Willowbrook was an English bus bodybuilder. Founded in 1927, it acquired the business of Stokes & Holt,

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. In 1952 it acquired a

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from

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to build metal-framed bodies. Sold to Duple Coachbuilders in September 1958, and then in a

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in 1971, it ceased in 1983.

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{{Automotive industry in the United Kingdom, state=collapsed Companies based in Loughborough Defunct bus manufacturers of the United Kingdom Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1927 Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1983 1927 establishments in England 1983 disestablishments in England