Coachbuilder

Coachbuilder 1919 – 2012

Carbodies of Coventry built standardised bodies for MG, Alvis, Rover and the Rootes Group, then took over the London taxi. It made the Austin FX3 and FX4 bodies…

Coachbuilder 1929 – 1972

Abbott of Farnham built bodies from 1929 to 1972, much of it under contract to car makers. It built the Lagonda Rapier bodies from 1934, coupes for Sunbeam-Talbot…

Coachbuilder 1923 – 1958

Freestone and Webb, founded in 1923 at Willesden in north London, built bodies for Rolls-Royce and Bentley. It developed the "Top hat" style and popularised the "Razor Edge",…

Coachbuilder founded 1916

Carrozzeria Ghia was founded in Turin in 1916 by Giacinto Ghia. Now owned by Ford, it styled the first Ford Fiesta of 1976, and its name was Ford's…

Coachbuilder 1897 – 1961

H. J. Mulliner & Co. was a coachbuilder at Chiswick in west London. The company was formed in 1897 by Henry Jervis Mulliner, and by the 1930s nearly…

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Harold Radford was a Rolls-Royce and Bentley retailer in South Kensington that built bespoke bodies from the late 1940s. In the Swinging Sixties it became known for luxury…

Coachbuilder 1805 – 1959

Hooper & Co. was a royal coachbuilder in Westminster, London, from 1805 to 1959. It built the first royal car in 1900, luxury bodies for Daimler and Rolls-Royce,…

Coachbuilder 1863 – 1968

James Young of Bromley built high-quality carriages and, from 1908, car bodies. Bought by Rolls-Royce dealer Jack Barclay in 1937, it built on Bentley and Rolls-Royce chassis until…

Coachbuilder 1934 – 1976

Before and beside its own cars, Jensen of West Bromwich built bodies for other makers: Wolseley Hornet Specials, the Austin A40 Sports and the bodies of the Austin-Healey…

Coachbuilder 1930 – 1980

Park Royal Vehicles built buses, coaches and trolleybuses at Abbey Road in west London. It was the home of the AEC Routemaster body, and closed in 1980 after…

Coachbuilder 1919 – 1961

Park Ward was a coachbuilder at Willesden in north London, founded in 1919. Closely tied to Bentley and then Rolls-Royce, it built all-steel bodies from 1936, was bought…

Coachbuilder Design studio founded 1930

Pininfarina, founded in Turin by Battista "Pinin" Farina in 1930, styled cars for Ferrari, Alfa Romeo, Lancia and Peugeot. In Britain its best-known link is the Nash-Healey, whose…

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Thrupp & Maberly, coachmakers to Queen Victoria, began near Worcester about 1740 and worked in the West End of London. It built bodies for Rolls-Royce, Daimler and Bentley…

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Tickford, the Newport Pagnell coachbuilder, grew from Salmons & Sons, founded in the 1820s. It made drophead bodies for BSA, Daimler, MG, Rover and others, was bought by…

Coachbuilder 1926 – 1966

Carrozzeria Touring of Milan patented the Superleggera lightweight construction in 1936. Its design for the Aston Martin DB4 was built under licence at Newport Pagnell, and carried on…

Coachbuilder founded 1870

Vanden Plas began as a Belgian coachbuilder in 1870. Its English company built bodies for Bentley in the 1920s, made the Austin Princess limousine, and lent its name…

Coachbuilder 1948 – 1973

Carrozzeria Vignale was a Turin coachbuilder founded in 1948 by Alfredo Vignale. It worked closely with Giovanni Michelotti, built the early Jensen Interceptor and the Triumph Italia, and…

Coachbuilder founded 1919

Zagato of Milan, founded by Ugo Zagato in 1919, built lightweight aluminium bodies based on aircraft methods. British marques with Zagato bodies include Aston Martin, AC, Bristol, Frazer…