Duple was a bus and coach bodybuilder of London
1919 Company founded Herbert R. White
1920 Of Pembroke Works, Pembroke Road, High Street, Hornsey
1928 W. E. Brown joined as a partner. His sons Richard and Denis later joined the business.
1939 See Aircraft Industry Suppliers
1946 Public company.
1958 Acquired Willowbrook.
1960 Duple took over H. V. Burlingham of Blackpool.
1961 Manufacturers and designers of luxury coach and service bus bodies. 800 employees.[1]
1974 Developed a prototype three-axled semi-articulated bus, in which the engine and auxiliary services are carried on a demountable extension behind the passenger carrying section.[2]
1983 Duple became part of the Hestair Group.
1984 Duple exhibited the Integral 425 model at the Motor Show.
1989 Plaxton's bought the manufacturing rights for the coach products of its main domestic competitor, Duple, for £4 million.
1990 Hestair closed down Duple.
See Also
- 1939 Suppliers to the Aircraft Industry
- 1953 Who's Who in the Motor Industry: Companies D
- 1954 Commercial Motor Show
- 1958 Commercial Motor Show
- 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- 1962 Commercial Motor Show
- 1968 Commercial Motor Show
- 1968 Who's Who in the Motor Industry: Companies
- 1971 Who's Who in the Motor Industry: Companies
- AEC: Reliance
- Automobile Engineer: 1950/11
- Automobile Engineer: 1952/11
- Automobile Engineer: 1954/11
- Bedford: Buses
- Bifort Motor Co
- Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co
- C. C. Bailey
- Duple
- Duple Bodies and Motors
- Duple Coachbuilders
- Duple Motor Bodies (Midland)
- Duple Motor Bodies (Northern)
- Engineering 1948 Jul-Dec: Index: Paragraphs
- Engineering 1950 Jul-Dec: Index: Paragraphs
- Gerald Richard White
- Grovewood Securities
- H. V. Burlingham
- Henry James Bigg
- Herbert Richard White
- Hestair Dennis
- Hestair Duple
- Hestair Group
- Plaxton's
- R. R. White
- The Engineer 1950 Jan-Jun: Index
- Walter Ernest Brown
- Willowbrook
Sources of Information
- Ian Allan - British Buses Since 1900 - Aldridge and Morris