Marshall Bus Explained

Marshall Bus
Fate:Administration
Successor:MCV Bus and Coach
Founded:1940s
Defunct:2002
Location City:Cambridge
Products:Bus and coach bodies

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.

History

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

Notes and References

  1. http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/6th-november-1959/49/bodybuilders-agreement Bodybuilders' Agreement
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20120126030143/http://www.marshallgroup.co.uk/about-us.html About Us
  3. http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/16th-july-1965/37/large-orders-for-marshall Large Orders for Marshall
  4. http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/1st-april-1966/37/more-bus-bodies-from-marshall More Bus Bodies from Marshall
  5. http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/28th-june-1968/32/marshall-scoops-the-bet-bus-order-pool Marshall scoops the BET bus order pool
  6. http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/23rd-april-1992/18/marshalls-on-the-road-again-peoples-provincial-is- Marshalls on the road again
  7. http://marshallgroup.co.uk/about-marshall/first-100-years/ History
  8. http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/16th-january-1992/16/marshalls-snaps-up-rights-to-dart Marshalls snaps up rights to Dart
  9. http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/11th-june-1992/18/marshall-makes-three Marshall makes three
  10. http://buslistsontheweb.co.uk/index.htm?http://buslistsontheweb.co.uk/list.asp?listname=217 Marshall C39 Series
  11. http://buslistsontheweb.co.uk/index.htm?http://buslistsontheweb.co.uk/list.asp?listname=218 Marshall C43 / MAN
  12. https://www.busandcoachbuyer.com/guided/ Guided again
  13. https://www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/reviews/classic-aec-reviews-routemaster-bus AEC Routemaster Review
  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 . 12 September 2002 . . 542 . Peterborough . Emap . 14 July 2024 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20020919014527/http://www.cbwnet.co.uk/editorial/psvnews.asp?s=ed&ss=psvn&article_id=4905 . 19 September 2002.
  17. A Capital idea: the evolution of MCV . September 2013 . . 702 . 31 . Stamford . Key Publishing.

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