The genesis of Lyncoach Truck Bodies was started by Mr. Holman Harry Linn in the early 1900’s. Mr. Linn was the founder of the Linn Manufacturing Company in Morris, New York. Initially the company specialized in building tractors for road work, logging, and snow removal. Many of these tractors were purchased by cities and logging companies. Some Linn Tractors were even built for the US government to be used by the armed forces. In 1929 Mr. Linn formed a new corporation to manufacture automobile and commercial vehicle trailers in Oneonta, New York. The names and ownership of the company would change over the years. In 1954, The "Linn Truck and Coach Company" was gone. James M. Friery and Frank E. Humphries (previous employees of Linn Coach) saw an opportunity and vowed to keep the company going. They were not able to gain ownership of the "Linn" name, therefore a similar one was substituted on the contracts, and thus "Lyncoach" was born.