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Jarvis & Sons Limited were South London-based motor dealers for Morris and MG, and latterly coachworks providing special bodies for various car chassis until after World War II. ==Operations== Like many similar UK motor dealers and coachworks, they started out in the late 19th century as bicycle manufacturers, later incorporated as Jarvis & Sons Limited.〔http://www.wimbledonsociety.org.uk/userfiles/wim_soc_news_dec09.pdf〕 From the 1920s, they founded a coachworks, operating from premises in both Victoria Crescent and Hartfield Road in Wimbledon, and a motor dealership known as Jarvis of Wimbledon based at Morris House in Morden Road SW 19, on the borders between Wimbledon and Morden which was then located in Surrey.〔http://www.mg-cars.org.uk/mgtd/mgtd_european.htm〕 Coachbuilding operations utilised a variety of chassis, including Rolls-Royce and the then Cricklewood-based Bentley Motors, and at least one Bugatti Type 30.〔http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.motorlegend.com/evenement-automobile/vente-aux-encheres-voiture/bugatti-type-30-concorde/8,14754.html&prev=search〕 and a type 40 (chassis # 40470). However, due to the resultant volume of orders many of the projects were subcontracted to other coachworks, in particular Abbey Coachworks of Merton.〔 Post-WW2, having acted as a shadow factory during hostilities, the company continued as a car dealership. Today the 1937 art-deco inspired building with clock tower has been demolished, and the former site has been redeveloped and is presently used by a Peugeot cars dealership. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jarvis of Wimbledon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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