TWIN COACH

Twin Coach Co. (1927-1953)
Kent, Ohio 

This is a Twin Coach emblem (c1944-1955) mjs
Size: 200mm high 138mm wide  MM: Unknown

The Fageol brothers sold their bus manufacturing business to ACF in 1925 (see Fageol) and in 1927 they left ACF to form the Twin Coach Company in Kent, Ohio to manufacture and market a 40-passenger dual-engine bus mainly for heavy-duty city transit service. 

The Twin Coach was larger than any other single-deck bus then on the market and was a great success. Smaller Twin Coach buses were added to the line in 1929 and electric and gasoline-powered delivery trucks were also constructed from 1929 to 1936 when this part of the business was sold to Divco (see Divco). Twin Coach also built some trolley buses between 1928 and 1955.

New bus models were introduced in the mid-1930's and sold well until 1943 when production turned from buses to the war effort, although some Twin Coach buses seem to have been built in the Twin Coach plant in Ontario, Canada. After the war a completely new Twin Coach bus appeared but the transit market declined, Twin Coach sales fell and the bus business was sold to Flxible in 1953.

Emblems

The first Twin Coach models in 1927 displayed the name "Twin Coach by F.R.Fageol" on a rectangular nameplate mounted on the front of the bus, see low resolution photo shown below:

Twin Coach showing front nameplate (1927)  coachbuilt

Soon after, the Twin Coach carried a screen printed, oval shaped emblem mounted on the front of the bus, see original photo shown below:

Twin Coach showing oval shaped emblem (1927)  imcdb

This oval shaped Twin Coach emblem continued in use in different sizes and colors until production stopped during World War II, see examples shown below. Original Twin Coach emblems are scarce.

This is a Twin Coach emblem (1927-1942)   mjs
Size: 250mm wide 120mm high  MM: None

This is a Twin Coach emblem (1927-1942)   mjs
Size: 250mm wide 120mm high    MM: None

This is a Twin Coach emblem (1927-1942)     mjs
Size: 153mm wide 90mm high     MM: None

This is a Twin Coach emblem (dates unknown)    ms
Size: Unknown     MM: Unknown

The following Twin Coach emblem is mounted on the front of a surviving Twin Coach delivery truck from 1934:

This is a Twin Coach emblem (c1934)   classiccars

This is the blue painted Twin Coach emblem shown below. This Twin Coach emblem is rare.

This is a Twin Coach emblem (c1934)   lktec
Size: 264mm wide 142mm high   MM: None

The following photo of a Canadian Twin Coach from around 1944 shows a new style of Twin Coach emblem: 

Twin Coach showing new emblem (1944)   wiki

Close-up showing the Twin Coach emblem (1944)  

The resolution of this photo is too poor to see the detail of the emblem but it is believed to be inscribed "Ottowa Canada" at the bottom. This large, shield shaped emblem continued to be used when bus production resumed in the US after the War in 1946. This is the red and black enamel Twin Coach emblem inscribed "Kent-Ohio" shown above at the top of this post and again below. This Twin Coach emblem is rare.

 

This is a Twin Coach emblem (c1946-1953) mjs
Size: 200mm high 138mm wide  MM: Unknown

The following Twin Coach advertisement includes an illustration of a color variation of the shield shaped Twin Coach emblem.

Twin Coach advertisement showing emblem color variation  ebay

This is the red and black enamel Twin Coach emblem shown below. This Twin Coach emblem is rare.

This is a Twin Coach emblem (c1949-1953)   mjs
Size: 200mm high 138mm wide  MM: Unknown

The following is a Canadian version of this Twin Coach emblem. I do not know if the holes are original. This Twin Coach emblem is rare.

This is a Twin Coach Canada emblem (c1949-1953) ms 
Size: 200mm high 138mm wide   MM: Unknown