Marshall Bus
{{short description|English bus body manufacturer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2018}}
{{Infobox company
|name = Marshall Bus
|image = Au Morandarte Flickr First Beeline (Slough) DML41336 on Route 60, Slough (10368359773).jpg
|image_caption = First Beeline Marshall Capital bodied
Dennis Dart in Slough in 2013
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|fate = Administration
|predecessor =
|successor = MCV Bus and Coach
|founded = 1940s
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|defunct = 2002
|location_city = Cambridge
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|products = Bus and coach bodies
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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.
History
File:Mayne bus 47 (A47 YWJ).jpg Camair 80 bodied Dennis Falcon]]
File:DennisDartMarshallC37busFirstWirral.jpg C37 bodied Dennis Dart in Bromborough in March 2007]]
Marshall Bus was established in the 1940s by David Marshall. In 1958 it bought the bus bodying business of Mulliners.[http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/6th-november-1959/49/bodybuilders-agreement Bodybuilders' Agreement] Commercial Motor 6 November 1959[https://web.archive.org/web/20120126030143/http://www.marshallgroup.co.uk/about-us.html About Us] Marshall Group During the 1960s it bodied many buses for British Electric Traction.[http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/16th-july-1965/37/large-orders-for-marshall Large Orders for Marshall] Commercial Motor 16 July 1965[http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/1st-april-1966/37/more-bus-bodies-from-marshall More Bus Bodies from Marshall] Commercial Motor 1 April 1966[http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/28th-june-1968/32/marshall-scoops-the-bet-bus-order-pool Marshall scoops the BET bus order pool] Commercial Motor 28 June 1968 It ceased manufacturing in the early 1980s.[http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/23rd-april-1992/18/marshalls-on-the-road-again-peoples-provincial-is- Marshalls on the road again] Commercial Motor 23 April 1992[http://marshallgroup.co.uk/about-marshall/first-100-years/ History] Marshall Group
In January 1992, Marshall Bus re-entered the bus bodying industry after purchasing the rights to the Duple Dartline from Carlyle Works.[http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/16th-january-1992/16/marshalls-snaps-up-rights-to-dart Marshalls snaps up rights to Dart] Commercial Motor 16 January 1992 It also completed bodies on Iveco Ford 49.10s and Volvo B6s.[http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/11th-june-1992/18/marshall-makes-three Marshall makes three] Commercial Motor 11 June 1992
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.[http://buslistsontheweb.co.uk/index.htm?http://buslistsontheweb.co.uk/list.asp?listname=217 Marshall C39 Series] Bus Lists on the Web[http://buslistsontheweb.co.uk/index.htm?http://buslistsontheweb.co.uk/list.asp?listname=218 Marshall C43 / MAN] Bus Lists on the Web
In the 1990s, Marshalls performed overhauls on West Midlands Travel MCW Metrobuses.[https://www.busandcoachbuyer.com/guided/ Guided again] Bus & Coach Buyer 5 January 2017 In 2001–02 Marshall rebuilt a number of AEC Routemasters for Transport for London.[https://www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/reviews/classic-aec-reviews-routemaster-bus AEC Routemaster Review] Classic Cars for Sale
In 2001 the business was sold by Marshall Special Vehicles in a management buyout.Marshall of Cambridge (Holdings) Limited Annual report for year end 31 December 2001 page 9Marshall Specialist Vehicles Limited (company #2661432) Report & Accounts for year ended 31 December 2001 Marshall Specialist Vehicles page 2 In 2002, Marshall was placed in administration and ceased trading shortly afterwards. 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.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.cbwnet.co.uk/editorial/psvnews.asp?s=ed&ss=psvn&article_id=4905 |date=12 September 2002 |title=Marshall Bus ceases manufacturing |magazine=Coach & Bus Week |issue=542 |page= |location=Peterborough |publisher=Emap |access-date=14 July 2024 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020919014527/http://www.cbwnet.co.uk/editorial/psvnews.asp?s=ed&ss=psvn&article_id=4905 |archive-date=19 September 2002}}{{cite magazine |last= |first= |title=A Capital idea: the evolution of MCV |date=September 2013 |magazine=Buses |issue=702 |page=31 |location=Stamford |publisher=Key Publishing}}
Products
- 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
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