Flxible was an American manufacturer based in Loudonville, Ohio, founded in 1913 and closed in 1996. It began with motorcycle sidecars that used a flexible mounting, moved into buses in 1924, and also built funeral cars and ambulances, mostly on Buick chassis. Between 1953 and 1970 its output shifted from highway coaches to transit buses, and in the decades that followed it was one of the largest transit-bus makers in North America. Ownership passed to Rohr Industries in 1970, to Grumman in 1978 and to General Automotive Corporation in 1983. The company declared bankruptcy in 1996 and its assets were auctioned, the last vehicles having been built in 1995.
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an American manufacturer of motorcycle sidecars, funeral cars, ambulances, intercity coaches and transit buses, based in Loudonville, Ohio
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an American manufacturer of motorcycle sidecars, funeral cars, ambulances, intercity coaches and transit buses, based in Loudonville, Ohio
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an American manufacturer of motorcycle sidecars, funeral cars, ambulances, intercity coaches and transit buses, based in Loudonville, Ohio
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an American manufacturer of motorcycle sidecars, funeral cars, ambulances, intercity coaches and transit buses, based in Loudonville, Ohio
Has Vehicles: Flxible Clipper, Flxible Owners International
The majority of vehicles owned by members are of the Clipper series (Clipper, Visicoach, Starliner) that were produced from the 1930s until 1967.
Has Vehicles: Flxible Fageoliner, Products
FL "Fageoliner" transit bus (1953-1954)
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The Flxible Visicoach was an intercity bus/coach built by The Flxible Company of Loudonville, Ohio for just six years between 1950 and 1956.
Flxible Clipper Style Buses (Flxible Owners International)
Has Vehicles: Flxible Starliner, Maker
In 1957, Flxible introduced the Starliner.
Has Vehicles: Flxible Airway, Maker
In 1934, Flxible introduced the 17 passenger wooden framed body bus that was known as the Airway.
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The Flxible New Look bus is a transit bus introduced in 1959 by the Flxible Company, and produced from 1960 until 1978, when the New Look was replaced by the "870" Advanced Design Bus.
Flxible Metro - Wikipedia
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The Flxible Metro is a transit bus that was assembled and manufactured by the Flxible Corporation from 1983 until 1995.
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Has Vehicles: Flxible Sidecar, Maker
In 1913, Young founded the Flxible Side Car Company in Loudonville, Ohio to manufacture his patented vehicle.
Has Vehicles: Flxible VistaLiner, Maker
was first introduced in late 1954, with first delivery in 1955
Has Vehicles: Flxible Hi-Level, Maker
They also added several models of buses, among them the Starliner, the Hi-Level, the Flxette, and the FlxLiner.
Has Vehicles: Flxible FlxLiner, Maker
The Flxliner was discontinued in 1969
Has Vehicles: Flxible Flxette, History, later models
They also added several models of buses, among them the Starliner, the Hi-Level, the Flxette, and the FlxLiner.
Has Vehicles: Flxible Airporter, Inter-City Coaches
Flxible Airporters were used successfully in limousine fleets in New York & Chicago as well as many other air terminals.
Has Vehicles: Flxible Twin, Twin Coach Added to Flxible Line
The company then developed important modifications leading to its first big city Transit Bus contract for 300 buses from the Chicago Transit Authority.
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