle)
*C29 (from Carlyle)
*C31
*C32/C33
*C35/C36/ C37
* C39 Capital
* C43 Capital
*Camair 80
*Euro
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* Minibus
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{{commons category-inline Defunct bus manufacturers of the United Kingdom Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 2002 2002 disestablishments in England British companies disestablished in 2002