Jack Barclay Ltd. Diamond Jubilee Anniversary Commemorative Catalogue
Details:
- Author(s) Worthington-Williams, Michael
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1987
- Pages 48pp; illus
- Publisher The firm
- Place Published London
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- Name Modern Records Centre
- City Coventry
- County West Midlands
- Country England
- Postcode CV4 7AL
- Visit Modern Records Centre's website
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Notes:
Written by a leading motoring historian. Discursive content but with much on the firm's history. Has very short accounts of James Young and Gurney Nutting. Chapters include: 'John Donald Barclay, 1900-1969 - from Brooklands to Berkley Square'; 'Jack Barclay Ltd - service after sale'; 'Gurney Nutting Ltd - sporting coachwork by royal appointment' [pp22-5]; 'James Young Ltd - a century of quality coachbuilding' [pp26-9]; 'The automobile accessory - an age of elegance'; 'The motor mascot - sculpture in miniature'; 'The spirit of ecstasy - behind the legend'