Liberty Bus

American bus manufacturer

Liberty Bus Incorporated was a school bus manufacturer based in Lima, Ohio.^[1]

The company was founded in the 1990s and ceased operations in March 2005.

Products

Liberty Bus built mini school buses using GMC or Chevrolet van chassis:

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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 Thomas Built Buses, Inc
Small buses only	Collins Industries Girardin Minibus (renamed Micro Bird by Girardin) Starcraft Bus Trans Tech

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

2010s	Corbeil Bus Corporation (2016)
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 (2007; became Trans Tech)
1990s	Coach and Equipment Manufacturing (1999; still in business) Crown Coach Corporation (1991) Gillig (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)