Burlington Carriage Company

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The Burlington Carriage Company was a British manufacturer of automobile bodies , which at times was closely associated with the automobile manufacturer Armstrong Siddeley .

Company history

Armstrong Siddeley Hurricane with standard body from Burlington

The Burlington Carriage Company was founded in 1892. Initially, the company was based on Marylebone Road in London . Burlington initially represented the De Dietrich and Turcat-Méry brands in London. At the beginning of the 20th century, a separate body shop was established, which manufactured bodies for various chassis. Among other things, the company dressed vehicles from Delaunay-Belleville . In 1913 the company was taken over by Siddeley-Deasy and relocated to Coventry . There it temporarily shared the premises with Charlesworth Motor Bodies during the First World War , but did not enter into any legal relationship with the competitor. Even during the war, Burlington Siddeley-Deasys was the supplier of the standard bodies offered by the factory. Burlington retained this position after Siddeley-Deasy and Armstrong-Whitworth merged to Armstrong Siddeley in 1919. Until production was discontinued in 1960, all standardized Armstrong-Siddeley bodies came from Burlington. Burlington, however, no longer equipped other chassis manufacturers.

After Armstrong Siddeley had given up automobile production in 1960, Burlington still produced a number of standard Sunbeam Alpine bodies . This order ended in 1960. After that, the body shop at Burlington also came to a standstill. The Coventry premises existed in the early 21st century.

literature

  • Nick Walker: A – Z of British Coachbuilders 1919–1960 . Shebbear 2007 (Herridge & Sons Ltd.) ISBN 978-0-9549981-6-5 .
  • NN: A History of the Armstrong Siddeley Car . Motor Sport, November 1958, p. 54.