carrying the body panels. Then the unit was sent to Harold Radford Ltd, where the fibreglass doors, the rear engine-hatch (which forms the complete tail of the car), and the front nosepiece (which is a single moulding) are fabricated to fit the body and set aside and retained for the car in question. The fibreglass components were made by Glass Fibre Engineering of Farnham, Surrey and delivered to Slough in a bare unpainted state. When the chassis/body unit is returned from Radford, the factory at Slough assembled all of the suspension parts, steering, wiring, engine and gearbox. The then nearly completed car then would go back to Radford for final trimming of the interior, seats and glass before it was painted in the colour required by the customer. Stirling Moss "dream car" Harold Radford (Coachbuilders) were to build the Cortina-Ogle GT which was presented at the 1963 Earls Court Motor Show by Stirling Moss. Ownership As a member of the H R Owen group (itself since October 1959 a member of the Swain group owned by The Provincial Traction Company Limited) from March 1961 the activities of Harold Radford (Coachbuilders) Limited were rolled in with servicing and body repair operations of H R Owen and Swain under the Harold Radford (Coachbuilders) Limited name. In late 1963 Harold Radford (Coachbuilders), with Swain and H R Owen, was acquired by a City syndicate. Though it continued to trade Harold Radford (Coachbuilders) Limited was placed in voluntary liquidation in September 1966 because it was unable to meet its liabilities. A new company, Harold Radford Coachbuilders (1967) Limited, was formed in October 1967 to acquire and continue and improve the car conversion business and it took control of the business on 10 October 1967. Today, Radford is co-owned by Ant Anstead, Jenson Button and Roger Behle under the company name Finest Coachbuilding Group (FCG) which is a United States Limited Liability Company (LLC). The group also has UK holdings which are entirely owned by FCG. References The Sydney Morning Herald - 21 Apr 1958 page 5 British Cars Star At New York Show New York Times 6 Apr 1958 LUXURY MODELS, TOO; German, French, Italian, British Cars Join US External links Aston Martin DB5 Radford Shooting Brake Radford