COACH BUILDERS

Because Hearses are specialist vehicles, it is impossible to know how many coachbuilders built them and on what chassis. Some produced just one or two examples, others built hundreds. The club has managed to note the following firms but it is by no means exhaustive. If anyone can add to the list and details of what they built etc let us know. As long as they are part of the United Kingdom/Ireland that’s great.
English Coachbuilders

A while ago we printed an A-Z of the British coachbuilders that we knew of at the time, some were proper companies others were individuals who perhaps built their own bodies as on-offs etc. We have listed them separately but as we all know many were taken over by other companies and as before we welcome any info on the more obscure builders or any not mentioned.

British coachbuilders

  • Armstrong & Co
  • Anton Prickett
  • Allans Ltd
  • Avon Coachworks
  • Alexanders of Edinburgh
  • Alpe & Saunders Ltd
  • Arthur Mulliner Ltd
  • Arundale Motor Group
  • Automotive Development Centre Ltd
  • Bellcrown Carriages
  • Blackpool Coachcrafts Ltd
  • Bundys Bodyworks Ltd
  • Bonallack & Sons
  • Bristol Coachbuilders
  • Barker & Co
  • Brownlow Rd Sheet Metal Co
  • Bristol Tramways & Carriage Co Ltd
  • Barnaby’s of Hull
  • Batley Coachworks
  • Cammegh & Philpott
  • Carriagecraft
  • C. Joiner
  • Cooper Motor Bodies Ltd
  • Corinthian Coachbodies
  • Cardiff Motors Ltd
  • Cromwell Motors Ltd
  • Chase Carriage Company
  • Criterion Ltd (Citroen)
  • Chelsea Carriage Works Ltd
  • Coway Ltd
  • Citroen Cars UK
  • Castleton Specialist Coachbuilders
  • Charlesworth Motor Bodies Ltd
  • Castlecrest
  • Coleman Milne
  • Clyde Autos Ltd
  • Central Garages Ltd
  • Charles Glasgow & Co
  • Daimler Motor Company
  • Dinky Cars Ltd
  • Dottridge Brothers
  • E. C. Davies & Co Ltd
  • East Lancashire Coachbuilders Ltd
  • Eagle Specialist Vehicles
  • Eagle Carriage Works
  • Economic Funeral Company
  • E. D. Abbott Ltd
  • Everton’s of Blackheath
  • Entwistle & Greenhalgh Ltd
  • Francis Chappell & Sons FD
  • F. G. Smith Motors Ltd
  • Foley Specialist Vehicles
  • Friary Motors Ltd
  • Freestone & Webb
  • Fielding & Bottomley
  • Flewitt Ltd
  • Godfrey Davis Ltd
  • Glen Prey
  • Goldburg Funeral Directors
  • Glenfrome Engineering
  • Herbert Lomas
  • Hinds of Carlisle
  • Healey Brothers
  • H. F. Cooper Motor Bodies
  • Hayden & Son
  • Henry Smith of Battersea FD
  • Henry Alexander & Co
  • Hill Brothers of Carlisle
  • Imperial Carriages
  • Imerial Motor Co
  • J. R. Motors Ltd
  • Jensen Motors Ltd
  • Jennings
  • J. Peden & Co
  • Jenkins & Paine
  • John Marston
  • John Knape & Son Ltd
  • Jones Brothers Ltd
  • Jaguar Cars Ltd
  • J. B. Taneborne & Co Ltd
  • J. C. Clarke
  • J. Cairns Ltd
  • John Macdonald & Son
  • John Fuller & Co
  • Knibbs & Parker
  • Kenwill Brothers
  • Kitcher & Woodiwiss
  • K. W. Bodies Ltd
  • Kays of Margate
  • Lowes of London
  • Larks of Walton
  • Lancefield Coachworks
  • Lewis, Hammond & Co
  • Laurie & Marner Ltd
  • Lawton Motor Bodybuilding Co
  • Lovett Brothers Coachbuilders
  • Leat Funeral Directors
  • Le Marquis Ltd
  • Motorcycle Funerals Ltd
  • Mills & Co
  • Macneillie & Son Ltd
  • Mark Stanford of Clapham
  • Mercedes Benz UK
  • Martel Motors Coachbuilders Ltd
  • Merlin Coachbuilders
  • Mascot Motors Ltd
  • Martin Walter Ltd
  • Margham Coachbuilders
  • McCallister Cars Ltd
  • Nottingham Motor Body Co Ltd
  • Park Ward
  • Pierce Ltd
  • Peugeot UK
  • Priory Motors Ltd
  • Pilcher Green
  • Pargetters of Coventry FD
  • R & S Coachworks
  • R. S. Panels
  • Robert Jankel Design Ltd
  • Rueben Thompson FD
  • Ranalah Ltd
  • Red Lion Automobiles Ltd
  • Rippon Brothers
  • Reeve Coachbuilders
  • Roger Daniels Coachbuilders
  • R. G. Kemp
  • Reliance Bodyworks
  • Reall Coachbuilders Ltd
  • Smiths Ltd
  • S.H. Bond of Withenshaw
  • Simpson & Slater
  • S. C. W. S. (Scottish Co op)
  • Sturmey Motors Ltd
  • S. F. Edge Ltd FD
  • S. D. C. Taylor & Co Ltd
  • Stanley Taylor Motors Ltd
  • Sherpley Motor Company
  • Saltermaybury Ltd
  • Tanner of London
  • Tilleys of Brighton
  • Thomas Startin
  • T. Hammond & Co
  • Tyler & Martin Motor Bodybuilders
  • Unit Sidecars Ltd
  • Universal Body Construction Co
  • Victory Garage
  • Valemoor Coachcraft
  • Vincents of Reading
  • W. Millard & Co
  • William Dickens Ltd
  • W. Harold Perry
  • W. Mumford Ltd
  • Walter Smith & Son FD
  • Woodkirk Garage Ltd
  • Wilson & Stockall
  • Wacky’s Trikes
  • Wilsons Ltd
  • Windovers
  • W.H. Knibbs & Son Ltd
  • Wilcox & Co
  • Woodall Nicholson
  • Wadham Brothers Ltd
  • Wadham Stringer Ltd
  • Wilcox & Baggett
  • William Emery & Sons FD

Irish Coachbuilders

  • William Denby & Sons
  • Fahy Bros Coachbuilders
  • Wilton of Belfast
  • Pierce Ltd
  • Mangans of Edenderry
  • McKinley Ltd
  • Fearghas Quinn
  • Byrne Coachbuilders
  • Duffy Coachbodies
  • Charles Hurst Ltd
  • Callows of Dublin
  • J Kenny Coachmakers
  • Griffith Roberts Ltd
  • Magee & Sons Ltd
  • Hanna Coachworks
  • John Kelly Coachbuilders