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    1. Knibbs & Parkyn, Manchester
    2. Don Knibbs
    3. Does anyone know of this firm of Coachbuilders which was established in 1840? I found an article on the internet that provided a list of Coachbuilders who were involved with building bodies for Bentley cars. Apparently, the chassis left the factory at Derby without body work, apart from the radiator and bonnet. The chassis was then delivered to the coachbuilder of the customer's choice to have a body built to that customer' s order, so that the body then gives each car its individuality and character. Amongst the list of Coachbuilders there is Knibbs & Parkyn of Manchester and the records show that they built just one body for the Derby Bentley cars. There are quite a few other companies who only built one so I wonder why that was. Don

    07/15/2004 08:37:36