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Basically a specialist builder, after World War II they came under Fiat's wing and were an important independent coachbuilder in the late 1940s and»50s.

Stefan Ittner delves into the history of this renowned Parisian coachbuilder in Carrosserie Vanvooren / David Burgess-Wise reflects on just a few of the countless Wayside whimsies — hare - brained schemes from the early days of motoring / Derek Buckler built some 400 cars with spaceframe chassis between 1947 and 1962, but remains relatively obscure compared to his brilliant contemporary Colin Chapman.

Stefan Ittner delves into the history of this renowned Parisian coachbuilder in Carrosserie Vanvooren

Triumph moved up - market in the 1930's, but the Dolomite proved to be their final fling / Douglas Blain explains why Ecurie Crapaud has been absent from the headlines — Toad: continued adventures / Bucciali TAV 12 memories — Part two / History of William Arnold (Manchester) Ltd, a leading coachbuilder in the north of England / Michael Bowler looks at post-war cars that emerged from the ashes of the immortal 328 — Out of BMW / Vauxhall 30 - 98, 1926 — Back on the Road / Wolseley 6/90, 1956 — Back on the Road / Austin Pearl Cabriolet, 1933 — Back on the Road / Suffolk SS100 — Motorhouse / Students who passed through Colchester Institute's restoration course — Workshop

Coachbuilders in the 1920s and»30s used elegantly curved door profiles, and that excellent idea is beautifully recapitulated here.

But the proportions and design of Ford's first purpose - built muscle car in 30 - plus years caught the eyes and sparked the imaginations of a pair of the world's leading coachbuilders in Italy as well.

Not exact matches

Making 997 hp, the rear - wheel - drive IsoRivolta can hit 62 mph in a very quick 2.7 seconds, the Italian coachbuilder claims.

While the S2 mostly came as a standard saloon, several coachbuilders mounted custom bodies on its chassis, creating some of the most unique Bentleys in all of history.

He studied architecture early on but ended up one of the first Americans to live and work in Italy, where he would design cars for some of the country's greatest coachbuilders, including Ghia and Pininfarina.

Brighton Run 2005 / The Man Who Knew No Fear — Arthur Hyde an Amateur Driver — Part One / Vanished Coachbuilders — A Trio of Bentleys with Interesting Coachwork by Companies Not Included in the Standard Works / Bavarian Beauty — BMW 507 Touring Sport / John A Griffiths & The J A G

1932 Tatra Type 57 — Zoe Harrison tells the intriguing story of the car that came here from Austria in the 1970s / 1911 Albion 16hp — The tale of this Scottish expatriate now enjoying an active life in Australia is told by Dennis Harrison / Ice and Snow Rally 1991 — Malcolm Elder explains what it is like to take part in the Rallye Neige et Glace in the French Alps / Early 20s Fox light car — The story of this Anglo - German enterprise is uncovered by Michael Worthington - Williams / Another Golden Age of Motoring — Brian A Meulbrouck argues that the period following WW2 should be considered worthy of this accolade / 1928 Alvis 12/50 — The Editor enjoys his excursion this month in this sporting open tourer / Epps Bros. coachbuilders — The history of the London - based family firm is recalled for us by James Taylor / 1924 Turcat - Mery SG limousine — In the second part of his article Finbarr Corry writes about his impressions of driving a 1924 limousine / 1930s «graveyard» — Ray Cattle pictures a sad collection of thirties cars left in the open to roin the 1970s / 1911 Albion 16hp — The tale of this Scottish expatriate now enjoying an active life in Australia is told by Dennis Harrison / Ice and Snow Rally 1991 — Malcolm Elder explains what it is like to take part in the Rallye Neige et Glace in the French Alps / Early 20s Fox light car — The story of this Anglo - German enterprise is uncovered by Michael Worthington - Williams / Another Golden Age of Motoring — Brian A Meulbrouck argues that the period following WW2 should be considered worthy of this accolade / 1928 Alvis 12/50 — The Editor enjoys his excursion this month in this sporting open tourer / Epps Bros. coachbuilders — The history of the London - based family firm is recalled for us by James Taylor / 1924 Turcat - Mery SG limousine — In the second part of his article Finbarr Corry writes about his impressions of driving a 1924 limousine / 1930s «graveyard» — Ray Cattle pictures a sad collection of thirties cars left in the open to roin Australia is told by Dennis Harrison / Ice and Snow Rally 1991 — Malcolm Elder explains what it is like to take part in the Rallye Neige et Glace in the French Alps / Early 20s Fox light car — The story of this Anglo - German enterprise is uncovered by Michael Worthington - Williams / Another Golden Age of Motoring — Brian A Meulbrouck argues that the period following WW2 should be considered worthy of this accolade / 1928 Alvis 12/50 — The Editor enjoys his excursion this month in this sporting open tourer / Epps Bros. coachbuilders — The history of the London - based family firm is recalled for us by James Taylor / 1924 Turcat - Mery SG limousine — In the second part of his article Finbarr Corry writes about his impressions of driving a 1924 limousine / 1930s «graveyard» — Ray Cattle pictures a sad collection of thirties cars left in the open to roin the Rallye Neige et Glace in the French Alps / Early 20s Fox light car — The story of this Anglo - German enterprise is uncovered by Michael Worthington - Williams / Another Golden Age of Motoring — Brian A Meulbrouck argues that the period following WW2 should be considered worthy of this accolade / 1928 Alvis 12/50 — The Editor enjoys his excursion this month in this sporting open tourer / Epps Bros. coachbuilders — The history of the London - based family firm is recalled for us by James Taylor / 1924 Turcat - Mery SG limousine — In the second part of his article Finbarr Corry writes about his impressions of driving a 1924 limousine / 1930s «graveyard» — Ray Cattle pictures a sad collection of thirties cars left in the open to roin the French Alps / Early 20s Fox light car — The story of this Anglo - German enterprise is uncovered by Michael Worthington - Williams / Another Golden Age of Motoring — Brian A Meulbrouck argues that the period following WW2 should be considered worthy of this accolade / 1928 Alvis 12/50 — The Editor enjoys his excursion this month in this sporting open tourer / Epps Bros. coachbuilders — The history of the London - based family firm is recalled for us by James Taylor / 1924 Turcat - Mery SG limousine — In the second part of his article Finbarr Corry writes about his impressions of driving a 1924 limousine / 1930s «graveyard» — Ray Cattle pictures a sad collection of thirties cars left in the open to roin this sporting open tourer / Epps Bros. coachbuilders — The history of the London - based family firm is recalled for us by James Taylor / 1924 Turcat - Mery SG limousine — In the second part of his article Finbarr Corry writes about his impressions of driving a 1924 limousine / 1930s «graveyard» — Ray Cattle pictures a sad collection of thirties cars left in the open to roIn the second part of his article Finbarr Corry writes about his impressions of driving a 1924 limousine / 1930s «graveyard» — Ray Cattle pictures a sad collection of thirties cars left in the open to roin the open to rot.

-- Munro Donald on the Kent coachbuilder Maltby's pioneering work on automatic car hoods / A Right Royal Renault — The Editor gets a priviledged drive in a limousine once owned by King Edward VII / Way Down In Dixie — Michael Wortington - Williams goes stateside in search of the Dixie Flyein a limousine once owned by King Edward VII / Way Down In Dixie — Michael Wortington - Williams goes stateside in search of the Dixie FlyeIn Dixie — Michael Wortington - Williams goes stateside in search of the Dixie Flyein search of the Dixie Flyer.

In The Little Corsican, Tom Clarke tells the story of Corsica, the enigmatic coachbuilder which produced some of the most exotic British bodywork of the 1930s, clothing chassis from Bentley, Bugatti, Mercedes and others

In Hooray Henry, Paul Darke charts the car's difficult gestation and eventual success / David Burgess-Wise shares his personal highlights from the annual London to Brighton Veteran Car Run and the Regent Street Motor Show / In The Little Corsican, Tom Clarke tells the story of Corsica, the enigmatic coachbuilder which produced some of the most exotic British bodywork of the 1930s, clothing chassis from Bentley, Bugatti, Mercedes and others / A disused locomotive works with no road access seems an unlikely location for a car factory but, as Giles Chapman explains in The Brighton Bubble, that's where thousands of Isettas were assembled in the 1950s and»60s / Matthew Bell visits the Frazer Nash Archives, the largest collection of documentation relating to the marque in his article Archie and Aldy's Archives / In Birds of a Feather, the little - known makes Victor, Metro - Tyler and Economic all operated from the same village in Kent during the cyclecar booIn Hooray Henry, Paul Darke charts the car's difficult gestation and eventual success / David Burgess-Wise shares his personal highlights from the annual London to Brighton Veteran Car Run and the Regent Street Motor Show / In The Little Corsican, Tom Clarke tells the story of Corsica, the enigmatic coachbuilder which produced some of the most exotic British bodywork of the 1930s, clothing chassis from Bentley, Bugatti, Mercedes and others / A disused locomotive works with no road access seems an unlikely location for a car factory but, as Giles Chapman explains in The Brighton Bubble, that's where thousands of Isettas were assembled in the 1950s and»60s / Matthew Bell visits the Frazer Nash Archives, the largest collection of documentation relating to the marque in his article Archie and Aldy's Archives / In Birds of a Feather, the little - known makes Victor, Metro - Tyler and Economic all operated from the same village in Kent during the cyclecar booIn The Little Corsican, Tom Clarke tells the story of Corsica, the enigmatic coachbuilder which produced some of the most exotic British bodywork of the 1930s, clothing chassis from Bentley, Bugatti, Mercedes and others / A disused locomotive works with no road access seems an unlikely location for a car factory but, as Giles Chapman explains in The Brighton Bubble, that's where thousands of Isettas were assembled in the 1950s and»60s / Matthew Bell visits the Frazer Nash Archives, the largest collection of documentation relating to the marque in his article Archie and Aldy's Archives / In Birds of a Feather, the little - known makes Victor, Metro - Tyler and Economic all operated from the same village in Kent during the cyclecar booin The Brighton Bubble, that's where thousands of Isettas were assembled in the 1950s and»60s / Matthew Bell visits the Frazer Nash Archives, the largest collection of documentation relating to the marque in his article Archie and Aldy's Archives / In Birds of a Feather, the little - known makes Victor, Metro - Tyler and Economic all operated from the same village in Kent during the cyclecar booin the 1950s and»60s / Matthew Bell visits the Frazer Nash Archives, the largest collection of documentation relating to the marque in his article Archie and Aldy's Archives / In Birds of a Feather, the little - known makes Victor, Metro - Tyler and Economic all operated from the same village in Kent during the cyclecar booin his article Archie and Aldy's Archives / In Birds of a Feather, the little - known makes Victor, Metro - Tyler and Economic all operated from the same village in Kent during the cyclecar booIn Birds of a Feather, the little - known makes Victor, Metro - Tyler and Economic all operated from the same village in Kent during the cyclecar booin Kent during the cyclecar boom.

Peugeot Racing Engineers 3: Ernest Henry Sébastien Faurès — Fustel de Coulanges continues this series of articles by focussing on Ernest Henry / Villa d'Este — Simon Moore reports from this prestigious concorso d'eleganza / Rippon Bros: Coachbuilders of Renown — Jonathan Wood outlines the story of this Huddersfield coachbuilder / Amilcar CGS: an ultra-rare Duval coupé / America, Top to Toe — Photographer Dirk Dahmer recounts an epic journey from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego at the wheel of a 1952 split window Volkswagen Beetle / Back on the Road — In the latest instalment of his series, Michael Ware reports on the restoration of a 1935 two - seater Wolseley Hornet Special

Part One covers Harry Bowler's Specials / Flatnose Morris — The Famous Flatnose — by Jonathan Wood / Buyers Guide — Dave Moss looks at the Bentley VI and R - Type / La Sculpture Roulante — Douglas Blain reviews some very exotic French cars / Offord Coachbuilder through eight reigns — by Nick Baldwin and Robin Wayne / Workshop — This month Roy Berry's special feature on lubrication / Just as I am — Warts and All — Michael Jones has an encounter with a remarkable Austin in South Africa

In August 2008, after an insanely labor - intensive restoration worthy of the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, the transporter — built on a Fiat truck chassis and customized by an Italian coachbuilder — trundled through the teeming paddock at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

During a lifetime in automobile design on both sides of the Atlantic, Darrin had his share of setbacks, but Karl Ludvigsen reckons his successes as both coachbuilder and stylist - for - hire outshone these by far / Stamina, Status And Style — Around the Delaunay Belleville a web of myths has been spun: am ultra-conservative car for the wealthy, unsporting and with a bonnet shaped to remind one of a boiler.

Like Touring's other creations since its rebirth as a serious concern in the mid-Noughties, most notably the Bentley Continental Flying Star of 2010, and 2013's Alfa 8C - derived Disco Volante, the Berlinetta Lusso will offer customers extensive latitude in colours, materials and detail execution, as per the great Italian coachbuilder's tradition.

Unlike previous Aston - Zagatos, which were completed and partially designed in Italy, the latest Z car actually has precious little to do with the Milanese coachbuilder.

As was the case with the Karmann Ghia, the coachbuilder had virtually no say in the Cheetah project.

1971 Volkswagen Karmann Cheetah In the early 1970s, German coachbuilder Wilhelm Karmann GmbH was already responsible for building the slinky Karmann Ghia and drop - top Beetles for Volkswagen — but it also helped build a small, conceptual sports car for VW and Italdesign.

Although any two models from one coachbuilder might appear identical, each body was hand - built, and the client had the opportunity to indulge in his or her personal styling whim, so that virtually every car was an individual, and there would often be numerous detail differences, perhaps in the radiator grille design or lighting layout, between one car and another from the same source.

Just as Land Rover is planning to introduce an even more luxurious Range Rover flagship, the Belgian coachbuilder and armorer Carat Duchatelet already has one waiting in the wings.

Even an espresso machine has been integrated into the luxurious cabin, which has more in common with a mobile office from a coachbuilder than the interior of a work truck.

The 2018 Bentley Bentayga SUV blends «sport» and «utility» in a way that actually doesn't make a liar of the famed British coachbuilder.

Originally produced from 1938 — 1939, the luxury car somewhat strayed from the convention in that only produced the chassis and then sold it to independent coachbuilders to complete.

Built by QWest, a coachbuilder specialising in carbonfibre, this obviously aftermarket but still very cool conversion saves 12 kg over the standard layout, despite being bigger.

This gorgeous short - wheelbase Delahaye, bodied by French coachbuilders Figoni et Falaschi, took home Best in Show at the Cobble Beach Concours d'Elegance in 2014.

The Italian coachbuilder created one of the greatest and truly most beautiful cars of all time with the DB4GT Zagato back in 1960.

From 1954 to 1956 Italian coachbuilder Carrozzeria Pinin Farina independently built and sold a 2 - door 2 +2 coupé based on 1100 TV mechanicals, in a small series of about 780 examples.

RemetzCar, a coachbuilder from the Netherlands that specializes in stretching luxury cars, has finally finished its shooting brake version of the Tesla Model S after it was commissioned by a Dutch enthusiast and shooting brake collector by the name of Floris de Raadt.

In 2008, at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este, Milanese coachbuilder Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera unveiled the Maserati Bellagio Fastback Touring, a 5 - door hatchback built on the basis of the fifth generation Quattroporte.

It was still just possible in the 1950's to purchase a rolling chassis from Aston Martin at Feltham and having an independent coachbuilder create something a little different.

The Vengeance is the work of a team of over 40 automotive experts in a Midlands based coachbuilder and every vehicle will be built on a brand new chassis supplied directly from Aston Martin.

We frequently lament the end of an era when coachbuilders sold their auto show cars to the general public, but every once in a while a modern, running one - off or prototype goes up for auction without decades passing first.

The Continental GTZ is a version of the Bentley Continental GT Speed with a custom body produced in association with Italian coachbuilder Zagato, with technical partners Coventry Prototype Panels, DELVIS GmbH and PPG.

EXTREMELY RARE CAR WITH LOW NUMBERS BUILT, MILLE MIGLIA ELIGIBLE Brand Lancia Type Aprilia Cabriolet Color Blue Interior Grey Year of build 1938 Price $ 79.500, - 1938 LANCIA APRILIA CABRIOLET A very rare convertible of the desirable Lancia Aprilia Built by the Swiss coachbuilder Worblaufen and is probably the only one known to have built by him Extremely rare car with low numbers built Wonderful driver The stunning Lancia Aprilia was one of the first designed cars using a wind tunnel in collaboration with Battista Farina and Politecnico di Torino, achieving a record low drag coefficient of 0.47.

Specialist coachbuilder Baur wasted little time in developing a pair of soft - top variants based on the BMW 02 range which were produced until 1975.

While the original Cayman was built in Finland by Valmet Automotive, the current car is assembled by German coachbuilder Karmann, although production standards are as high as they are at the manufacturer's own Stuttgart works.

In addition to Harold Radford, another independent coachbuilder also offered a shooting brake conversion for the DB6.

From those coachbuilders who had remained in business but few were able to significantly enhance the balanced lines of the standard coachwork.

Hermann Graber's company Carrosserie Graber of Wichtrach near Berne in Switzerland was to become the most successful non-English coachbuilder on post-war Bentley motor cars.

The name Mulliner — in the past a coachbuilder of highest reputation — stood for more than an echo from the bygone era of bespoke coachbuilding.

We frequently lament the end of an era when coachbuilders sold their auto show cars to the general public, but every once in a while a modern, running one - off or prototype goes up for auction without...

It used a Cadillac chassis and running gear with body built in Italy by coachbuilder Pininfarina.

For one thing, in cross-section its center depression or «trough «is reminiscent of certain GT coupes of the Italian coachbuilder Zagato in the Fifties and later.

Designed by a young Ercole Spada as his first project for Zagato, the DB4 GTZ (as it is also known) had the body modified at the coachbuilder's factory in Italy and featured more flowing and more elegant lines than the donor car.