Cadillac by Miller-Meteor

In 1954, Wayne Works of Richmond, Indiana - a large school bus producer - purchased the Meteor Motor Car Co of Piqua, Ohio and on March 19, 1956 Wayne announced the acquisition of another Ohio professional car builder, the A.J. Miller Company of Bellefontaine, Ohio. Under this new conglomerate, the company would now be called Miller-Meteor. A.J. Miller's Bellefontaine plant was sold and manufacturing was consolidated at Meteor's Piqua, Ohio plant which was located at 125 Clark Avenue.

From day one, Miller-Meteor built exclusively on the Cadillac commercial chassis and the first Miller-Meteor coaches debuted in 1957. The new firm was an immediate success and had captured 50% of the professional car market by 1962.

In 1958 there was a record breaking single order for 40 funeral cars. In 1962 the company was the largest manufacturer of funeral cars and ambulances on the Cadillac chassis; sales broke all records.

In 1963, Miller-Meteor announced a completely new line of models.  Miller-Meteor's new Trimatic casket table consisted of a 3-way table for hearse models, allowing loading from the rear as well as from the LH and RH side doors.

In 1966 the line comprised 13 basic models. Extending tables for all rear-loaders were offered in 1968