The Flxible Clipper is an intercity coach and transit bus built by the American manufacturer Flxible beginning in the late 1930s, notable as one of the first American buses to adopt a rear-engine layout and a smooth, streamlined body shape that broke sharply from the boxier, front-engine buses common at the time. Produced through the 1940s in both intercity coach and, during the Second World War, military transport versions, the Clipper's rear-engine, integral-body design influenced later American bus engineering used for decades afterward by other manufacturers, and it remains recognized by transportation historians as a significant step in the modernization of the American motor coach.
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YearProduction ran 1937 to 1942, paused for wartime contract work, then resumed 1944 to 1950. SignificanceThe Clipper is the Flxible model most represented among vehicles preserved by collectors today, reflecting its prominence in the company's bus lineup. 1 Manufacturer or Builder Sources
1. Flxible - Wikipedia
Products section
"Clipper" intercity coach (1937-1942, 1944-1950)
Flxible Owners International section
The majority of vehicles owned by members are of the Clipper series (Clipper, Visicoach, Starliner) that were produced from the 1930s until 1967.
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The Flxible Co. (pronounced "flexible") was an American manufacturer of motorcycle sidecars, funeral cars, ambulances, intercity coaches and transit buses
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