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Lyncoach & Truck Co. Oneonta, New York - beverage
bodies 1968 Silver Book
ad 1963 GMC Truck Equipment Catalog pp76
Aluminum van bodies and Lyn Airvan all-aluminum route
delivery van.
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LYNCOACH (US) 1938-c.1970
(1) Lyncoach & Truck Mfg. Co., Oneonta, N. Y. 1938-c.1970 (2) Lyncoach &
Truck Mfg. Co., Troy, Ala. 1960-c.1970
Lyncoach was founded in 1929 to build truck and bus bodies, later making
specialized vehicles such as traveling salerooms, classrooms and libraries.
In 1938 they assembled their first complete vehicle, a Waukesha-powered
radio operations truck for Station WOR in New York City. General Electric
ordered a number of traveling showrooms, and during World War 2 Lyncoach
made complete ambulances with Ford V-8 and Dodge 6-cylinder engines as well
as bodies on other chassis and trailers. From 1945 to 1952 a series of
Waukesha-powered front-drive vans was made, but body building was always
the main activity of the company.
A new plant at Troy, Alabama was opened in 1960 to make aluminum truck
bodies and trailers, and this plant made the Lyn Airvan using Ford and other
chassis in varying sizes from ¾-ton to 3-tons. The name was later changed to
Lyn Arrow, but by the 1970s productions was back to bodies and trailers
only, and the Oneonta plant was closed.
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LINN (US) 1916-1950
Linn Mfg. Corp., Morris, N. Y. 1916-1950
The Linn was a half-track intended either as a load carrier or tractor,
and was particularly used for snowplowing, logging, mining and construction
work. The tracks were mounted between the main framer ails and the outside
auxiliary extensions, and the rear axle was gear driven. 'Apart from the
tracks, the Linn was conventional, with 4-cylinder Continental engines at
first, followed by 4and 6-cylinder Waukeshas, and 6-cylinder Cummins and
Hercules diesels. A special military version of 1933, the 8ton T3, used an
American LaFrance V-12 engine of 246 hp. In the later 1930s the clutch was a
special heavy 2-plate type in unit with a high-speed reversing transmission.
These transmissions were optional 4 or 8-speed, each with a high speed
reverse enabling the Linn to have the same speed in either direction. Bottom
gear was as low as 116.1. Cabs were open at first, but soon a variety of
wooden cabs were used, some fully enclosed, and just before World War 2 a
steel cab with visor adopted. Fenders were never standard equipment, but
they could be ordered. Prices were as high as $15,000 in the later years.
In 1927 H.H. Linn left the company, and formed the indicated Linn Trailer
Corp. at nearly Oneonta, which later became Lyncoach. In 1940 Linn built a
5-ton truck with front wheel drive and a pair of wheels behind the tracks.
These could be lowered for use on hard surfaces, while for rough ground the
tracks were lowered, in which case drive was by tracks and front wheels.
This truck had a 105 hp 6-cylinder Hercules engine, and a forward-control
cab similar to that of the FWD SU-COE model. At this time Linn also made
a conventional front-wheel-drive truck with twin wheels at the front and an
overall length & about 37 feet.
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