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Classic Metal Works - 52301 - Bus, GM Old Look - National City Lines

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Stock Number52301
BrandClassic Metal Works
ManufacturerClassic Metal Works
Body StyleClassic Metal Works Bus GMC
Prototype VehicleBus, GM Old Look (Details)
Road or Company NameNational City Lines (Details)
Reporting MarksNational City Lines
Paint Color(s)Yellow with White Roof
Print Color(s)Black
MultipackYes
Multipack Count2
Series NameMini Metals
Item CategoryVehicles
Model TypeBus
Model SubtypeGM
Model VarietyTDH-3610 Old Look
Prototype RegionNorth America
Prototype EraNA Era III: Transition (1939 - 1957)
Years Produced1940 - 1969
Scale1/160



Model Information: Decorated in standard General Motors Truck & Coach Division paint schemes, the Classic Metal Works models have photo-etched stainless steel mirrors, windshield wipers, and include decals for Downtown, East Side, Express, Local, North End, R.R. Station, South End, Union Station, and West Side destinations.
Prototype History:
The GM "old-look" transit bus is a transit bus that was introduced in 1940 by Yellow Coach beginning with the production of the model TG-3201 bus. Yellow Coach was an early bus builder that was partially owned by General Motors (GM) before being purchased outright in 1943 and folded into the GM Truck Division to form the GM Truck & Coach Division. The Yellow Coach badge gave way to the GM nameplate in 1944. Production of most "old-look" models was stopped upon the release of the GM New-Look bus in 1959, however some smaller "old-look" models continued to be built until 1969. Approximately 38,000 "old-look" buses were built during the 29-year production run. The "old-look" name is an unofficial term that was applied to this series of GM buses after the release of the GM New-Look, with "New-Look" being an official term used by GM to describe their new line of buses that superseded the "old-look". This is an example of a retronym.

In 1959, GM introduced its New-Look bus with the "fishbowl" style front window, and production stopped on all "old-look" buses other than the "second-generation" models: the 28-foot (8.5 m) TGH-3102 which was built until 1963 and the 30-foot (9.1 m) 35xx models which were built until 1969.

From Wikipedia
Road Name History:
National City Lines, Inc. (NCL) was a public transportation company. The company grew out of the Fitzgerald brothers' bus operations, founded in Minnesota, United States in 1920 as a modest local transport company operating two buses. Part of the Fitzgerald's operations were reorganized into a holding company in 1936, and later expanded about 1938 with equity funding from General Motors, Firestone Tire, Standard Oil of California and Phillips Petroleum for the express purpose of acquiring local transit systems throughout the United States in what became known as the General Motors streetcar conspiracy. The company formed a subsidiary, Pacific City Lines in 1937 to purchase streetcar systems in the western United States. National City Lines, and Pacific City Lines were indicted in 1947 on charges of conspiring to acquire control of a number of transit companies, and of forming a transportation monopoly for the purpose of 'Conspiring to monopolize sales of buses and supplies to companies owned by National City Lines'. They were acquitted on the first charge but not the second in 1949.

From Wikipedia
Brand/Importer Information:
Focused on the production of HO and N Scale post World War II to 1970s era North American vehicles, the Sylvania, Ohio based Classic Metal Works was founded in 1997, by William J. Giacci.
Primarily constructed out of die-cast metal, Mini Metals CMW products are factory assembled and decorated.
In May 2017, Classic Metal Works and Mini Metals product ranges have been taken over by Round 2 Corp.

Note: The following CMW stock numbers have not been used, breaking the linearity of the numbering: 50313 to 50315, 50362 to 50364, 51154 to 51163
Item created by: CNW400 on 2018-09-18 21:38:29. Last edited by CNW400 on 2020-05-12 09:23:09

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