Class: Bus, School — Model origin: — Built in:
Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase
Author | Message |
---|---|
◊ 2021-11-25 18:16 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
◊ 2021-11-25 18:25 |
International S-Series - Corbeil -- Last edit: 2021-11-25 18:27:39 |
◊ 2021-11-25 23:17 |
You can see the smiley face logo above the door, which makes this 1995 or newer. So, it's a 3000-series chassis with a S-Series hood swap (notice the mismatched fender). Built in = Canada -- Last edit: 2021-11-25 23:18:52 |
◊ 2021-11-26 01:48 |
If the bus id # 7128 is correct, an S-Series. @pokedoddsponge _ I thought you were smoking something. The only way one can see that very faded out smiley face is to enlarge the pic. Even then it may or may not be there -- Last edit: 2021-11-26 02:11:53 |
◊ 2021-11-26 02:20 |
It's been removed, but you can see where it was. If you look right under the hood latch at the fender, you can see where it doesn't quite line up, due to the newer hood being swapped on. The S-Series and 3000-series are actually the identical except the hood/fender and dashboard, and the hoods can be swapped between the two (but don't 100% line up due to the fender being changed). Also, Corbeil wasn't in business until 1985, and I believe didn't start making full size buses until 1991. The hood was obviously swapped for an older one to make it look like an older bus. Where the casual observer wouldn't notice the anachronistic body. -- Last edit: 2021-11-26 02:20:41 |
◊ 2021-11-26 04:12 |
Michel Corbeil and his family have a long history in manufacturing quality products. Michel's father founded the Corbeil factory in 1936. This tradition of excellence thus emerged with Joseph Henri Corbeil, who started a small company named J.H. Corbeil, a manufacturer of truck and bus bodies. As the demand for bus bodies increased considerably, J.H. Corbeil decided in 1956, to exclusively manufacture this product line. In 1960, following the death of the company founder, its direction was passed on to his three sons. Under their reign, the company continued its expansion and held at one point, nearly 65% of the eastern Canadian market. This growth initiated the construction of a larger manufacturing facility, erected next to the original factory. In 1975, the J.H. Corbeil was sold to an American corporation, which closed the St-Lin-Laurentides operation during the recession of the early 80's. In 1985, Michel Corbeil and his partners were back in the small 7,000 square foot factory built by his father 50 years earlier. Thus the beginning of Les Entreprises Michel Corbeil Incorporated. During the first year, manufacturing 77 single wheels mini-buses. By 1991, product offering expanded with the introduction of dual wheel and conventional models, all built on the same assembly line. |
◊ 2021-11-26 05:08 |
Ok, I was right on the 1991 date for the full size bus. Logowiki says 1994 for the smiley face logo, Wikipedia says 1995 |
◊ 2021-11-26 08:35 |
So that explain why few parts looks weird ![]() |
◊ 2021-11-26 11:08 |
@supcoach: That turns out to be out of date. In 2007 Collins Bus Corporation bought out Les Enterprises Michel Corbeil and moved production to Kansas. Collins discontinued the Corbeil brand in 2016. Link to "en.wikipedia.org" -- Last edit: 2021-11-26 11:12:25 |
◊ 2021-11-26 22:45 |
I'm being told in a Facebook group called The Bus Lounge that it's a 1999 3800 with a T444E engine, and the hood swap was done by a movie prop company in Toronto for the movie It. Also, I was sent another picture of the bus now painted blue, though I'm not sure why that color |
◊ 2021-11-26 22:58 |
Did you mean this came from /vehicle_1099000-International-S-Series-1987.html ? |
◊ 2021-11-27 01:42 |
That's the one (it seems, they built two) |