East Lancashire Coachbuilders

East Lancashire Coachbuilders Limited was a builder of bus bodies founded in 1934 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England.
History.
On 17 August 2007, the company went into administration, but was saved and bought out by the Darwen Group. The new company was called Darwen East Lancs.
In 2008, Darwen East Lancs was purchased by Optare.
East Lancs bodies stopped being built and the factory in Blackburn closed in 2012.
Products.
Past.
East Lancs had many different types of bodywork. They deliberately misspelled names, replacing the letter i with a letter y.
Kinetec series.
The Kinetec was made in 2006. They are low-floor bodies for MAN chassis. They have the Esteem/Olympus body but with MAN's own Lion's City design front and rear.