Willowbrook (bus manufacturer)

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Willowbrook
Industry Automotive
Founded1927
Defunct1983
Headquarters,
England
ProductsBus bodies
Owner Duple Coachbuilders

Willowbrook was an English bus bodybuilder. Founded in 1927, it acquired the business of Stokes & Holt, Leicester. In 1952 it acquired a patent from Brush Traction to build metal-framed bodies. Sold to Duple Coachbuilders in September 1958, and then in a management buyout in 1971, it ceased in 1983. [1] [2]

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References

  1. Willowbrook sold for £0.7m Commercial Motor 7 May 1971
  2. Companion to Road Passenger Transport History. Walsall: Roads & Road Transport History Association. 2013. p. 639. ISBN   9780955287633.

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