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Club Car

Rek Vee Industries Club Car

Minibus

ModelLengthWidthHeightW.B.WeightSeatsEngineChassis
Club Car24' 2"96"109"159"8,880 lbs.17 (perimeter)
25 (2 + 2)
Chrysler 440 c.i. V-8 (gasoline)
Deutz 6 cylinder air-cooled Diesel
DodgeB-24 or
RM350

The Club Car was developed by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communications for Dial-A-Bus service in Toronto, in conjunction with the Toronto Transit Commission. Initially 27 were ordered for Toronto, but early deliveries also went to Ottawa and Waterloo Region. The serials of over seventy Club Cars are recorded below, but it is possible that up to 100 were constructed.

The vehicles were built on conventional Dodge motor home chassis. The all-fibreglass moulded body was adapted from a recreational vehicle designed and manufactured by Rek Vee Industries of Scarborough, Ontario. Seating and interior fittings were by Funcraft Industries Ltd. of Cambridge. The Club Car featured 17 contoured seats arranged around the perimeter, but some had conventional 2+2 bus seating (possibly as a retrofit). They also had indirect lighting, under-the-seat ducted warm air heating, moulded foam with vinyl- and cloth-covered snap-on upholstery (for quick replacement when necessary), and picture windows. Early promotional literature indicated that "... it is planned to have some of the Club Cars modified [with] wider doors and a hydraulic lift arrangement [that] would permit loading of passenger[s] and wheelchair[s]". This link leads to a reproduction of the UTDC booklet, "the multi-purpose small bus" which describes the lift-equipped Club Car. (However, the only ones that I am aware of were the UTDC prototype, plus two operated by the Toronto Board of Education.) Almost all Club Cars had a single-leaf sedan-type door.

Rev. 0.3 - 13JN02
Operator                      No  Date  Serial  To                                 No  Date  Notes
==========================  ====  ====  ======  ===============================  ====  ====  =====================================================
GO Transit                  1201  1973  100172  Sault Ste. Marie Transit           82  1976
GO Transit                  1200  1973  100176  GO Transit                       1900  JN74

GO Transit                  1202  1973   13332  Ontario Northland Transportation  303  1976  Note 1
GO Transit                  1208  1973   13333  Owen Sound Transit                  5  1976  to private (Tiverton, Ontario)

GO Transit                  1203  1973   15368  Owen Sound Transit                  4  1976  to G&G Tours 4; to Blue Bird 2002
GO Transit                  1207  1973   15369  Lindsay Transit                     1  1976

GO Transit                  1206  1973   17403  Ontario Northland Transportation  300  1976  Note 2
GO Transit                  1210  1973   17404  Ontario Northland Transportation  302  1976  Note 3
GO Transit                  1211  1973   17443  Ontario Northland Transportation  301  1976  Note 4
GO Transit                  1212  1973   17444  Lively Transit                         1976  Creighton ON
GO Transit                  1213  1973   17445  Richmond Hill Transit             106  1976  renumbered 500
GO Transit                  1209  1973   17446  Lindsay Transit                     2  1976
OC Transpo                   762  1973   17447  OC Transpo                       9762  1975
OC Transpo                   764  1973   17448  OC Transpo                       9764  1975
GO Transit                  1222  1973   17450  Brampton Transit                 7519  1975  returned JL75; leased to Cimco Ltd., 13DE78
GO Transit                  1216  1973   17451  Hamilton Street Railway          1216  1975  returned 31MR77; to private owner

GO Transit                  1204  1973   18442  Sault Ste. Marie Transit           83  1976
GO Transit                  1221  1974   18456  Toronto Transit Commission       8131  DE74  returned NO77; to Rotary Laughlen Centre (Toronto ON)
GO Transit                  1219  1974   18457  Town of Fort Frances Transit     1753  1976
GO Transit                  1218  1974   18458  Brampton Transit                 7518  1976
OC Transpo                   763  1973   18459  OC Transpo                       9763  1975
GO Transit                  1214  1973   18460                                               to Grove Park Home for Senior Citizens (Barrie ON)
GO Transit                  1217  1974   18461  Toronto Transit Commission       8130        returned NO77; to Rotary Laughlen Centre (Toronto ON)
GO Transit                  1220  1974   18462  Lindsay Transit                     4        to Bethel United Church
OC Transpo                   765  1974   18463  OC Transpo                       9765  1975
GO Transit                  1215  1973   18464  Hamilton Street Railway          1215  1975  returned 31MR77; to Lively Transit
GO Transit                  1223  1974   18465  Toronto Transit Commission       8132  DE74  wrecked in collision JA80

GO Transit                  1205  1973   19378  Lindsay Transit                     3  1976
Kitchener Transit            748  1974   19476

OC Transpo                   761  1973   20331  OC Transpo                       9761  1975
GO Transit                  1230  1974   20371  Oakville Transit                 7416  1974  leased to Brampton Transit 7416, 1975; returned JL75
GO Transit                  1226  1974   20372  Toronto Transit Commission       8134  DE74
GO Transit                  1231  1974   20373
GO Transit                  1227  1974   20374  Toronto Transit Commission       8135  DE74  to Znider Brothers, 4JN81
Kingston Transit            7443  1974   20375
GO Transit                  1228  1974   20376  Burlington Transit               7514  1974  gasoline engine; to Dominion Masonry & Stone Contractors
GO Transit                  1229  1974   20377  Burlington Transit               7515  1975  gasoline engine; to Central Park Lodge (Toronto ON)
Cambridge Transit            404  1974   20378
Stratford Transit           7526  1975   20470  Kingston Transit                 7559  JL77  Deutz diesel engine
Stratford Transit           7527  1975   20471  Kingston Transit                 7558  JL77  Deutz diesel engine
Midland Transit               63  1975   20476
Oakville Transit            7514  1975   20482
Oakville Transit            7513  1975   20484

OC Transpo                   766  1974   21590  OC Transpo                       9766  1975
OC Transpo                   767  1974   21592  OC Transpo                       9767  1975
OC Transpo                   769  1974   21593  OC Transpo                       9769  1975
GO Transit                  1232  1974   21594  Oakville Transit                 7415  1974  Note 5
Oakville Transit            7413  1974   21598  Burlington Transit               7416  1974  diesel engine
Gray Line of Winnipeg          9  1974   21607
Gray Line of Winnipeg          7  1974   21608
Kitchener Transit            747  1974   21614
GO Transit                  1225  1974   21615  Toronto Transit Commission       8133  DE74  to Znider Brothers, 4JN81
GO Transit                  1224  1974   21616  Brampton Transit                 7520  1975  returned JL75; to Central Park Lodge (Toronto ON)
Burlington Transit          7417  1974   21617                                               diesel engine

Burlington Transit          7408  1974   25474
OC Transpo                   770  1974   25477  OC Transpo                       9770  1975
Cambridge Transit            401  1974   25478
Cambridge Transit            402  1974   25479
Bramalea Bus                7411  1974   25479  Brampton Transit                 7411        sold MY78
Bramalea Bus                7410  1974   25480  Brampton Transit                 7410        sold MY78
Burlington Transit          7409  1974   25482
Pickering Transit            912  1974   25483  Kingston Transit                 7460  NO77
OC Transpo                   768  1974   25484  OC Transpo                       9768  1975
Cambridge Transit            405  1974   25485
Kingston Transit            7446  1974   25488
Pickering Transit            914  1974   25489  Kingston Transit                 7461  NO77
Kingston Transit            7444  1974   25491
Bramalea Bus                7412  1974   25501  Brampton Transit                 7412        sold MY78
Cambridge Transit            400  1974   25503
Bramalea Bus                7413  1974   25504  Brampton Transit                 7413        to North Peel Secondary School, JN79
Kingston Transit            7445  1974   25508
Kiwanis Club of Cambridge     --  MY74   25511
Cambridge Transit            403  1974   25514

Midland Transit               61  1975    6253
Midland Transit               62  1975    6253

Oakville Transit            7515  1975   10474
Oakville Transit            7516  1975   10483

Blue Bird                   2001  1974
Cadilac-Fairview Ltd.                 
Charterways Transport'n     3003      
Midland Transit               64  1975
Mississauga Transit         3001  1975
Mississauga Transit         3002  1975
Mississauga Transit         3003  1975
Mississauga Transit         3004  1975
Mississauga Transit         3005  1975
Mississauga Transit         3006  1975
Mississauga Transit         3007  1975
Mississauga Transit         3008  1975
Mississauga Transit         3009  1975
Mississauga Transit         3010  1975
Mississauga Transit         3011  1975
Mississauga Transit         3012  1975
Mississauga Transit         3013  1975
Mississauga Transit         3014  1975
Mississauga Transit         3015  1975
Mississauga Transit         3016  1975
Mississauga Transit         3017  1975
Mississauga Transit         3018  1975
Mississauga Transit         3019  1975                                                       may not have been built
Mississauga Transit         3020  1975                                                       may not have been built
Mississauga Transit         3021  1975                                                       may not have been built
Mississauga Transit         3022  1975                                                       may not have been built
Oakville Transit            7414  1974  RVI  Club Car
Stratford Transit           7524  1975                                                       gasoline engine
Stratford Transit           7525  1975                                                       gasoline engine
Toronto Board of Education                                                                   twin-leaf door and wheelchair lift
Toronto Board of Education                                                                   twin-leaf door and wheelchair lift

NOTES:
  1. Converted to Ontario Northland Transportation Air & Marine Department ticket agent mobile training unit, July 1980.
  2. Ontario Northland Transportation Air & Marine Department ticket agent mobile training unit; sold June 30th, 1981.
  3. Ontario Northland Transportation Air & Marine Department ticket agent mobile training unit; to Safety & Training Department, March 1977; housed equipment for visual and hearing tesk equipment.
  4. Ontario Northland Transportation Air & Marine Department ticket agent mobile training unit; to Kapuskasing Senior Citizens, 1980.
  5. Leased to Brampton Transit 7415, 1975; returned July 1975; to Sault Ste. Marie Transit 84.
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