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Hooper and Co

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1882.
January 1904.
1904.
1905.
1909.
December 1912.
1917.
1918.
March 1922.
1927.
December 1927.
September 1930.
May 1935.
May 1935.
May 1935.
October 1936.
October 1936. Hooper Sadanca.
October 1936.
November 1946.
October 1949. Saloon by Hooper on a 2.5 litre Daimler chassis.
July 1953. Hooper Empress Mk II.
November 1954.

Hooper and Co of Piccadilly, London coachbuilders, were also makers of aeroplanes in WWI

Formerly Adams and Hooper

1855 Hooper and Co, 28 Haymarket, London. Coach Builders.[1]

1858 Messrs. Hooper and Co., the eminent coachbuilders of the Haymarket. Carriages for the royal wedding.[2]

1895 Incorporated as a limited company.

1914 Coach and motor-coach builders. Specialities: motor-coach building and repairs; designed and built motor bodies for many members of the European and British royalty; builders of State carriages, dress carriages, plain carriages. [3]

1914 Directors: H. H. Mulliner, Sir Courtauld Thomson, John Robertson (Managing Director).

WWI Aeroplanes

1939 Acquired by Daimler, part of BSA

WWII Manufactured parts for the De Havilland Mosquito [4]

1946 at 54 St. James Street.

1958 Experienced decline in demand for high class coachwork[5]

1991 Following the collapse of the Reliant Group, acquired Metrocab from the receivers.

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ Aris's Birmingham Gazette - Monday 21 May 1855
  2. ↑ Morning Herald (London) - Tuesday 05 January 1858
  3. ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
  4. ↑ Mosquito by C. Martin Sharp and Michael J. F. Bowyer. Published by Crecy Books in 1995. ISBN 0-947554-41-6
  5. ↑ The Times Nov. 20, 1958
  • Aeroplanes of the Royal Flying Corps (Military Wing) by J. M. Bruce. Published 1982 ISBN 0-370-30084-x
  • AA. [1] Image courtesy of Aviation Ancestry
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