Crown Coach Corporation was a manufacturer of school buses and fire trucks (under the Firecoach brand). It was founded in Los Angeles as the Crown Carriage Company by Don M. Brockway in 1904. He eventually moved factory operations to Chino in San Bernardino County. Crown closed in March 1991. Both factories have been razed. A large number of Crown school buses are still in service. Replacement parts are supplied by West Coach, a company started by a group of former Crown Coach employees. Crown's Supercoach school buses were known for strength and durability, built of 90,000 psi steel, with an expected service life of 20 years. This became a factor contributing to Crown's shutdown in 1991, because competitors produced less expensive buses made of 45,000 psi steel. Many Crown buses, retired by school districts in the United States, continue to serve in Mexico as local transit buses.
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