Beck (bus maker)

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C. D. Beck & Company, of Sidney, Ohio was an intercity motorcoach and transit bus manufacturing company based in the United States that was founded in 1934.

In 1953 Beck acquired Ahrens-Fox Fire Engine Company, maker of fire apparatus and transferred its production from Cincinnati to Sidney. In 1956 Mack Trucks bought Beck and closed it in 1958.

Total Beck bus and coach production was around 3150 units.

External links

Beck in Coachbuilt.com

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