Page and Hunt

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Page and Hunt was a British coachbuilder based in Farnham, Surrey .

Company history

The company was founded in 1920 by Arthur Page and Oliver Hunt . Page was responsible for the technical part, Hunt as the investor for the financial part.

The first orders were for chassis from the brands Talbot , Bianchi and Packard . As early as 1922, the company showed its bodies at the specialist exhibition in London's Olympia Center . She was represented at this exhibition until 1928.

A contract with the Buick importer Lendrum & Hartman ensured further work, and bodies for these chassis were also built after the takeover of an automobile agency for the Armstrong Siddeley brand .

Page and Hunt specialized in sporty vehicles, mainly coupes , convertibles and roadsters . Some chauffeur - limousines have emerged. In addition to the bodies for the brands mentioned, bodies for Cadillac , Daimler , Delage , Fiat and Wolseley are known. A very elegant Drop Head Coupe (Cabriolet) on the chassis of a Rolls-Royce 40/50 hp "Silver Ghost" was also created in 1925 by Page and Hunt .

The company ran into financial difficulties in 1929 and went into voluntary liquidation. Their sales manager for London, Edward Dixson Abbott , stepped in and took over the company's facilities. This resulted in the coachbuilder Abbott of Farnham , which existed until 1972.

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