Crayford Engineering was an automobile

Automobile

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 coachbuilder

Coachbuilder

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 based in Westerham

Westerham

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, Kent

Kent

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, England

England

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 and formed in 1962 by David McMullan and Jeffrey Smith. In the 1970s, a subdivision within the company, called Crayford Auto Developments, Ltd., was established for automobiles. The company specialized in converting European coupés and saloons into convertibles and estates. Notable products included the convertible Mini, BMC 1100/1300

BMC ADO16

ADO16 is the codename for the development of what became the Morris 1100, a small family car built by the British Motor Corporation and, later, British Leyland...

 convertible, the rare Triumph TR7

Triumph TR7

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 Tracer Estate, and a Leyland Princess

Leyland Princess

The Princess is a family car that was produced in the United Kingdom by British Leyland from 1975 until 1981. The car inherited a front-wheel drive / transverse engine configuration from its predecessor, the BMC ADO17 range...

 hatchback conversion, a commonly-accepted principle for a car that appeared to be, but was not, a hatchback to begin with. Other lesser-known conversions from Crayford included the Tempest, a convertible Volkswagen Scirocco

Volkswagen Scirocco

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, a Ford Cortina

Ford Cortina

As the 1960s dawned, BMC were revelling in the success of their new Mini – the first successful true minicar to be built in Britain in the postwar era...

 MkV Convertible, and a Mercedes S-Class Estate.

No new vehicles have rolled out of Crayford's factory in at least 20 years.

External links

• http://www.austin-rover.co.uk/index.htm?crayindexf.htm List of Crayford's conversions of Austin, Morris, MG, Rover, and Triumph cars.
• http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/conceptcarcentralunitedkingdom/tempest&date=2009-10-25+17:50:34 1980 Crayford Tempest, a convertible Volkswagen Scirocco