Sentences with phrase «coachwork for»

Coachwork for the first time was produced completely in - house at the Rolls - Royce factory in Crewe.

Coachwork for most of these cars was completed by H. J. Mulliner & Co. who mainly built them in fastback coupe form.

It was not the first time that Cadillac utilized Pininfarina, having farmed out body production for the 1959 Eldorado Brougham and design and coachworks for several one - offs, customs, and concept cars.

Not exact matches

Elton John's 1959 Bentley S1 Continental Sport Saloon with coachwork by HJ Mulliner is also up for grabs at the sale with an estimate of $ 520,000 - $ 650,000.

Previously responsible for one - off coachwork commissions on existing models like a two - door Bentley Mulsanne coupe and the distinctive Mercedes - AMG G 63 - based X-Raid, Project Panther represents the most substantial project yet for the coachbuilder.

Other featured classes for 2018 include Motor Cars of the Raj, Rollston Coachwork, OSCA, Sporting Vintage Cars, and Tucker.

Over 200 treasures from around the globe built by many long defunct marques with rare or one - off coachwork lined the seaside golf course at Pebble Beach for all to experience.

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Also introduced later in 2009, the DBS was offered for sale as a Volante with the convertible 2 +2 coachwork.

Superleggera, with is Italian for «super light» is a method for car coachwork construction developed by Felice Bianchi Anderloni of Italian coachbuilder Carrozzeria Touring.

Later, I meet Paul Jones, Product Line Director for the Continental, whose gentlemanly English accent makes it seem like he represents the car's fine coachwork, its diamond - pattern two - tone leather upholstery, chromed organ - pull vent controls and Breitling clock set into the dashboard.

The Good Luxury coachwork and a powerful yet economical V - 8 engine make the 2016 Bentley Continental GT V8 S a choice car for long drives.

Massive strengthening of the body to achieve the necessary stability for «topless» coachwork had added weigth too.

The number of independent coachbuilders had dwindled to but few companies by this time - moderately successful were Park Ward, Hooper, H.J. Mulliner and James Young, by whom the vast majoritiy of Bentley S2 Continental were bodied plus those few standard cars whose owners had decided to order a rolling chassis for custom coachwork.

When the Bentley Mark VI was replaced by the Bentley R with its bigger boot, the latter's coachwork was suitably altered for the Silver Dawn too, but no reason for a name change was seen then and led to the terms «small boot» Silver Dawn or «big boot» Silver Dawn being coined later.

With its extended rear frame the R - Type chassis was well suited for this coachwork with its rather long rear overhang.

Hence it was no wonder that Bentley did command coachbuilders to restrict themselves to two door coachwork only for the Continental variant.

As so much had been borrowed from a glorious past it came as no surprise that the new model was by a certain margin more expensive than any other Bentley motor car - there had been the case with its famous ancestors too like for example the Gurney Nutting Sedanca Coupé on Bentley Mark VI chassis, the most expensive coachwork on Bentley during the early post-war period...

Bill Allen from the Styling Department at the Crewe factory had been responsible for the timeless elegance of the H.J. Mulliner, Park Ward two door saloons based on the Silver Shadow's standard coachwork.

Ask the seller for information from any data plates and see who did the coachwork?

It also earns high points for design, from the beautiful exterior to the excellent coachwork.

With the detail put into the coachwork and the fine audio system in the Continental GT V8 S, it would be nice if Bentley made a better effort for the infotainment system.

This prototype car, is however not actually based on a Vanquish at all; Thunderbolt is actually based on a 2009 DBS coupe, a less expensive base car for a project needing totally bespoke coachwork.

Nicholas has now joined his legal team at Irwin Mitchell in appealing for former coachwork colleagues for information to help provide his family with the answers they deserve «before it is too late.»