Coachbuilding 1930s Style

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Last week’s idea for the Transcontinental quiz came from a new book by John Dyson, called Coachcraft. The book tells the story of this London-based coachbuilding company that started in 1934. John is the Vice-president of the Railton Owners Club, which makes him the ideal person to write about this subject, because Coachcraft got its first contract from Railton and produced many bodies for them. They did other makes too, from American Terraplanes and Hudsons to German Adlers and French Delages. The Delage became something of a specialty for them (click main picture). Always on the brink of financial disaster, Coachcraft found a more solid footing in the late 1930s by rebodying older Rolls-Royce chassis with a more modern body. At the outbreak of war many chassis were converted to ambulances. (continue at Read More)

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