Download or read book A Z of British Coach Builders 1919 1960 written by Nick Walker and published by Bay View Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A-Z of British Coachbuilders 1919-1960 Nick WalkerSubtitled: And the Development of Styles & Techniques. Walker provides an A-Z chronicle of some 25 known British coachbuilders, from the famous to the little known, with details of their history and products. Includes advice on assessing the condition of a coachbuilt body today, plus a glossary of coachbuilding terms. Hdbd., 7 1/2x 1 1/4, 28 pgs., 355 b&w ill., 5 color.
Download or read book A Z British Coachbuilders written by Nick Walker and published by Herridge & Sons Limited. This book was released on 2007-06-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coachbuilding on motor car chassis evolved from carriage building, and the development of the coachbuilt body closely followed that of the motor car. From the beginning of the 20th century until the arrival in the late 1930s of unitary construction for motor cars, in which the separate chassis and body gave way to a combined body/chassis structure, coachbuilding flourished in Britain, with hundreds of firms exhibiting their latest designs at motor shows year after year. But by the outbreak of World War 2, the industry was already in terminal decline. Many coachbuilders, like Barker or Hooper built one-off bodies for the `carriage trade', the noble and wealthy who sought the distinction of choosing a style of body and interior to suit their personal tastes and requirements, and such bodies were naturally to be found on the most expensive makes of motor car, like the Rolls-Royce, Bentley and exotic marques from the Continent. Other coachbuilders aimed to produce inexpensive bodies in series for volume manufacturers who wanted, for example, to be able to offer a convertible version of a certain model but did not wish to have to make the bodies themselves. Yet others established a special relationship with a single manufacturer, like Charlesworth with Alvis, in order to procure a steady flow of work. This book is a comprehensive study of coachbuilding, and coachbuilders, in Britain. The author sets the scene by describing advances in fashions and techniques of coachbuilding in separate chapters on the 1920s, 1930s and the postwar period. He then gives a unique A-Z coverage of more than 300 British coachbuilders. In addition, there is a chapter offering useful advice on assessing the condition, and likely repair needs, of a coachbuilt body today. A glossary of coachbuilding terms and what they mean completes the picture. More than 400 photographs, 50 of them in color, have been painstakingly hunted down to illustrate coachbuilding fashions and methods as well as the work of the coachbuilders described in the A-Z section. This new enlarged and revised edition features brand new entries.
Download or read book A Z of British Bus Bodies written by James Taylor and published by Crowood. This book was released on 2013-08-31 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A-Z of British Bus Bodies sets out to offer a first port of call for anyone with an interest in those who built bus and coach bodies in Britain and Ireland between 1919 and 1975. From charabanc to service bus, from luxury coach to municipal double-decker, the sheer variety of public service vehicle (PSV) bodies is astonishing. The alphabetical listing of British bus body builders between 1919 - 1975 covers the well-known larger companies and small local companies, and is illustrated with period and modern images, including contemporary advertising material. It includes a substantial introduction looking at operators of the period, the body building process and the development of bus body building throughout the period. A comprehensive guide to bus bodies 1919-1975 and a valuable reference work for the bus enthusiast. Superbly illustrated with 300 colour and black & white photographs including period and modern images and contemporary advertising material. James Taylor has been researching and writing about motoring history for over thirty years and has been interested in classic buses since childhood.
Download or read book Art Deco and British Car Design written by Barrie Down and published by Veloce Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2010 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A work about automotive styling, in particular the streamlined styling that defined what are now known as Airline cars. It explains and illustrates the Art Deco styling elements that link these streamlined car designs, and describes their development, their commonality, and their unique aeronautical names.
Download or read book A Z of British Trolleybuses written by Stephen Lockwood and published by The Crowood Press. This book was released on 2017-05-09 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last century, the trolleybus developed into a successful provider of public transport in many towns and cities around Britain. It is often described as being part tram and part motorbus. The trolleybus was a fast vehicle whose acceleration from rest was far superior to that of any motorbus. Added to this it was quiet and fume-free, and consumed home-produced electricity generated using coal. During the last twenty years, there have been many books about trolleybuses published, but hardly any of these has tackled the subject from the vehicle manufacturers' angle, instead concentrating on individual trolleybus systems. This volume is, therefore, a summary of the British trolleybus, describing each manufacturer and its products, and then showing what happened to these vehicles throughout their life. It contains an alphabetical listing of all the manufacturers, detailing company history and trolleybus types produced including production totals. A second alphabetical company-by-company listing gives full details of every trolleybus built for British use, including data such as chassis number and any subsequent significant changes. As far as possible it is all presented in a non-technical way. This complete guide to the types of British trolleybuses produced, how many and their operational history is superbly illustrated with over 300 photographs, many in colour.
Download or read book The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile Coachbuilding written by Nick Georgano and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2001-10-01 with total page 902 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the art of coachbuilding from its roots in the late nineteenth century through to the inevitable decline that set in during the 1950's. This definitive work explores both the great names and the forgotten innovators of the industry with the detailed entries and generous illustrations that have won the Encyclopedia of the Automobile critical raves and legions of fans on both sides of the Atlantic.
Download or read book A Z European Coachbuilders written by James Taylor and published by Herridge & Sons Limited. This book was released on 2018-05-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The A-Z entries provide details of the history, activities and specialities of each coachbuilder, including the marques they bodied, while the book's broad time span encompasses both the great era of hand-crafted bodies and the more recent field of conversions and special bodywork.
Download or read book Family Firms in Postwar Britain and Germany written by David Paulson and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2023-02-21 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the culture and conduct of six small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in England and West Germany from 1945 to the late-1970s, drawing on numerous archives in Germany and Britain. This is the first book length study that examines the detailed histories of SMEs in a comparative, transnational manner. Emerging from this study is an evaluation of German and British varieties of capitalism in action, showing that they were not fixed or static, but rather have changed considerably as they evolved over time. The German companies studied formed part of the Mittelstand, the family-owned sector which is unique to German-speaking countries. This book explores whether the principles of a close identification with the surrounding region and a patriarchal culture within a 'family' atmosphere were adopted in practice then, and whether they are still applicable today. Paulson compares the Mittelstand to British SMEs in order to understand how their approach differed from that of their German counterparts. For both countries, the 'ecosystem' which surrounded businesses is examined, paying particular attention to funding and vocational education. The book concludes that the potential for a British Mittelstand existed, but that British companies were often less well managed and had to operate within a less supportive external environment than that which favoured the Mittelstand. Historical lessons learned from the management of these companies still resonate today, and can help us to understand contemporary differences in business performance. This book will therefore be of interest to scholars and students of twentieth-century business and economic history, as well as management studies.
Download or read book Freestone and Webb the Story of a British Coachbuilder written by James Taylor and published by Herridge & Sons. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Freestone & Webb was a great name in British coachbuilding for some 35 years. The company's story is told with the aid of meticulous research and with great affection for the grandeur and style that its products still represent.
Download or read book A Z British Sports Thoroughbred Motor Cars written by Nick Walker and published by Herridge & Sons Limited. This book was released on 2007-11-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The period between the two World Wars saw advances in car design going forward in leaps and bounds. Four-wheel hydraulic brakes, overhead valves, independent front suspension, pressure lubrication, synchromesh gears, even wind-up windows, were some of the major developments brought to car manufacture during these twenty years.Throughout this time there was, as always, a demand for cars that were faster, more sporting or more powerful than the run of the mill, and it is these sports and thoroughbred cars that this book is concerned with. It provides encyclopaedic coverage of more than 300 models from some 100 makers, all of them either open sports or high-performance cars. There is a short history of each marque, then each model is given a full description and specification together with comments on its place in the motoring scene, and every model is illustrated.Great marques like Bentley and Aston-Martin are mentioned of course, with the companies’ histories recounted and each of their sports or thoroughbred cars described. Also mentioned are inspired but short-lived creations like the Alta, the Arab and the Atalanta.
Download or read book The Anglo American Encyclopedia and Dictionary Encyclopedia department A Z written by and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Coachwork on Rolls Royce and Bentley 1945 1965 written by James Taylor and published by Herridge & Sons Limited. This book was released on 2020-01-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rolls-Royce and Bentley relied upon standardised body designs after 1945, but for the next two decades both marques also supplied chassis frames separately, and it was possible to have these clothed with coachwork by bespoke coachbuilders like, for example, Mulliner, Park Ward and James Young in Britain, or Graber, Farina and Franay in Europe. Many buyers took this route, and this highly illustrated book bears witness to the wide variety of styles that were built in this fascinating period. Chassis number lists for each coachbuilder, both in Britain and overseas, identify their creations, to make this a comprehensive and essential companion for anyone interested in Rolls-Royce and Bentley in the postwar era. Coachwork on Rolls-Royce and Bentley, 1945-1965 joins the author’s recent work Coachwork on Derby Bentleys 1933-1940 in our list.
Download or read book Whitaker s Books in Print written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 3096 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Coachwork on the Rolls Royce Twenty 20 25 25 30 and Wraith written by James Taylor and published by Herridge & Sons, Ltde.. This book was released on 2022-03-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coachwork on the Rolls-Royce Twenty, 20/25, 25/30 and Wraith tells the story of the craftsmen who provided the coachwork for these vehicles in the glamorous pre-World War II period.
Download or read book Automotive Literature Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vol. for 1947-76 indexes: Car and driver, Motor trend, and Road & track; 1977-81 indexes 15 American automotive journals.
