|
Harrington Legionnaire
The Harrington Legionnaire is an passenger coach body built by Thomas Harrington Ltd in Hove, Sussex between 1963 and 1965. It was built on three-axle Bedford VAL, two-axle Ford Thames 676E, and two specials on Guy Victory tram bus chassis. The design was never a success and very few were built. Design The Harrington Legionnaire was a square-rigged body with straight waist rail and five deep windows per side. It also differed from the company's Cavalier and Grenadier models by having plated window surrounds; a large brightwork grille with twin headlights; and a Grenadier-style front windscreen duplicated as a rear door. Above the windscreen was a destination box or illuminated nameboard beneath a prominent peak. At the rear the illuminated nameboard was inside the rear glass and fitted the other way about to the front, meaning the first and last pillars had a pronounced forward rake to them whilst all the others were vertical. The cantrail flat above it was a roof secti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Harrington Ltd
Thomas Harrington & Sons was a coachbuilder in the county of Sussex from 1897 until 1966, initially at Brighton but from 1930 until the end in a purpose built Art Deco factory (an image of which was used on the builder's transfers) in Old Shoreham Road, Hove.Platt & Lukowski, The Harrington Grenadier and Cavalier, Wellington (Somerset) 1991 Overview The company began with the construction of horse-drawn carriages. With the rise of motor vehicle, Thomas Harrington began building on motor car chassis, and prior to World War I began to specialise in commercial vehicles, buses and coaches. After the armistice the company concentrated on luxury coaches supplementing these with some single-deck bus bodies and other general coachbuilding activity. During World War II, it was selected by the War Ministry to build a specialised aircraft design and during their history they also produced ΒΌ - scale street-legal model coaches to entertain children, pioneered a minibus that bus operators ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
