- Fitzjohn
Fitzjohn was one of many bus manufacturers in
United States andCanada . Most of the companies products emerged in the 1940s and 1950s, but it was underminded by larger players like General Motors.The company was founded October 8, 1919, the FitzJohn-Erwin Manufacturing Company by HA Fitzjohn in Muskegon, Michigan as a truck and bus body manufacturer. The company folded in 1958 and Canadian operations ended in 1959.
Products
* Fitzjohn Duraliner (Model 500, 510)
** Duraliner School Bus
*Fitzjohn Roadrunner Intercity 1954-1958
**Fitzjohn Roadrunner Sightseeing bus
* Fitzjohn Falcon (Model 600, 610)
* Fitzjohn Cityliner (Model 310)
** Fitzjohn Cityliner (Model 310) with Hercules JXLD engine
** FitzJohn FTG-WXLD Cityliner transit bus
* B-51 - 21-passenger city bus with Reo Speed Wagon chassis 1928
* B-20 - 20 passenger bus 1929
* F-75 - 18 passenger intercity bus
* W - 22 passenger parlour body bus
* General Cab 1936-1938 - used Chev chassis and other GM parts
* Imperial Sedan Limo 1936-1939 - used Chev chassis
* Model 100 - 11 passenger sedan bus
* Model 215
* Model 175
* Model 325
* 15-passenger Chevrolet sedan stretchouts
* Auto hauling trailers
* Super Power Duraliner Model 635
* Model 525
* F-60 bus
* Palour cars - 15 passenger car for Studebaker
* FitzJohn Utility Coach Model D - Studebaker chassis
* G-21 Intecity
* Model B - 21-passenger city body bus
* Model C - 17-25 passenger observation coach
* Model D - 12, 14, 17 passenger utility coach
* Model F - 17 passenger transit bus
* Model S - school bus
* Model 35, 35A, 35B, 35C, 35X and 35Z
* Model G 21 passenger observation coach
* Model L 21, 25 and 29 passenger intercity
* Model K 5-passenger city
* Model 215 Intercity Bus
* Model H 29 passenger city busClients
The
Toronto Transit Commission acquired many Fitzjohn's during the 1950s, but they proved to be less reliable than General Motors buses.See also
*
Toronto Transportation Commission
*General Motors Diesel Division Buses External links
* [http://www.geocities.com/fitzjohnbus/index.html Fitzjohn Buses]
References
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