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| Industry | Automobile coachbuilder |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1962 |
| Founders | Jeffrey Smith, David McMullan |
| Headquarters | , United Kingdom |
Crayford Engineering (more commonly known simply as Crayford) was anautomobilecoachbuilder based inWesterham,Kent, England and formed in 1962 by Jeffrey Smith (engineer and designer) and David McMullan,MBE (sales). In the 1970s, a subdivision within the company, called Crayford Auto Developments, Ltd., was established for automobiles. The company specialized in converting Europeancoupés andsaloons intoconvertibles andestates. Notable products included the convertibleMini,BMC 1100/1300 convertible, convertibleCorsair, Cabriolet Corsair, CabrioletCapri, the rareTriumph TR7 Tracer Estate, and a Princess hatchback conversion, a commonly accepted principle for a car that appeared to be, but was not, a hatchback to begin with. Other lesser-known conversions from Crayford included the Tempest, a convertibleVolkswagen Scirocco, aFord Cortina Mk V Convertible, and aMercedes S-Class Estate. In 1966 the company converted, for the Heinz food company, 57 Wolseley Hornet Mini-derived cars to convertibles, to be given as prizes in a competition. The cars designed and created by Jeffrey Smith were featured in the Olympic Closing Ceremony in London 2012.
Crayford also did a series of Ford convertibles, including the Cortina Mk I, Cortina Mk II, Cortina Cabriolet Mk2 and Corsair Convertible, Corsair Cabriolet and Capri Cabriolet.
A number ofMercedes-Benz W116s were converted to station wagons by Crayford. Most of the conversion body parts and glass used came from the contemporaryFord Granada.
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