Carbodies is a British company based in Holyhead Road, Coventry, that started as a coachbuilder but is now best known for its Taxicab production business. The Precinct in Coventry city centre. ... A coachbuilder is a manufacturer of bodies for carriages or automobiles. ... Taxicab, short forms taxi or cab, is a type of public transport for single passenger or small group of passengers, typically for non-shared ride. ...

The company was founded in 1919 when Robert Jones bought the vehicle body making business from Gooderham. Rather than make bespoke bodies to individual designs, Carbodies set out to produce production runs of coachwork for makers thet did not have their own bodyshops or were short of capacity. Typical companies supplied were Alvis Cars, the Rootes Group and MG. The Alvis Silver Eagle mascot. ... MG is a British marque that has produced sports cars since 1924, although none have been made since MG Rover went bankrupt in the spring of 2005. ...

During World War 2 the company made bodies for military vehicles and aircraft components.

After the war Carbodies got a major contract from the Austin Motor Company to make taxi bodies as well as work from Ford, making the bodies for the convertible Consul, Zephyr and Zodiac. They also supplied prototype bodies and tooling, projects including the Jaguar E-type bonnet. The Austin Motor Company was British manufacturer of automobiles that rose to be a major motorcar brand, the dominant partner after merger with Morris in the 50s but declining after absorption into British Leyland. ... Ford of Britain, Limited is the manufacturing and sales arm of the Ford Motor Company for the United Kingdom and originally also Ireland. ... Categories: Automobile stubs | Ford vehicles ... The Ford Zephyr was a car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company in the United Kingdom. ... Categories: Automobile stubs | Ford vehicles ... A 1963 Series 1 3. ...

In 1954 Robert Jones sold the company to the BSA group and in 1973 BSA was bought by Manganese Bronze. The company is now called LTI Ltd, an abbreviation of London Taxis International. ... Manganese Bronze Holdings PLC is an engineering company based in Coventry, England (note Manganese Bronze is also one of many possible alloys called bronze). ...

External links

• London Vintage Taxi Association
• LTI website