Thornycroft
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For the shipbuilder, see John I. Thornycroft & Company. For other uses, see Thornycroft (disambiguation).
Thornycroft was an English vehicle manufacturer which built coaches, buses, and trucks from 1896 until 1977.
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Company type | Manufacturing |
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Industry | Road vehicles |
Founded | 1896; 128 years ago (1896) in Chiswick, England |
Founder | John Isaac Thornycroft |
Defunct | 1977 (1977) |
Fate | Taken over |
Successor | Scammell |
Headquarters | , |
Owner | British Leyland |
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