Bus bodywork manufacturer based in Blackburn, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
East Lancashire Coachbuilders Limited was a builder of bus bodies, They was founded in 1934 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England.
Company type | Private |
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Industry | Bus building |
Founded | 27 October 1934[1] |
Founder | Walter Smith |
Defunct | March 1, 2010 |
Fate | Dissolved after parent company Darwen Group performed a reverse takeover |
Successor | Optare |
Headquarters | Blackburn, Lancashire, England |
Products | Bus bodies |
Website | Official website |
On 17 August 2007, the company went into administration,[2] but was saved and bought out by the Darwen Group. The new company was called Darwen East Lancs.[2]
In 2008, Darwen East Lancs was purchased by Optare.[3][4][5]
East Lancs bodies stopped being built and the factory in Blackburn closed in 2012.[6][7][8]
East Lancs had many different types of bodywork. They misspelled names on pupose, replacing the letter i with a letter y.
The Kinetec was made in 2006. They are low-floor bodies for MAN chassis. They have the Esteem/Olympus body but with MAN's own Lion's City design front and rear.
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