Production chronology1927
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Brooks Steam29-passenger Steam Bus Prototype
Production1927
Recorded originUnited States
Class29-seat aluminium parlour-style experimental bus
Built1 units
Production
1
confirmed units built
Buffalo Body Company-bodied prototype displayed at the 1927 AERA convention in Cleveland. It was experimental only and took no orders; its eight-cylinder double-acting steam engine was promoted as gasoline-V16-equivalent in firing events.
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