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.

Marshall Bus
Founded1940s
Defunct2002
FateAdministration
SuccessorMCV Bus and Coach
Headquarters
ProductsBus and coach bodies

History

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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 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.[16][17]

Products

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References

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  1. ^ Bodybuilders' Agreement Commercial Motor 6 November 1959
  2. ^ About Us Marshall Group
  3. ^ Large Orders for Marshall Commercial Motor 16 July 1965
  4. ^ More Bus Bodies from Marshall Commercial Motor 1 April 1966
  5. ^ Marshall scoops the BET bus order pool Commercial Motor 28 June 1968
  6. ^ Marshalls on the road again Commercial Motor 23 April 1992
  7. ^ History Marshall Group
  8. ^ Marshalls snaps up rights to Dart Commercial Motor 16 January 1992
  9. ^ Marshall makes three Commercial Motor 11 June 1992
  10. ^ Marshall C39 Series Bus Lists on the Web
  11. ^ Marshall C43 / MAN Bus Lists on the Web
  12. ^ Guided again Bus & Coach Buyer 5 January 2017
  13. ^ AEC Routemaster Review Classic Cars for Sale
  14. ^ Marshall of Cambridge (Holdings) Limited Annual report for year end 31 December 2001 page 9
  15. ^ Marshall Specialist Vehicles Limited (company #2661432) Report & Accounts for year ended 31 December 2001 Marshall Specialist Vehicles page 2
  16. ^ "Marshall Bus ceases manufacturing". Coach & Bus Week. No. 542. Peterborough: Emap. 12 September 2002. Archived from the original on 19 September 2002. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  17. ^ "A Capital idea: the evolution of MCV". Buses. No. 702. Stamford: Key Publishing. September 2013. p. 31.
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