Bus & Coach Album 1

Here we look at firms whose principal work was to fit bus or coach bodies to chassis made by other firms, There have been probably hundreds of such UK companies, so we do not claim that this is a complete survey of all British coachbuilders. We have, however, tried to include the more important or more interesting firms. The main factor for inclusion here is that bodywork was produced on a commercial basis for sale to someone else. Not included here (in most cases) are bodies made by companies which were primarily chassis manufacturers (Leyland, Dennis, Guy etc). If, however, a chassis manufacturer such as Crossley frequently built bodies on chassis from other manufacturers, they are mentioned here. Mostly excluded are those firms which just built one or two bodies, or which only modified or refurbished old bus bodywork. With all these exclusions and caveats we can only apologise if your favourite coachbuilder has been left out, or only has scant coverage. Volume 1 covers coachbuilders based in England.