Overland Custom Coach

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Overland Custom Coach, Inc is a London, Ontario-based builder of customized vehicles and buses.

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Established in 1981, it is a supplier of tour, shuttle & handicapped-accessible low floor and lift-equipped buses to the Canadian market with sales to the US market for ELF products.

Overland also has manufacturing facilities in Brown City, Michigan.

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