Old Glory

THE STREAMLINED THIRTIES AND THE DINKY CONNECTIONS

he design was the work of William Hawthorn Holland and his coachworks were based in Govan, Glasgow in the early thirties. His best known teardrop design created a lot of interest at the Commercial Motor Show at Olympia in November 1933. Several body builders were granted licences to produce these designs including S H Bond of Rusholme in Manchester and Robsons of Faringdon Road, London EC1.

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