A foreshadow to the IC conventionals of today and the more recent past- a 1985 Ward conventional on the International S-Series chassis & cowl with the DT466 diesel engine and the Allison MT-643 transmission.

Navistar had bought out Ward/AmTran in 1991 to become their in-house School Bus body manufacturer, and Ward/AmTran became IC Corp in 2002.

From that point on, all Ward/AmTran products began to be built exclusively on International chassis; with the exception of the conventional model also being available on the Ford B-Series chassis & cowl until Ford had exited this business sector and discontinued the B-Series chassis & cowl in 1998, and the Vanguard being available on the Econoline or GM Full-Size van cutaway chassis.

Bus – Eastmont School District #206 Surplus

Source: Public Surplus: Auction #1665735