| align="center" colspan="2" | [[Thomas Built Buses]] - FS-65|-| '''Years of manufacture''' || 1995-1997 to 2006
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| '''Width''' ||96 inches
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| '''Power/Fuel''' || Diesel
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The In May 1996, [[Freightliner]] introduced their new type-C school bus chassis, known as the '''FS-65'''. Freightliner had worked with [[Thomas Built Buses]] FS-65to develop a chassis/body combination that boasted a larger windshield, a raised driver''' is s platform, and a Type C sloping hood, all leading to better visibility. Production was expected to begin in mid-1996.<ref>Freightliner enters school bus built on the Frieghtliner FS-65 chassismarket. 15 May 1996. Press release. Freightliner Corporation. </ref> The body is essentially he same conventional Type C body Thomas has offered on other chassis for many yearsfirst bus was completed and delivered to John T. Cyr & Sons in January 1997.<ref>First Freightliner school bus completed and delivered to largest contractor in Maine. 09 January 1997. Press release. Freightliner Corporation. The </ref> When launched, the FS-65 chassis was first offered in 1995also available to other body manufacturers, including [[Blue Bird]], [[Carpenter Industries|Capenter]], and was made [[Corbeil Bus Corporation|Corbeil]]. By the standard Type end of 2002, Blue Bird had designed their own type-C chassis for , Carpenter had ceased operation, and Corbeil focused solely on producing type-A buses. At this time, Thomas, when Thomas was acquired by which had become a subsidiary of Freightliner Groupin 1998<ref>Press release. 06 October 1998.</ref>, produced their type-C buses exclusively on the FS-65 chassis.
On December 13, 2006, Thomas Built Buses delivered the their last FS-65 school bus, and the . The FS-65 was replaced succeeded by the [[Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner C2|Saf-T-Liner C2]], which was launched two years earlier. A total of 62,764 Freightliner FS-65 chassis have been were produced, and nearly a quarter of a million FS-65 conventional bodies were produced.<ref name="ThomasRetired">[http://www.thomasbus.com/bus-models/type-c/fs65-retired.asp Thomas retires the FS-65], thomasbus.com, retrieved 09-06-30</ref>
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Image:Southland Transportation 756.jpg|A shorter, low-roof Freightliner model of the FS-65.