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Rolls-Royce 20/25 1934 Mock Weymann MG M-type the first Midgets, 1929: All the M-type standard bodies had rigid plywood panels covered with fabric- the bodies were supplied by Carbodies , £6.10.0 each [ citation needed ]
Freestone and Webb were English coachbuilders who made bodies for Rolls-Royce and Bentley motor cars but also built bodies on other chassis including Alfa Romeo, Packard, and Mercedes-Benz. The business was founded in 1923 by V.E. Freestone and A.J. Webb as a specialist coachbuilding service in workshops (Unity Works) in Brentfield Road ...
The 1904 Rolls-Royce 10 hp Two-Seater is currently listed on the Guinness World Records as the most expensive veteran car to be sold, at the price of US$7,254,290 (equivalent to $10,660,000 in 2023), on a Bonhams auction held at Olympia in London on December 3, 2007. [3]
James Young Coachbuilder receipt for Rolls-Royce. James Young bought J. K. Hunter's business in 1863. It built a full range of high quality carriages including landaus but was most famous in James Young's time for its lightweight Bromley Brougham. [1] Their first car body was made in 1908 on a Wolseley chassis for the local Member of Parliament.
Brewster had chassis fitted with temporary seats and protection and driven from Rolls-Royce's Massachusetts plant to the Brewster Building in Long Island City, New York for bodies. The Rolls-Royce showrooms offered 28 standardized body styles so as to deliver cars to customers quicker and for a lower price.
However, Park Ward, another coachbuilder which had come to specialise in Rolls-Royce and Bentley bodies, had been a wholly owned subsidiary of Rolls-Royce since 1939. As well as Rolls-Royce and Bentley, Barker also constructed bodywork on chassis by other manufacturers including Daimler, Napier, Packard, Cadillac, Duesenberg, and Mercedes-Benz.
Fellow designer Howard "Dutch" Darrin (1897-1982) met Tom Hibbard in 1923, who had had left LeBaron, and they founded the company Hibbard & Darrin. The company designed innovative styled bodies for many of Europe's most prestigious car makers but the partnership ended in 1931 when Hibbard returned to the USA to take up a position in General Motors' design department.
Notes: Original barn find purchased in Sarasota, Florida. Restoration price includes £2,155 import tax & shipping and £1,000 travel expenses. Carburetor and air filter caught fire shortly after purchase. Bonnet paint was blistered and car was unsafe to drive.