Hicks Body Company Inc. - 1920s-1960s - Lebanon, Indiana


    Built School Bus bodies on Chevrolet, Ford and White chassis. Built at least 2 school buses on Dodge Power Wagon chassis.

The many friends will regret to learn that Mr. and Mrs. Robert Peebles will leave Union City, Ind. shortly after Christmas and will move to Lebanon, Ind., where Mr. Beebles has accepted a position as chief engineer of the Hicks Body Co., workers of school buses, passenger buses and funeral jobs. (1936 Article)

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Many trucks released by the Willys factory as pickups or "stripped chassis" were adapted by after-market fire apparatus manufacturers including: Hicks Body Company of Lebanon, Indiana

Many trucks released by the Willys factory as pickups or "stripped chassis" were adapted by after-market manufacturers including the Hicks Body Company of Lebanon, Indiana. These conversions also included Forward Control fire trucks built from the cab-over-engine trucks produced by Willys from 1956-65.

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ad in 1953 Silver Book pp69, Known manufacturer from 1920s through 1954

Sued by Wayne Works in 1944 for libel see: Wayne Works v. Hicks Body Co., 115 Ind. App. 10, 19-27, 55 N.E.2d 382, 386-89 (1944)

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Reyes, Leonardo P., Fundamentals of Libel Law, 1986, pp. 14-15, citing Sourbier v. Brown, 123 N.E. 802, 188 Ind. 544; Coffey v. Midland Broadcasting Co., D.C. Mo. 8 F Supp. 889; Wayne Works v. Hicks Body Co., 55 N.E. 2d 382, 115 Ind.

 

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