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Oldest coachbuilder — the RR Silver Ghost
Before a marque had a design studio, it had a coachbuilder. The old French, Italian, British, German and American houses gave the great cars their bodies — and, against the odds, the craft is still alive. Here are the masters who bodied the marques in our database, and the houses carrying the art form forward today, around the world.
201 houses
Oldest coachbuilder — the RR Silver Ghost
Royal formal coachwork
Royal Phantom limousine bodies
Royal Warrant Empress Line
Springfield Rolls-Royce town cars
Porsche 550/718 Spyder race bodies
Merrimac MA berlines & coupes
Art-Deco luxury for European royalty
Sporting formal saloons
Dresden luxury cabriolets — Horch 853
Osnabrück coachbuilder, later absorbed into Karmann
Formal town cars and parade phaetons
The VW Type 14A Hebmüller Cabriolet
Mahogany skiff boat-tail torpedo bodies
Bugatti Type 57SC Atalante bodies
The Bentley R-Type Continental
VW Karmann Ghia; volume convertible expertise
Formal quiet-luxury bespoke
Refined streamlined French elegance
Flamboyant chrome-laden Art-Deco cabriolets
Pre-war 540K Special Roadster and Horch cabriolets
Built every early Porsche 356 body
The elder Farina house, pre-Pininfarina
Massive formal Lincoln town cars
Industrial-scale GM body builder ('Body by Fisher')
Detroit body supplier; Chrysler Airflow
The Cadillac V-16 and Sixty Special
BMW Targa Top Cabriolet conversions
Wedge avant-garde — Miura, Countach, Stratos
All-steel / stainless body pioneer
Bespoke luxury trim and tourers
1915 land-yacht house car on a White truck chassis
Chrysler show cars and the VW Karmann Ghia
Bespoke Milanese convertibles
Fiat-based GT bodies (1100 TV, 750 GT)
The Citroën DS Décapotable
Steel-framed RR and Bentley dropheads
Aerodynamic Maybach Zeppelin bodies
French coachbuilder/converter; Opel Tigra TwinTop
Art-Deco Chrysler Imperials
The definitive Duesenberg Model J bodies
De Tomaso Vallelunga; Fiat Dino Spider
Giardinetta woody estates on Italian chassis
Exquisite Duesenberg SJ formal bodies
Razor-edge saloons
Beeskow coupe and Lawrence roadster on VW pans
Streamlined bodies; Bentley Embiricos, Bugatti 57
French utility & commercial coachwork (Citroën Type H)
V-windshield dual-cowl phaetons
Understated Swiss elegance — Alvis TD21
Micro GTs & sports cars on Fiat bases
Berlin pressed-steel bodies
Fiat-based sports cars (208S Spider)
Boutique bespoke bodies (Turin)
Convertible sedans (Webster MA)
Swiss Art Deco bodies (Mercedes 540K, Delahaye)
Formula Junior & small-displacement race bodies (Modena)
Flamboyant Hollywood one-offs
Teardrop Goutte d'Eau aero coupes
Hand-formed Maserati Birdcage race bodies
Maserati Mistral and Ghibli lines
Lancia Aurelia giardinetta estates & ambulance bodies
The Ferrari 250 GTO Breadvan
Hand-bodied early Ferrari barchettas
Prolific pen behind Triumph and early Ferraris
Aluminium sport cabriolets on the VW Beetle chassis (Stuttgart)
Aluminium racing bodies — 250 GTO, Testa Rossa
Coachbuilt stretched / high-top bodies on the VW Type 2 pickup
Ford 20M TS Coupé; Fiat 1200S Spider
Fiberglass motorhome on Dodge chassis; Ray Frank coined 'motorhome'
Frameless aircraft-monocoque motorhome, rear Corvair flat-six (~370 built)
FWD monocoque steel land-yacht motorhome; NASA astronaut-transfer provenance
Period body-kit / spoiler / wheel tuner (incl. Porsche); tuning division closed 2008
Riveted aircraft-aluminium FWD motorhome (Toronado 455)
Coachbuilt Autovilla rear-lounge motorhome on VW SA chassis-cab
Dutch coachbuilder (Spyker era)
Dutch coachbuilder (Spyker era)
Post-war French GT bodies
BMW 327 Sport Cabriolet, 502 Coupé, 507 coachwork
1970s–80s Porsche tuner / coachbuilder (911 Targa-to-Turbo, 928 cabriolet)
Low-volume collectible motorhome builder
Amesbury MA conservative coachwork
Ferrari 250 GT Boano / Ellena coupes
Swiss bodies on Porsche 356 & Mercedes 300S
Bedford CF campervan & motorhome builder
Hollywood custom roadsters & post-war specials
Bus coachbuilder; pro bus-to-motorhome conversions
The 'Darrin dip'; Packard Darrin & Kaiser-Darrin
NY carriage-to-auto formal bodies
Porsche 356 Speedster & Convertible D bodies (Heilbronn)
Clipper bus professionally converted into motorhomes
FMC 2900R — custom-chassis motorhome, rear Chrysler 440 (~1,050 built)
Deluxe VW T1 passenger-bus coachwork (Augsburg)
Panoramic / deluxe VW T1 bus coachwork
Dutch coachbuilder (Spyker era)
New York town cars & cabriolets
Prewar house car (~50 built)
Woody station-wagon bodies on premium chassis
VW T1 deluxe bus + bespoke Verkaufswagen (sales-van) bodies
Deluxe panoramic VW T1 barndoor bus coachwork
Sporting open bodies & dual-cowl phaetons
Classic-era French coachbuilt motor caravans
Coach/carriage builders turned camper coachbuilders — the side-elevating Dormobile roof
Custom bodies & town cars on luxury chassis
Coachbuilt aluminium motorhomes — the Porsche-powered Tempo Sport (~3 built)
Cadillac-chassis coachbuilt house cars & professional cars
Detroit industrial + custom bodies
Carriage maker turned French motorhome coachbuilder
Aston DB2/DB4 & Bristol coachwork
Dutch Royal / luxury coachwork
Newark NJ formal limousines & town cars
Cleveland electric-car & formal town-car bodies
Los Angeles prewar house-car coachbuilder
Ford-based prewar house car ('Kamp Kar')
Dutch coachbuilder (Spyker era)
Studebaker telescoping-roof house car
Custom bodies & limousines
Reo Speed Wagon camper builder (Los Angeles)
Fabric-covered lightweight (Weymann) bodies
Camp body on a Stewart truck (prewar house car)
Utica NY limousines & formal coachwork
Prince of Wales sportsman's saloons
GT Veloce — a Giulia GT restomod
EVO37 — the Lancia 037 restomod
Restomod VW Bus, Bronco & Camaro
Electric restomods of the 964, Land Rover & GT40
Electrified classic Rolls-Royce & Bentley
Drop-in EV conversions for classics
The Boat Tail and Sweptail bespoke commissions
Electric 1967 Mustang fastback
The Silver Spectre shooting brake
Electric classic Bronco & Defender platforms
Coachbuilt one-offs — the Panther, a De Tomaso Pantera homage
993 carbon-body 400R restomod
Speedback GT; Mini Remastered
Tesla performance & styling programs (S-APEX)
Electric vintage VW Beetle & Bus
Hand-formed aluminium eigenbau art-cars
The Valiance coachbuilt Defender
Hand-hammered aluminium recreations, Bali
964-based air-cooled 911 reimagined
Wide-arch coachbuilt Defenders
Restomod FJ40 and the Derelict series
250 SWB Revival and the Squalo new-build V12
Carbon widebody coachwork & tuning
Porsche aero, interiors & performance coachwork
Coachbuilt motorhomes on VW T3/T4/T5 (incl. the T3 Syncro Dolomiti)
Coachbuilt alcove motorhomes on the VW bus (Gipsy, Cheetah)
Coachbuilt monocoque motorhomes — the Micros on the VW T5
Retro-bodied production cars — Japan's Morgan
British campervan & motorhome coachbuilder
Standalone manufacturer — CTR Yellowbird, own VIN
Ferrari's design house for decades; now the Battista hyper-EV
Superleggera construction; Disco Volante, Arese RH95
The double-bubble roof; DB4 GT Zagato
Pre-war Isotta luxury, now bespoke one-offs
High-output Porsche engine builds and EV restomod conversions
Composite fiberglass / carbon body panels for Porsche (safari / widebody)
Aluminium body / panel maker; built Spyker C8 bodies
Indian bespoke cars & luxury van conversions; DC Avanti
Neo-classic reproductions of pre-war French cars
935 K3 widebody kits and 911 restomods
Air-cooled 911 restomods
Porsche 356 'Outlaw' restomods
European-marque performance / fabrication shop (incl. Porsche)
Cayman-powered reimagined Porsche 914 restomod
Radical Porsche tuning and aftermarket bodywork
G-body (impact-bumper) air-cooled 911 restomods
One-off widebody 997/991 911 conversions
993-based air-cooled 911 backdate restomods
Danish Porsche 911 Safari restomods — the 7-97 range, RS-R, and 930 hp 9X9
Carbon-bodied lightweight 912c restomods
Porsche race prep and GT3 Cup motorsport builds
One-off Safari 911 off-road builds
964-based 911 backdate restomods
Bespoke one-off Porsche 911 restomods
Porsche restoration, service and custom builds
911 GT3 / GT3 RS performance kits and factory race programs
992 Turbo S-based Marsien off-road hypercar
Carbon-bodied Porsche 928 restomods
Early luxury coach / motorhome builder (still active)
Classic Porsche restoration, engine builds and conversions
Air-cooled 911 restomods and restoration (964/993 backdates)
Porsche 911 / 928 / GT service, repair and race prep
Air-cooled 911 restomods and backdates
Widebody 911 body-conversion builds (Akira Nakai)
Bespoke 964-based 911 restomods
Bespoke 911 restomods on lightweight steel bodyshells
Independent Porsche specialist and 964 restomod builder
Baja and Safari off-road 911s
911 GT3 / Turbo performance tuning and displacement upgrades
Air-cooled 911 specialist and 964 backdates
Classic 911 nut-and-bolt restorations and custom builds
911 widebody design tuner (MEGA 30)
964-based coachbuilt 911 'Daydream' (ICE / hybrid / EV)
Bespoke 911 rally / race / road builds and restomods (911K, GT One)
Minimalist custom 911 builds (and motorcycles)
Japanese import customizer (interior / options)
Short Wheelbase — a 250 GT homage on a 550 base
Luxury & armoured bespoke interiors (Mercedes-Maybach)
Bespoke Range Rover / Land Rover personalisation