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the 1958 "Monzanopolis" F1 Lister Jaguar body takes shape at First Avenue, Edmonton

"I have always admired Len and Charlie's sheer technical ability, having seen them carry out almost unbelievable feats ... I don't think they themselves recognised how great they were."

Frank Costin

"Williams and Pritchard were not just body builders, they were true artists in sheet metal sculpture. Their work stood out from others for style, elegance and proportion ... Their interpretations of Lotus' designs were without doubt in no small way responsible for the desirability of Lotus cars."

Richard Hinton

"[they] built so many of the wonderful sports car bodies of the fifties and sixties, mostly for impecunious enthusiasts - which most of the tuners and racers of those days were certain to be."

John Sprinzel

Welcome to the Williams & Pritchard Register, which promotes and documents the work of Williams & Pritchard, unsung heroes of twentieth century British sports and racing car build and design, the coachworks wizards with the magic touch of making a sketch or idea come to life in perfect three dimensions.

For much of the fifties, they were the main body suppliers to Lotus, but had a spectacular output spanning 1948 until the late 1980s. The W&P roll call of fame includes high profile work for Lotus, Cooper, Lister, Lola, Shelby, Gordon Keeble, Austin Healey, AC, BRM and a whole host of specialist race body and prototype work for some of the greatest names of mid-twentieth century British sports and race car design including amongst others Chapman, Costin, Kirwan-Taylor, Tojeiro, Lister, Lawrence, Sprinzel, Wingfield and Humberstone.

This website is also the home of the W&P Sebring GT Register which seeks to record all surviving examples of this pretty bodywork made by W&P in the 60's, particularly on spridgets and spitfires where most examples are still to be found. The Sebring GT pages are found in the Orange area of the website.

If your car has Sebring GT bodywork, was bodied by W&P in alloy, has bodywork made from moulds they created, is or resulted from one of the many prototypes they built for third parties, this website is for you. Please enjoy exploring the site which is divided into work for Lotus, work for others, and work under W&P's own brand. We have also started building a definitive list of all their work, to which all contributions are very welcome.

The website is updated regularly as fresh cars are discovered and as new material is unconvered & added. Please get in touch if you have any knowledge to share - this website is dependant on the sharing of knowledge and material from generous enthusiasts and those involved in the original work.

last updated 6 July 2010

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