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american body and coach company 1940 +9 In 1940, the American Coach & Body Company (based in Cleveland, Ohio) was a prominent commercial vehicle builder specializing in utility trucks, service bodies, and specialty commercial vans rather than passenger cars.History & 1940 OverviewFocus on Commercial Utilities: Instead of custom luxury sedans, American Coach & Body specialized in heavy-duty and standardized utility compartments, panel vans, and repair truck bodies for major American automakers like Dodge, Ford, and International Harvester.WWII Preparation: Like many coachbuilders of the era, the company quickly began manufacturing service bodies and specialized equipment that would be highly utilized during the impending World War II.Historical Origins: Not to be confused with the unrelated American Body Company of Buffalo, New York (which produced passenger car bodies for Lincoln in the 1920s), American Coach & Body made its mark by patenting highly functional, organized steel and aluminum truck beds and vocational bodies.Other 1940 CoachbuildersIf you are researching other prominent American custom body and coach companies from the 1940s, this era was dominated by builders creating limousines, hearses, ambulances, and specialty coupes:Superior Coach Company: Based in Lima, Ohio, they were heavily focused on building ambulances, professional cars, and school bus bodies.Flxible: Known for producing funeral coaches, ambulances, and transit buses.Derham Custom Body Co. & Rollson: East Coast custom builders who transitioned to finishing bespoke bodies on high-end chassis (like Packard) before wartime material rationing set in.For more details on the company's specific patents and utility compartments, you can check the Coachbuilt American Coach & Body History and verify their historical corporate footprint.Superior Coach Company - WikipediaSuperior Coach Company (1940–1980) Pre-1979 Superior school bus on International Loadstar chassis. In 1940 the company changed its name again, to Superior Coach...WikipediaCoachbult.com - American Coach & Body Co. - CoachbuiltAmerican Coach & Body Company – Cleveland, Ohio 1933 patent# D92,009 Neil P. Larsen & 1946 patent #D148,021by James H. Holan Jr. D148,541 & 1948 patent #D162,65...www.coachbuilt.comWW2 DODGE 1940s AMERICAN COACH & BODY ...People are checking this out. 2 have added this to their watchlist. Promotions and perks. About this item. Quantity. 313119733115. Category. Collectibles > Adve...eBayCoachbult.com - American Body & Equipment Co - CoachbuiltBuilt school bus bodies in the 1940s on Dodge and other chassis. The body for this truck was built and donated by the American Body Company of Grand Prairie. ..www.coachbuilt.com1940s American Coach Utility Compartments