Marmon-Herrington
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Marmon-Herrington was a builder of buses and trolley buses in the 1950s.
The company was founded in 1931 by Walter C. Marmon and Arthur W. Herrington and focused on building all wheel drive trucks. There foray into transit began in 1950 when it acquired Ford's transit business. It also built race cars like the Marmon Wasp, which competed in the Indy 500. MH also made multi-stop delivery vans, and passenger vehicles.
In the 1960s, the Pritzker family bought the company and soon the focus of buses vanished, but the company continues today as a converter of commercial trucks to AWD vehicles.
Based in Indianapolis, Indiana with a plant in Windsor, Ontario, MH is now based in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Marmon-Herrington continues to build installation kits for All-Wheel-Drive, but has also become a large front drive axle and transfer case manufacturer to the medium and heavy duty truck market. Marmon-Herrington axles can still be found on even the newest military vehicles and commercial trucks.
