British Car Designers
The Designers, Stylists and Carrosserie who drew the elegant lines on classic cars and provided something more special than the standard manufacturers' bodywork. From the late 1930s it was the vogue to copy designs from America, and British designers too cues for Austin, Morris, Hillman, Humber, Standard, and of course Ford and Vauxhall. BMC decided to turn to Italy and employed Pininfarina for some of its designs. Designers prospered from the 1950s but in the 21st century costs are too high for short-run designs.
Designer: John Polwhele Blatchley
Designer: John Polwhele Blatchley
Designer: Colin Neale
Designer: Colin Neale
Designer: David Bache
Designer: David Bache
Designer: Dudley Hobbs
Designer: Dudley Hobbs
Designer: David Jones
Designer: David Jones
Designer: Ian Duncan
Designer: Ian Duncan
Designer: Eric Neale
Designer: Eric Neale
Designer: Frank Feeley
Designer: Frank Feeley
Designer: John Frayling
Designer: John Frayling
Designer: Ron Hickman
Designer: Ron Hickman
Designer: Alec Issigonis
Designer: Alec Issigonis
Designer: Ken Howes
Designer: Ken Howes
Designer: Peter Kirwan-Taylor
Designer: Peter Kirwan-Taylor
Designer: Lawrence ‘Lawrie’ Bond
Designer: Lawrence 'Lawrie' Bond
Designer: Malcolm Sayer
Designer: Malcolm Sayer
Ogle Design
Ogle Design
Designer : Gerald Palmer
Designer : Gerald Palmer
Designer: Walter Belgrove
Designer: Walter Belgrove
Designer: Oliver Winterbottom
Designer: Oliver Winterbottom
Designer: William Towns
Designer: William Towns