Freestone & Webb, 1923-1958 Av James Taylor

Freestone & Webb, 1923-1958 Av James Taylor

Freestone & Webb was a great name in British coachbuilding for some 35 years, but as demand for coachbuilt car bodies dried up in the 1950s, the company became the first of the Big Five remaining specialists to close down. They had started in the early 1920s, as the motoring scene was settling down a......
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Freestone & Webb was a great name in British coachbuilding for some 35 years, but as demand for coachbuilt car bodies dried up in the 1950s, the company became the first of the Big Five remaining specialists to close down.<BR/><BR/> They had started in the early 1920s, as the motoring scene was settling down after the upheaval of the First World War. Early devotees of lightweight Weymann construction, they soon earned the approval of the nearby Bentley company because their bodies did not unduly hinder the performance of these great sporting chassis. Before long, Rolls-Royce models were also being provided with stylish and well-made Freestone & Webb coachwork, and so were many leading foreign chassis, such as Mercedes-Benz and Packard.<BR/><BR/> Although the partnership of Messrs Freestone and Webb was dissolved before the 1930s had got under way, the company survived the bleak years at the start of the decade and continued to build both arrestingly beautiful bespoke bodies
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This is the story of a great British coachbuilder, told with the aid of meticulous research and with great affection for the grandeur and style that its products still represent. Freestone & Webb was a great name in British coachbuilding for some 35 years, but as demand for coachbuilt car bodies dried up in the 1950s, the company became the first of the Big Five remaining specialists to close down. They had started in the early 1920s, as the motoring scene was settling down after the upheaval of the First World War.Early devotees of lightweight Weymann construction, they soon earned the approval of the nearby Bentley company because their bodies did not unduly hinder the performance of these great sporting chassis. Before long, Rolls-Royce models were also being provided with stylish and well-made Freestone & Webb coachwork, and so were many leading foreign chassis, such as Mercedes-Benz and Packard. Like others, the company struggled to get back into the game after an enforced layoff during the Second World War.But with the aid of good designs and fine workmanship, they survived into the 1950s with their reputation intact. Sadly, their continued survival could only be a matter of time, and Arthur Webb was al-ready looking to sell the company when he died in 1954. Freestone & Webb continued gamely for four more years, experimenting with new designs and going out in a blaze of glory with their extravagant Honeymoon Express for a Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud

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Historien om Freestone & Webb, 1923-1958

Freestone & Webb, en legendarisk britisk karosserifabrikk, står som et vitnesbyrd om det ypperste innen håndverk og stil innen bilindustrien. I løpet av sin 35-årige eksistens, fra 1923 til 1958, satte de standarden for hvordan en bilkropp skulle se ut, med en fokus på lettvektsdesign og utmerket håndverk.

En uovertruffen arv

James Taylors verk, Freestone & Webb, 1923-1958, tar deg med på en reise gjennom tidene. Blant de tidlige pionerene til Weymann-konstruksjonen, fikk de raskt anerkjennelse fra kjente navn som Bentley og Rolls-Royce. Deres karosserier var kjent for å ikke hemme ytelsen til de mest elegante sportsbilene på veien.

  • Sublim design: Hver bil bygget av Freestone & Webb bar preg av tidløs eleganse.
  • Kvalitetsmaterialer: Bruken av førsteklasses materialer sikret både holdbarhet og stil.
  • Innovative løsninger: Til tross for utfordringer under krigen, var deres evne til å tilpasse seg endringer i markedet imponerende.

Dødens tid, men ikke glemsel

Selv om Freestone & Webb måtte legge ned driften i 1958, lever arven videre. Arthur Webb, som var selskapets ansikt utad, jobbet med å satse på nye design før sin bortgang i 1954. Selskapet eksperimenterte med dristige nye idéer og etterlot seg en minneverdig avslutning med den extravagante Honeymoon Express for Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud.

For entusiaster og samlere av bilhistorie, er Freestone & Webb, 1923-1958 Av James Taylor en uunngåelig bok som hyller en glansperiode i britisk karosseribygging og en påminnelse om hvor fantastiske disse designene var. Dette er ikke bare en bok; det er en del av bilhistorien. Skaff deg ditt eksemplar i dag!

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