Hackney Brothers Body Company

In 1854, Hackney and Sons was organized by Willis N. Hackney, as a carriage shop in Wilson, North Carolina. In 1877, the company became known as Hackney Brothers, one of the largest manufacturers of buggies and wagons in the South. The present name, Hackney Brothers Body Company, was adopted in 1914, and formally incorporated in 1920. It was in these early years that the company pioneered the manufacture of school bus bodies and refrigerated bodies. The company was sold in 1996. Today, the company is based in Washington, North Carolina (sold to Hackney & Sons) and then in 1997 sold to TTI and merged with Kidiron. Hackney now focuses on specialized truck bodies (aluminum beverage truck bodies, trailers and emergency vehicles).

When the Hackney Brothers Body Company was dissolved in 1996, the company's records were given to Barton College, which is located in Wilson, North Carolina. Company presidents Thomas J. Hackney, Sr., and Thomas J. Hackney, Jr., were both chairmen of the Board of Trustees at Barton College during their various presidensies at Hackney Brothers Body Company.

External links

Hackney USA - official web site
Hackney Brothers Body Company Collection at Barton College

School bus manufacturers, North America

Active manufacturers

Full-size and small buses	Blue Bird Corporation (small buses made by Girardin Minibus) GreenPower Motor Company IC Bus Lion Electric Company (full-size buses only) Thomas Built Buses, Inc
Small buses only	Collins Industries Collins Corbeil Girardin Minibus (renamed Micro Bird by Girardin) Starcraft Bus Trans Tech Van Con

Defunct manufacturers
(including date of closure
or last school bus manufacture)

2000s	Carpenter Industries, Inc (2001) American Transportation Corporation (AmTran) (2002; became IC Bus) Les Enterprises Michel Corbeil (2008; acquired by Collins) Liberty Bus (2005) Mid Bus (2008) U.S. Bus Corporation (2006; became Trans Tech)
1990s	Coach and Equipment Manufacturing (1999; still in business) Crown Coach Corporation (1991) Gillig Corporation (1993; still in business) Mid Bus (1998; acquired by Collins) TAM-USA (1991) Wayne Corporation (1992; became Wayne Wheeled Vehicles) Wayne Wheeled Vehicles (1995)
1980s	Ward Body Works (1980; became AmTran) New Bus Company (1989) Superior Coach Company (1985)
1970s	Northern Coach Perley A. Thomas Car Works (1972; became Thomas Built Buses)
1960s	Hackney Brothers Body Company (1966)
1950s	Kenworth-Pacific (1957; still in business)

List of school bus manufacturers

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