Bus, Flxible Coach

History: The Flxible Co. (pronounced "flexible") was an American manufacturer of motorcycle sidecars, funeral cars, ambulances, intercity coaches and transit buses, based in the U.S. state of Ohio. It was founded in 1913 and closed in 1996. The company's production transitioned from highway coaches and other products to transit buses over the period 1953–1970, and during the years that followed, Flxible was one of the largest transit-bus manufacturers in North America.
Flxible buses were produced from 1932 to 1966:

• "Airway" intercity coach (1932–1936)
• "Clipper" intercity coach (1937–1942, 1944–1950)
• "Airporter" intercity coach (1946–1950)
• "C-1" intercity coach (1950)
• "VisiCoach" intercity coach (1950–1958)
• FL "Fageoliner" transit bus (1953–1954)
• FT "Flxible Twin" transit bus (1953–1959)
• VL-100 "VistaLiner" two-level intercity coach (1954–1959)
• "StarLiner" intercity coach (1957–1967)
• "Hi-Level" intercity coach (1959–1962)
• "New Look" transit bus (1960–1978)
• "FlxLiner" intercity coach (1963–1969)
• "Flxette" light duty transit bus (1964–1976)
• 870 "Advanced Design Bus" transit bus (1978–1982)
• METRO "Advanced Design Bus" (1983–1996); METRO "A" (1983–1987), METRO "B" (1988–1991), METRO "C" (1992), METRO "D" (1993–1994) and METRO "E" (1995–1996)

From Wikipedia

Railroad/Company: The Flxible Co. (pronounced "flexible") was an American manufacturer of motorcycle sidecars, funeral cars, ambulances, intercity coaches and transit buses, based in the U.S. state of Ohio. It was founded in 1913 and closed in 1996. The company's production transitioned from highway coaches and other products to transit buses over the period 1953–1970, and during the years that followed, Flxible was one of the largest transit-bus manufacturers in North America.
In 1913, Hugo H. Young and Carl F. Dudte founded the Flxible Side Car Company in Loudonville, Ohio, to manufacture motorcycle sidecars with a flexible mounting to the motorcycle. The flexible mounting allowed the sidecar to lean on corners along with the motorcycle, and was based on a design patented by Young.
In 1919, the company's name was changed to The Flxible Company, dropping Side Car from the name as the business looked for new opportunities to expand.
After low-priced automobiles became available in the 1920s, the motorcycle sidecar demand dropped and in 1924, Flxible turned to production of funeral cars (hearses), and ambulances, which were primarily manufactured on Buick chassis, but also occasionally on Studebaker, Cadillac and REO chassis, and intercity buses, initially (1930s and early 1940s) built on GMC truck chassis, and powered with Buick Straight 8 engines.