Legendary British coachbuilding firm Radford has been revived to as soon as once more play a number one position in creating bespoke luxurious automobiles.
The corporate, with a star clientele that after included all 4 Beatles and film star Peter Sellers, has been relaunched by main designer Mark Stubbs, broadcaster and motor specialist Ant Anstead, ex-System One Champion Jenson Button and enterprise adviser/lawyer Roger Behle.
Radford was initially based in 1948 as ‘Harold Radford (Coachbuilders) Ltd’.
After the Second World Struggle, founder Harold Radford, made a reputation for himself providing coachbuilt Bentley and Rolls Royce motor automobiles.
Radford made its debut on the London Motor present in 1951, the place it confirmed the luxurious Bentley ‘Countryman’.
The corporate was additionally concerned in creating bespoke fibreglass bodywork for the prototype GT40, however it was Radford’s modification of Bentley fashions and later Minis, that gave the corporate its admired fame for luxurious, tailor-made bespoke vehicles.
“To have the ability to assist revive this iconic identify is such a particular and distinctive alternative,” stated Jenson Button.
“The Radford model carries such status and magnetism for anybody with an appreciation of automobiles.”
Ant Anstead added: “The time for a revival of correct coachbuilding is true now. Folks need one thing distinctive, one thing completely different and one thing tailored.
“That’s the place Radford is available in – our automobiles will supply the last word in international luxurious and personalisation, mixing British coronary heart and soul, state-of-the-art know-how with conventional craftsmanship.
“Jenson, Mark and I are proud to be reviving Radford and humbled to be custodians of this legendary firm.”
