Introduction

Mulliner Park Ward was a coachbuilder based in London UK. The company produced Rolls-Royce Motor cars including the Rolls-Royce Phantom and the Rolls-Royce Corniche. The company closed closed in 1991. A coachbuilder is a manufacturer of bodies for carriages or automobiles. ... The Rolls Royce logo Rolls-Royce is a set of several companies, all deriving from the British automobile and aero-engine manufacturing company founded by Henry Royce and C.S. Rolls in 1906. ... A Phantom at the 2005 United States Grand Prix Rear view of a 2005 Phantom The Rolls-Royce Phantom is a luxury saloon (sedan) automobile made by Rolls-Royce. ... First-generation Rolls-Royce Corniche The Rolls-Royce Corniche debuted in 1971, and was redesigned four times before the Corniche name was retired in 2002. ...

History

Henry Jervis Mulliner established a coachbuilding business in Brook St Mayfair London, an affluent area not far from Conduit St, Rolls-Royces first showroom.

The company produced car bodies for several car manufacturers and earned a good reputation for quality, even producing for Charles Stewart Rolls, a modified two seater car with room for a hot air balloon to be stowed. The Hon. ...

In 1919 the company Park and Ward was formed in Willesden, London and a year later started producing bodies for the Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost. Henry Royce was impressed with the quality of the work of Park Ward, this led to a number of orders and by the early 30s most of their work was from Rolls. Finally in 1939 the company was taken over by Rolls-Royce. This model was used as a basis for Rolls-Royce Armoured Car. ... Statue of Sir (Frederick) Henry Royce, standing outside the companys HQ at Moor Lane, Derby The statue inscription, brief life story of Frederick Henry Royce Sir (Frederick) Henry Royce (March 27, 1863 - April 22, 1933) was a pioneering car manufacturer, who with the Hon. ...

After the war the two companies continued to produce fine quality bodies, however in 1959 after some financial difficulties HJ Mulliner was also taken over by Rolls-Royce. The new division of Rolls-Royce Mulliner Park Ward was created and at its peak employed 750 people. The premises were located at Hythe Road, Willesden, London UK. Over its 100 year history the company created countless classic designs and after its closure in 1991 the name Mulliner Park Ward remained as a division within Rolls-Royce until the sale and split-up of Rolls-Royce and Bentley, at which point it became a division of Bentley Motors. 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

http://www.rrab.com/mpw.htm