Summary
Marshall Bus was an English builder of bus and coach bodies based in Cambridge. It was owned by the Marshall Group until sold in a management buyout in 2001.
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| Founded | 1940s |
|---|---|
| Defunct | 2002 |
| Fate | Administration |
| Successor | MCV Bus and Coach |
| Headquarters | |
| Products | Bus and coach bodies |
History edit
Marshall Bus was established in the 1940s by David Marshall. In 1958 it bought the bus bodying business of Mulliners.[1][2] During the 1960s it bodied many buses for British Electric Traction.[3][4][5] It ceased manufacturing in the early 1980s.[6][7]
In January 1992, Marshall Bus re-entered the bus bodying industry after purchasing the rights to the Duple Dartline from Carlyle Works.[8] It also completed bodies on Iveco Ford 49.10s and Volvo B6s.[9]
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.[10][11]
In the 1990s, Marshalls performed overhauls on West Midlands Travel MCW Metrobuses.[12] In 2001–02 Marshall rebuilt a number of AEC Routemasters for Transport for London.[13]
In 2001 the business was sold by Marshall Special Vehicles in a management buyout.[14][15] In 2002 Marshall was placed in administration and shortly after closed.[16][17] MCV Bus and Coach bought the design rights for the Capital body and continued production for a short while before its successor, the MCV Stirling, was introduced.[18]
Products edit
- C16/C19 (from Carlyle)
- C27 Dartline (from Duple/Carlyle)
- C29 (from Carlyle)
- C31
- C32/C33
- C35/C36/C37
- C39 Capital
- C43 Capital
- Camair 80
- Euro
- Minibus
References edit
- ^ Bodybuilders' Agreement Commercial Motor 6 November 1959
- ^ About Us Marshall Group
- ^ Large Orders for Marshall Commercial Motor 16 July 1965
- ^ More Bus Bodies from Marshall Commercial Motor 1 April 1966
- ^ Marshall scoops the BET bus order pool Commercial Motor 28 June 1968
- ^ Marshalls on the road again Commercial Motor 23 April 1992
- ^ History Marshall Group
- ^ Marshalls snaps up rights to Dart Commercial Motor 16 January 1992
- ^ Marshall makes three Commercial Motor 11 June 1992
- ^ Marshall C39 Series Bus Lists on the Web
- ^ Marshall C43 / MAN Bus Lists on the Web
- ^ Guided again Bus & Coach Buyer 5 January 2017
- ^ AEC Routemaster Review Classic Cars for Sale
- ^ Marshall of Cambridge (Holdings) Limited Annual report for year end 31 December 2001 page 9
- ^ Marshall Specialist Vehicles Limited (company #2661432) Report & Accounts for year ended 31 December 2001 Marshall Specialist Vehicles page 2
- ^ Edwards leaves MCV Bus & Coach Professional 30 November 2009
- ^ MCV reaches 1000 Coach & Bus Week 25 June 2019
- ^ "A Capital idea, the evolution of MCV" Buses issue 702 September 2013 page 31
External links edit
Media related to Marshall Bus at Wikimedia Commons