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AN UNUSUAL FLXIBLE

 
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MaBSTOA 15



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 2:18 pm    Post subject: AN UNUSUAL FLXIBLE Reply with quote

This television camera was manufactured by Dumont Labs. they were the only competition to RCA in the 1950s.

The pedestal was designed by Dumont and built by Flxible. That is right, Flxible!

Besides buses and this camera pedestal Flxible also built coin operated lockers, motorcycle side cars, ambulances, funeral cars and cob-over-engine trucks

Believe it or Not!



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Q65A



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 8:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes sir, that is absolutely true!
In Robert Ebert's book Flxible; A History of the Bus and the Company the author devoted an entire chapter to the assortment of industrial and specialty products made by Flx. In addition to those items mentioned by MaBSTOA15, Flxible also manufactured plastic lavatory parts, small motor boats, farm equipment, soil stabilizers for highway construction, aircraft parts, missile container lids for the US Army, radomes for the US Navy, bank vault trollies for Diebold, truck body parts for International Harvester (today's Navistar) bowling machine parts for AMF, and many more items.
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frankie



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 10:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes sir, the company when it came manufacturing products other than buses was very flxible indeed!

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MaBSTOA 15



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 3:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here is another Flxible built oddity


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MaBSTOA 15



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 3:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here are the last two pages of the sales brochure


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traildriver




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PostPosted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 12:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Interesting find...that paint scheme sort of makes them look 'retro' in design, like something from 20 or 30 years earlier....
I suppose it was the poor man's answer to the GMC Motorhome....
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Steve Carras



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 11:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very unsual,indeed. Never saw those!
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traildriver




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PostPosted: Wed Feb 05, 2020 2:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The hype in the add copy claiming it was built 'like a bus', was a bit of a stretch, don't you think?
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