James Young (coachbuilder)

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James Young Works
Earls Court motor show 1948

James Young Ltd was a British coachbuilding company. The business was started in 1863 in London Road, Bromley.[1] originally producing horsedrawn carriages.

In 1908 they made their first car body for the local Member of Parliament.[2] From 1921 they bodied several Bentley cars as well others such as Alfa Romeo, Sunbeam and Rolls-Royce. The company had grown sufficiently to take their own stand at the 1925 London Motor Show. As well as individual commissions James Young also fitted some standard designs to cars including Talbot and Sunbeam.

In 1937 the company was bought by London Rolls-Royce dealer Jack Barclay.[2]

During World War II they built aircraft components but the factory and all records were destroyed by bombing.[2]

Coachbuilding resumed after the war and a stand was taken at the 1948 Motor Show.[2] The last automobile bodies (on the Rolls-Royce Phantom V chassis) were made in 1968,[3] following fifty Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow Coupés built in 1966 and 1967.[4]

Gallery

  • Drophead coupé 1928 Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 Normale
    Drophead coupé
    1928 Alfa Romeo
    6C 1500 Normale
  • Sports saloon 1933 Rolls-Royce Phantom II
    Sports saloon
    1933
    Rolls-Royce Phantom II
  • Fixed head coupé 1934 Bentley 3½ Litre
    Fixed head coupé
    1934
    Bentley 3½ Litre
  • Drophead coupé 1935 Talbot BA110
    Drophead coupé
    1935
    Talbot BA110
  • Coupé 1948 Bentley Mark VI
    Coupé
    1948
    Bentley Mark VI
  • Saloon 1954 Bentley R-Type
    Saloon
    1954
    Bentley R-Type
  • Saloon 1957 Bentley S
    Saloon
    1957
    Bentley S
  • Limousine 1961 Rolls-Royce Phantom V
    Limousine
    1961
    Rolls-Royce Phantom V
  • Owner driver saloon 1965 Bentley Continental S3
    Owner driver saloon
    1965
    Bentley Continental S3
  • Fixed head coupé 1967 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow
    Fixed head coupé
    1967
    Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow

Notes

  1. ^ "The Coach Builders". cloud9coach.com. Retrieved 2007-12-03.
  2. ^ a b c d A-Z of British Coachbuilders. Nick Walker. Bay View Books 1997. ISBN 1-870979-93-1
  3. ^ "Coachbuilding History". coachbuilt.com. Retrieved 2007-12-03.
  4. ^ Bobbitt, Malcolm (1996), Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow, Bentley T-series, Camargue & Corniche (3rd (2004) ed.), Dorchester, Dorset, UK: Veloce, pp. 135–136, ISBN 1-904788-25-4

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