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1962 Bentley Continental S2
Mulliner Park Ward
1965 Bentley Continental S3
Mulliner Park WardMulliner Park Ward was a bespoke coachbuilder in Hythe Road, Willesden, London UK.
Mulliner now is the personal commissioning department for Bentley.
Mulliner Park Ward was a subsidiary of Rolls-Royce and made bespoke bodies in London for Rolls-Royce and Bentley motor cars. The coachbuilding business closed in 1991 but the Mulliner name is used for the personal commissioning department of the current Bentley manufacturer.
History
Mulliner Park Ward was a 1961 merger of two Rolls-Royce subsidiaries: Park Ward of Willesden, London, a Rolls-Royce subsidiary since 1939 and H. J. Mulliner & Co. of Chiswick. H J Mulliner & Co had been taken over by Rolls-Royce in 1959.
After its closure in 1991 the name Mulliner Park Ward remained as a division within Rolls-Royce until the sale and split-up of Rolls-Royce and Bentley, at which point it became a division of Bentley Motors.
External links
Categories:- Coachbuilders of the United Kingdom
- Vehicle manufacture in London
- Bentley
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