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Please send all postal mail to our PO BOX!
P.O. Box 601105 Sacramento, CA 95860-1105
Please send all postal mail to our PO BOX!
P.O. Box 601105 Sacramento, CA 95860-1105
Dry Wall Illustration and Photo (LM C8-P30) |
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This composite illustration of the Dry Wall System is based on an earlier Dick Whittington photograph (49-145-05).
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Lompc Union High Crown #6 ~1949 |
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Lompoc Union High School
 
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Wayne All Metal Drawing |
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Found in Crown Photos archives
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Wayne Supermatic Windshield |
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This neat little collection of Wayne Supermatic Windshields was found in the Crown archives. This file seems to have started with a note from the desk of Crown’s Vice-President of Engineering Chas. Koors.
       
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Garden Grove #100 1951 (LM C7-P2) |
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Ford Transit Bus “Streached” by Crown
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Garden Grove #100 1951 (LM C7-P2) |
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Ford Transit Bus “Streached” by Crown
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Super II Demonstrator 2R-38N-552 (LM C8-P86) |
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This 2R-38N-552 model was a 38-foot 84-passenger model. It was built as a “Super II” demonstrator. The end caps were made of a composite material, and were the only primary body change. It was esentially the same coach between the axels.
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MIT Super II Design (LM C8-P85) |
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In the late 1980s, Crown retained the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to design a “new and improved” front an rear end caps for the Supercoach II. The goal was to be able to produce coaches that would be more adaptable to alternative fuels, and bring some design aspects into the present… and to lower production costs.
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2A-38-426 84 passenger (LM C8-P84) |
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In the mid-1980s, Crown developed model 2A-38-426 as an 84-passenger 2-axel (not tandem) coach to compete with Bluebird and Thomas buses.
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1984 Chino Location (LM C8-P782) |
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In 1984, Crown moved to the former Freightliner plant on Monte Vista Avenue in Chino, CA… 30 miles east of the previous plant. This is a photo of the corporate offices.
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1970s extended rear light cluster (LM C8-P78) |
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Rear view of 1970 prototype with extened light cluster, new trunk door, and emergency exit concepts.
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1970s Simplified Supercoach prototype (LM C8-P77) |
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In the late 1970s, Crown developed this prototype that sought to simplify the appearance and lower manufacturing costs. These changes were not accepted by customers and did not move forward.
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1948 Experimental sash and front end for Guy Embree (LM C8-P22) |
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This is an 1948 experimental bus built for Guy Embree buses. It has a new-style front and sash.
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1946 front-engine Avenal High (LM C8-P14) |
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This 1946 front-engine Supercoach built for Avenal High School-LUHS District.
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1946 front-engine Avenal High (LM C8-P14) |
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This 1946 front-engine Supercoach built for Avenal High School-LUHS District.
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