Yellow Coach
From CPTDB Wiki
The Yellow Coach Manufacturing Co. was founded in 1923 as a subsidiary of the Yellow Cab Company by John D. Hertz and was an early player in bus manufacturing in the United States.
General Motors Corporation became a majority owner of the company in 1925 and changed the name to the Yellow Truck & Coach Manufacturing Company. In 1943 General Motors Corporation purchased the company and folded it into the GM Truck Division to form the GM Truck & Coach Division. Although GM continued with the Yellow Coach product line, the Yellow Coach badge gave way to the GM nameplate in 1944.
Contents |
Models
- U-model buses (1928-1935)
- V-model buses (1930-1936)
- X-model buses (1924-1928)
- Y-model buses (1924-1932)
- Z-model buses (1923-1936)
700-series buses (1932-1939)
- 700
- 701 - 40 passenger, transit trolleybus (1932-?)
- 702
- 704 - 40 passenger, rear-engine transit bus
- 706 - "Queen Mary" - 72 passenger, 'straight-in' rear-engine double-decker prototype transit bus (one only built)
- 709 - 18 passenger, front-engine transit bus
- 711 - 28 passenger, rear-engine transit bus
- 712
- 715 - 21 passenger, front-engine transit bus
- 716 - 23 passenger, front-engine transit bus
- 717
- 718 - rear-engine transit bus
- 719 - rear-engine parlor coach
- 720 "Queen Mary" - 72 passenger, rear-engine double-decker transit bus
- 722 - 20 passenger, rear-engine parlor coach
- 724 - 28 passenger, rear-engine parlor coach
- 725 - 32 passenger, rear-engine transit bus (only 4 built)
- 727 - 36 passenger, rear-engine transit bus (only 10 built)
- 728 - 32 passenger, rear-engine transit bus (1935-39)
- 729 - rear-engine transit "All Service Vehicle" (combination bus/trollybus)
- 731 - rear-engine transit bus
- 732 - rear-engine parlor coach
- 733 - front-engine transit bus
- 734 - rear-engine suburban bus
- 735 - rear-engine double-decker transit bus
- 736 - rear-engine diesel-powered bus
- 738 - rear-engine small parlor coach
- 739 - rear-engine small transit bus
- 740 - rear-engine transit bus
- 741 - rear-engine gas-electic powered transit bus
- 742 - rear-engine suburban bus
- 743 - rear-engine parlor coach
- 744 - 36 passenger, rear-engine transit bus similar to the 740 (experimental)
- 745 - rear-engine sleeper coach
- 746 - rear-engine diesel-electric transit bus
1200-series buses (1938-1940)
Old Look
The Old Look transit bus was introduced in 1940 by Yellow Coach beginning with the production of the model TG-3201 bus.
Parlor coaches (1940-1944)
- PG-2501 - 25 passenger, rear-engine
- PG-2502 - 25 passenger, rear-engine
- PG-2503 - 25 passenger, rear-engine
- PG-2504 - 25 passenger, rear-engine
- PD-2901 "Cruiserette" - 29 passenger, rear-engine
- PG-2901 "Cruiserette" - 29 passenger, rear-engine
- PG-2902 "Cruiserette" - 29 passenger, rear-engine
- PDG-3701 "Silversides" - 37 passenger, rear-engine (built for Greyhound Lines)
- PGG-3701 "Silversides" - 37 passenger, rear-engine (built for Greyhound Lines)
- PDA-3701 - 37 passenger, rear-engine (built during World War II)
- PG-3701 - 37 passenger, rear-engine (built during World War II)
- PDG-4101 "Silversides" - 41 passenger, rear-engine (built for Greyhound Lines)
- PGG-4101 "Silversides" - 41 passenger, rear-engine (built for Greyhound Lines)
