MCI Coaches
MCI Coaches in North America
In 1928 Harry Zoltok and Fred Sicinski started an auto body repair workshop in Winnipeg. Canada. On April 9, 1932 they incorporated their company as "Fort Garry Motor Body and Paint Works Ltd.". In 1933 the first coach body was built on a Packard chassis and in 1937 the first complete coach was constructed for Grey Goose Bus Lines in Winnipeg. By the outbreak of world war two production had concentrated on coach building. On January 7, 1941, the company name was changed to Motor Coach Industries, or MCI. Bus production was halted during the war, though one trolley coach was built in 1942. Production resumed after the war and at the end of the 1940's the "Courrier" rear engined coach range was introduced. At the same time the company expanded into other fields, such as pole line hardware and road machinery...
In 1928 Harry Zoltok and Fred Sicinski started an auto body repair workshop in Winnipeg. Canada. On April 9, 1932 they incorporated their company as "Fort Garry Motor Body and Paint Works Ltd.". In 1933 the first coach body was built on a Packard chassis and in 1937 the first complete coach was constructed for Grey Goose Bus Lines in Winnipeg. By the outbreak of world war two production had concentrated on coach building. On January 7, 1941, the company name was changed to Motor Coach Industries, or MCI. Bus production was halted during the war, though one trolley coach was built in 1942. Production resumed after the war and at the end of the 1940's the "Courrier" rear engined coach range was introduced. At the same time the company expanded into other fields, such as pole line hardware and road machinery...
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