Rek-Vee Industries Club Car
| RekVee Industries Club Car | |
|---|---|
| |
| Years of manufacture | 1970s |
| Length | 24 feet |
| Width | 96 inches |
| Power/Fuel | Diesel, gasoline |
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The Club Car was a small passenger transit vehicle (or "mini-bus") developed by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communications in conjunction with government crown corporation Urban Transportation Development Corporation (UTDC) in the 1970's.
The all-fibreglass body was designed and manufactured by RekVee Industries Ltd of Scarborough, Ontario, adapted from a similar-looking RV model they made. The vehicles were built on a Dodge RM 350 van chassis. Overall assembly of the vehicles was contracted out by UTDC to Ontario Truck and Bus Industries (later renamed Orion Bus Industries), who assembled and retrofitted the minibuses for the Ontario Government's Dial-a-Bus program[1]. Funcraft Industries Ltd. of Cambridge installed the seating and interiors.
The Club Car featured 17 perimeter seats. They also featured indirect lighting, under-the-seat ducted heating, and large picture windows. Almost all Club Cars had a single-leaf sedan-type front door.[2]
The Club Car was most often utilized by transit operators for dial-a-bus services and light ridership transit routes.
There was a similar looking RV model produced by RekVee, marketed as the Routemaster, in 24' and 28' versions.
Specifications
| Dimensions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Overall length: 24' 2" | ||
| Width: 96" | ||
| Height: 109" | ||
| Engine | ||
| Deutz 6 cylinder air-cooled (Diesel models) | ||
| Chrysler 440 cu. in. V-8 (gasoline models) | ||
| Transmission | ||
| Allison AT-540 (Diesel models) | ||
| Chrysler Loadflite 3 spd. automatic (gasoline models) | ||
Operators
Canada 
- Bramalea Dial-A-Bus - Bramalea, ON
- Brampton Transit - Brampton, ON
- Burlington Transit - Burlington, ON
- Charterways Transportation
- Cambridge Transit - Cambridge, ON
- Canadian National Transportation - Newfoundland
- GO Transit - Greater Toronto Area
- Hamilton Street Railway - Hamilton, ON
- Kingston Transit - Kingston, ON
- Midland Transit - Midland, ON
- Mississauga Transit - Mississauga, ON
- Oakville Transit - Oakville, ON
- Ontario Northland
- OC Transpo (under TeleTranspo) - Ottawa, ON
- Pickering Transit - Pickering, ON
- Richmond Hill Transit - Richmond Hill, ON
- Sault Ste. Marie Transit - Sault Ste. Marie, ON
- Stratford Transit - Stratford, ON
- Toronto Transit Commission - Toronto, ON
United States 
- Blue Bird Coach Lines - Olean, NY