A-Z of British Bus Bodies

Author: James Taylor, ISBN: 9781847975300

A-Z of British Bus Bodies sets out to offer a first port of call for anyone with an interest in those who built bus and coach bodies in Britain and Ireland between 1919 and 1975. From charabanc to service bus, from luxury coach to municipal double-decker, the sheer variety of public service vehicle (PSV) bodies is astonishing. 

Contents include: 

• Alphabetical listing of British bus body builders between 1919-1975
• Covers the well-known larger companies and small local companies 
  
• Illustrated with period and modern images, including contemporary advertising material
• Includes a substantial introduction looking at operators of the period, the body building process and the development of bus body building throughout the period

About the Author

James Taylor has been researching ands writing about motoring history since the late 1970s, and has written widely in the motoring press in the UK and abroad, as well as authoring more than 100 books, many of them for Crowood. He has been interested in classic buses since childhood, and this is his third book on the subject.

Highlights

• A comprehensive guide to bus bodies 1919-1975 and a valuable reference work for the bus enthusiast
• Gives an alphabetical listing of those who built bodywork for full-size buses in Britain and Ireland