MCI history

[lvmci]

On January 7, 1941, the company changed its name to Motor Coach Industries Limited, but #coach production quickly gave way to the manufacturing needs of #WorldWarII.

Learn more about MCI' 90-year legacy at https://bit.ly/3iCXYpa

#TBT #MCIproud

[john frehlich]

Don't ya love the names of the old mci busses
Courier 96 cool looking bus
Challenger when building up to complete with GM
Then the crusader showing the had arrived on the bus scene  big time

[CrabbyMilton]

Indeed. Competition is always a good thing.

[lvmci]

 1939 Fort Garry designs and manufactures the Model 150, a new transit-type coach with the windshield over the radiator, the first use of exterior stainless-steel panels and a pancake engine mounted midship under the floor.
MCIcoach

[CrabbyMilton]

I love how many bus and fire apparatus builders feature "Throwback Thursday" on TWITTER. You never know what they may feature. Even KIRBY vacuum cleaner does that once in a while

[chessie4905]

ha! Kirby vacuum cleaners...what a business. Brother bough one. even came with the shoe buffer attachment. they probably even made a pasta making attachment for it. lol. they looked well made. wife wasnt impressed. too noisey and heavy for her liking.

[sandra@BCM]

Have you written an MCI history article for the magazine?

I think that would be great to add to the magazine.

Email me a rough draft with pictures and captions and we will work on publishing it.

Sandra@BusConversionMagazine.com

[CrabbyMilton]

Well Cheesie, I grew up with a KIRBY that my parents bought new in 1962 that was 2 years before I was born. It's still running perfectly though it's been reassigned to basement duty long ago since my mom found it harder to push. I also have a 1980 version in the attic. Not saying all of these plastic vacuums are bad because there are some really good ones. But KIRBY's will outlast most of them and can be repaired much easier and restored to new condition. The new KIRBY's have a power assist feature that makes it easy to push. I tried one and it really was. Yes they have their drawbacks but it's too bad that other vacuum cleaner aren't built that way. Oh, I like the way they sound. Kind of like a 1950's jet engine.

[lvmci]

1987.
MCI acquired General Motor's bus parts business and that same year purchased a larger parts distribution facility in Des Plaines, IL.

[lvmci]

MCI/NFI Hydrogen Fuel Cell bus, soon Hydrogen combustion retro fit carburation!...

[lvmci]

Hydrogen electric

[CrabbyMilton]

I like that color.

[lvmci]

nearly 1/2 of all buses

[CrabbyMilton]

It's easy to understand why. Not to take away from PREVOST, VAN-HOOL and the rest of them.

[chessie4905]

I wonder anymore now that Greyhound, many others using Prevosts.