FitzJohn
Fate
Dissolved Founded
Muskegon, Michigan, U.S. (October 8, 1919 (1919-10-08 ) ) Founder(s)
Harry Alphonse FitzJohn Defunct
May 1958 (1958-05 ) Area served
North America Industry
Bus & coach manufacturer Products
Duraliner, Cityliner, Falcon Subsidiaries
FitzJohn Coach of Canada Ltd.
FitzJohn was one of many bus manufacturers in United States and Canada. Most of the companies products emerged in the 1940s and 1950s, but it was undermined by larger players like General Motors .
The company was founded October 8, 1919, the FitzJohn-Erwin Manufacturing Company by HA Fitzjohn in Muskegon, Michigan, USA as a truck and bus body manufacturer. The company folded in 1958 and Canadian operations ended in 1959.
Products [ ] Fitzjohn Duraliner (Model 500, 510)
Fitzjohn Roadrunner Intercity 1954-1958
Fitzjohn Roadrunner Sightseeing bus
Fitzjohn Falcon (Model 600, 610)
Fitzjohn Cityliner (Model 310)
Fitzjohn Cityliner (Model 310) with Hercules JXLD engine
FitzJohn FTG-WXLD Cityliner transit bus
B-51 - 21-passenger city bus with Reo Speed Wagon chassis 1928
B-20 - 20 passenger bus 1929
F-75 - 18 passenger intercity bus
W - 22 passenger parlour body bus
General Cab 1936-1938 - used Chevrolet chassis and other GM parts
Imperial Sedan Limo 1936-1939 - used Chevrolet chassis
Model 100 - 11 passenger sedan bus
Model 215
Model 175
Model 325
15-passenger Chevrolet sedan stretchouts
Auto hauling trailers
Super Power Duraliner Model 635
Model 525
F-60 bus
Palour cars - 15 passenger car for Studebaker
FitzJohn Utility Coach Model D - Studebaker chassis
G-21 Intecity
Model B - 21-passenger city body bus
Model C - 17-25 passenger observation coach
Model D - 12, 14, 17 passenger utility coach
Model F - 17 passenger transit bus
Model S - school bus
Model 35, 35A, 35B, 35C, 35X and 35Z
Model G 21 passenger observation coach
Model L 21, 25 and 29 passenger intercity
Model K 5-passenger city
Model 215 Intercity Bus
Model H 29 passenger city bus Clients [ ] The Toronto Transit Commission acquired many Fitzjohn's during the 1950s, but they proved to be less reliable than General Motors buses.
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