Carlton Carriage Co

1938 Bentley 4¼ Litre with Carlton Drophead Coupe coachwork. Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, 2009

The Carlton Carriage Company were an English coachbuilder based in Willesden, North London.

Originally formed as E.B. Hall & Co,[1] they moved from making horse-drawn carriages to making custom car bodies commissioned directly by customers on chassis supplied by various manufacturers, including Bentley, Daimler and Rolls-Royce. The company name changed after they were licensed to produce Weymann Fabric Bodies.

In 1939, Winston Churchill commissioned Carlton to build a drophead coupe on a Daimler DB18 chassis. Never used until post-World War II, he used it to campaign both the 1944 and 1948 general elections.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Carlton Carriage Co". Grace's Guide. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  2. ↑ Chris Knapman (9 Nov 2010). "Winston Churchill Daimler to be auctioned". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
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