- Founded
- 1958 – 1962
- Country
- United Kingdom
Autobodies began producing fiberglass sports-coupe shells at Bradford Street, Oldham, in 1958. Its first two designs fitted the 90-inch-wheelbase Ford Popular chassis and shared a two-seat coupe form: the Mk 1 used a Jaguar C-Type-like grille, while the Mk 2 substituted a low, smooth nose with wing-front lamps. Approximately eighty of the two early bodies were made in total. In 1960 the business adopted the Autobee badge for its final Pacemaker, a more independently styled four-seat shell that remained designed around Ford foundations; about thirty were supplied before production ended in 1962. Buyers normally retained Ford's side-valve engine, gearbox and running gear, although at least one surviving body was adapted to a Morris chassis. Because Autobodies sold body systems rather than mechanically standardized turnkey cars, donor identity and the absence of model-specific output splits remain explicit.
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