] James Young Limited was a top class British coachbuilder, coachbuilding business in London Road, Bromley, England. Mr James Young bought J. K. Hunter's business in 1863. It built a full range of high quality carriages including landaus but was most famous in James Young's time for its lightweight Bromley Brougham.Martin Bennett. ''Bentley Continental Corniche & Azure''. Veloce 2010. , Their first car body was made in 1908 on a Wolseley chassis for the local Member of Parliament.A-Z of British Coachbuilders. Nick Walker. Bay View Books 1997. During the First World War they made ambulances, lorries and armoured cars on Darracq and

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chassis. In the 1920s and early 1930s standardised bodies were built for

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and

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along with individual commissions often on

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and Rolls-Royce chassis. James Young Limited joined the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders in 1922 and first set up their own stand at the SMMT's 1925 London Motor Show at

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. They displayed two bodies: a Chrysler all-weather and a Lanchester saloon.Nick Georgano, ed. ''The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile: Coachbuilding''. Routledge, 2013. In 1937 James Young was bought by London Rolls-Royce dealer Jack Barclay and he persuaded Scotsman A. F. McNeilAlbert Francis McNeil, born 1891 died 1 November 1965, Bromley, Kent. During the war he was with de Havilland aircraft, he returned to James Young (1891–1965), 'Mac', to leave J Gurney Nutting & Co to become James Young's chief designer. These two events combined with the end of the depression to produce a sharp rise in James Young's sales. James Young stand Earls Court 1948

During the Second World War James Young built aircraft components, mobile canteens and canvas covers. The factory was destroyed and all records lost in 1941, the second year of the Blitz. Rebuilt it was hit again, this time by a V-1 flying bomb but production continued. Coachbuilding resumed after the war and a stand was taken at the 1948 Motor Show. By the early 1960s 50 or 60 new bodies were being built each year mostly for export. By that time the only Bentley bodies were for

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, the last S3 Continental went to its owner in early 1966. Mac McNeil died in 1965. Some thirty-five Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow (and 15 Bentley T) fixed head coupés were created in 1966 and 1967 by removing rear doors from standard unitary construction production cars and extending the front doors. Lacking McNeil's touch they were not a success. Rolls-Royce subsidiary

Mulliner Park Ward Mulliner Park Ward was a bespoke coachbuilder in Hythe Road, Willesden, London UK. Mulliner now is the personal commissioning department for Bentley. Mulliner Park Ward was a subsidiary of Rolls-Royce and made bespoke bodies in London for ...

with more technical information and resources made their coupés at least handsome. James Young's last bodies were made on Rolls-Royce Phantom V chassis in 1968.

Gallery

Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 Normale.jpg, Drophead coupé
1928 Alfa Romeo
6C 1500 Normale Sunbeam - Flickr - Terry Wha (cropped).jpg, 4-seater drophead coupé
1930
Sunbeam 16 1932 MG F1 Magna "Stiles Special Threesome", roof down, 2018 Greenwich Concours (front left).jpg, Sports car
1932
MG F1 Magna 1934 Bentley 3-12 Litre ( B26AH) James Young Fixed Head Coupé.jpg, Fixed head coupé
1934
Bentley 3½ Litre 1934 Talbot 105 drophead coupé (29049827805).jpg, Drophead coupé
1934
Talbot BA105 1949 Bentley MK VI Jas Young 8408064748.jpg, Coupé
1948
Bentley Mark VI Bentley R Type RREC Annual Rally 2010 4798560273.jpg, Saloon
1954
Bentley R-Type Bentley S1 James Young 4846564400.jpg, Saloon
1957
Bentley S 1961 Rolls-Royce Phantom V James Young limousine 5AT76 svr.jpg, Limousine
1961
Rolls-Royce Phantom V Bentley Continental Flying Spur ca 1965.jpg, Owner driver saloon
1965
Bentley Continental S3

Notes

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External links

Drawings of James Young designs:
Book of James Young carriage designs in the Bodleian Library

Design for a brougham or sedanca de ville on a Rolls-Royce Wraith chassis

Design for a coupé de ville on a Bentley 4¼ litre chassis
Young Young