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Crown Coach Corp School Buses Fire Trucks Custom Coach Book

Description: Donald Martin Brockway founded the Crown Carriage Company in 1904, the same year that Henry Ford started Ford. With no engineering department at this time, Brockway would draw the outlines of the vehicles in the dirt on the production floor as they were conceived. This informative story of Crown?s various endeavors from 1900s horse-drawn wagons through early 1990s alternative fueled buses is chronicled here and highlighted with vintage photographs and factory memorabilia including advertising items, coach emblems, and production statistics. Not left out are custom built coaches like Lockheed's mobile missile tacking station, Art Linkletter mobile video coaches, and the first air conditioned tour coach in Hawaii. The company built one of the largest fleets of fire trucks in the nation for --> Visit Our Store About Us Feedback Newsletters Contact Us Crown Coach Corp.: School Buses, Fire Trucks And Custom Coaches Description Crown Coach Corp.: School Buses, Fire Trucks And Custom Coaches--> SKU: F04106 Donald Martin Brockway founded the Crown Carriage Company in 1904, the same year that Henry Ford started Ford. With no engineering department at this time, Brockway would draw the outlines of the vehicles in the dirt on the production floor as they were conceived. This informative story of Crown?s various endeavors from 1900s horse-drawn wagons through early 1990s alternative fueled buses is chronicled here and highlighted with vintage photographs and factory memorabilia including advertising items, coach emblems, and production statistics. Not left out are custom built coaches like Lockheed's mobile missile tacking station, Art Linkletter mobile video coaches, and the first air conditioned tour coach in Hawaii. The company built one of the largest fleets of fire trucks in the nation for the Los Angeles City and County fire departments and other agencies, and sent high quality custom built vehicles as far away as places like Juneau, Alaska, South America and the Middle East. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Starting as a substitute bus driver and working his way up through the ranks, Louk Markham now manages a 62-bus fleet in Portage, Michigan. He is a former president of the Michigan Association for Pupil Transportation, and a member of the Automobile License Plate Collectors Association with an extensive collection of license plates. With love for travel, he and his wife have visited 37 of the 50 states. CONDITION: AUTHOR: Louk Markham AUTHOR BIO: DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2011 DIMENSIONS: 8.5 x 11.0 x .375 ILLUSTRATIONS: 40 color & 150 b/w ill PAGES: 128 Payment Policy We accept: PayPal, Credit card or debit card Return Policy If you're not satisfied for any reason, our return policy allows you to send back the merchandise within 30 days of the date you received the package for an exchange or a refund of the purchase price, minus the shipping, handling, restocking fee. Shipping Policy All orders are shipped Standard Shipping Monday - Friday as long as the order is placed by 3:00 pm est. You can combine your orders at checkout for combined shipping rates. Categories Airplanes American Cars Automotive stories Boats Box Sets British Cars Car Care & Detailing Supplies Clothing & Apparel Design European & Japanese Cars French Cars Gas Memorabilia & Automobilia German Cars Hot Rods Italian Cars Japanese, China, Korea Microcars Military , Fire, Police Motorcycle, Scooter & Bicycle Racing Restoration & Technical SAAB Tattoos Toys Tractors Trailers Trains BIG and little + Boats Trucks & Jeeps & Buses Volvo Other Newsletter! Join our mailing list for our latest additions and special offers! Sign Up Now! -->

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Binding: Paperback

Brand: Ertel Publishing

Date of Publication: 2011

Dimensions: 8.5 x 11.0 x .375

eBay Title: Crown Coach Corp School Buses Fire Trucks Custom Coach Book

Illustrations: 40 color & 150 b/w ill

Pages: 128

Weight: 1.5

Book Title: Crown Coach Corp : School Buses, Fire Trucks and Custom Coaches

Number of Pages: 128 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Bridgewater Book Group LLC.

Topic: Automotive / History, Public Transportation, Automotive / General, Fire Science, Industries / Transportation

Publication Year: 2011

Item Height: 0.4 in

Illustrator: Yes

Genre: Transportation, Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics

Item Weight: 18.8 Oz

Author: Louk Markham

Item Length: 11 in

Item Width: 8.6 in

Format: Trade Paperback

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