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Ashley Automobile was founded in 1955 by Peter Pellandine and Keith Waddington to manufacture body shells and chassis for specials. They also offered a range of products to the special builder such as radiators, header tanks, lighting sets, steel tubing, sheet aluminium, various suspension components, water pumps, tyres, and wheels. The company also made bonnets and hardtops for mass produced sports cars including Austin Healey and for Jaguar E Types.
Originally based in Loughton, Essex and constructing GRP shells. In 1956 Pellandine left the company taking with him the rights and tooling to manufacture the short wheelbase body shell for the Ashley 750 and Sports Racer which he continued to manufacture as the Falcoln Mk.1 and Mk.II.
In 1958 to increase production space Ashley opened a second premises in Upshire, retaining the Loughton base manufacturing a new body shell the 1172 and from 1960 the Sportiva (sometimes called the GT)

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ASHLEY SET
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Ashley Automobile was founded in 1955 by Peter Pellandine and Keith Waddington to manufacture body shells and chassis for specials. They also offered a range of products to the special builder such as radiators, header tanks, lighting sets, steel tubing, sheet aluminium, various suspension components, water pumps, tyres, and wheels. The company also made bonnets and hardtops for mass produced sports cars including Austin Healey and for Jaguar E Types.
Originally based in Loughton, Essex and constructing GRP shells. In 1956 Pellandine left the company taking with him the rights and tooling to manufacture the short wheelbase body shell for the Ashley 750 and Sports Racer which he continued to manufacture as the Falcoln Mk.1 and Mk.II.
In 1958 to increase production space Ashley opened a second premises in Upshire, retaining the Loughton base manufacturing a new body shell the 1172 and from 1960 the Sportiva (sometimes called the GT)
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Ashley GT Badge
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Ashley Laminates were founded by Peter Pallandine and Keith Waddington in 1956 and originally produced fibreglass bodies for sportscar conversions of Austin Sevens and Ford 8s. With the arrival of the Mark 1 Austin Healey Frogeye Sprite they began producing hardtop and lightweight bonnets, for the A-H Sprite Mk, 2 and MG Midget Mk. 1 they produced a lower sleeker hardtop a new bonnet was introduced with a bigger air intake and a central power-bulge, later still versions included a bootlid with small spoiler In the mid-60s Keith Waddington died and the company continued to make hardtops and bonnets until its demise in 1972.

In recent years Motobuild Racing run by Darryl Davis has restarted production of Ashley components

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Shot 11.09.2016 at Curborough Sprint Course, Fradley, Lichfield REF 123-002

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Ashley 1172 (1958) Engine 1172 S4 Ford
Registration Number 180 YUL
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Ashley Laminates was founded in 1955 by Peter Pellandine and Keith Waddington, they designed and built their first car using GRP for the bodyshell. In late 1956 Pellandine left the company to found Falcon Shells, another specials company. Pellandine took with him the rights and tooling to manufacture the short-wheelbase bodyshell for the Ashley 750 and the Sports Racer which he continued in production as the Falcon Mark 1 and Mark 2 respectively.
In 1958 in order to increase their production capacity Ashley Laminates, moved from Loughton, Essex to new premises in the Potteries, Staffordshire, while still retaining the old premises as a showroom. They also introduced a new bodyshell, the 1172, and the Regent chassis. 1960 saw the introduction of the Sportiva

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Shot at the Classic Car Show, NEC, Birmingham 16:11:2013 REF 101-067

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MG Ashley GT (1964). Engine 1098cc S4 OHV
Registration Number DPJ 767 B
Chassis Number: GAN329298
Engine Number: DA-H/7241
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Ashley was a pioneering manufacturer of fibreglass body shells and chassis for specials from 1955 to 1972, offered in a range of configurations from roadsters, sports-racers to GTs - primarily to cater for the self-build enthusiast market. It was during the later period of the company`s history that the Ashley GT conversion was conceived to turn the ubiquitous BMC powered `Spridget` into a full `Gran Turismo`. In deference to products by other manufacturers, such as the Lenham, the Ashley GT conversion featured a dual purpose roadster/GT application that could be swapped over with minimal effort. Needless to say, the Ashley turned out to be an extremely popular option.
This MG Midget was built at Abingdon in June 1964, and the first recorded owner was a Mr. Chris Peacock, who was the last works manager at the MG car works at Abingdon. It remained in its standard MG specification for a number of years. It is not clear when the car recieved the Ashley conversion but it may have been as late as 1993 when the car was subject to a major rebuild that included the fitting of sills and A-pillars. It was rediscovered after years of storage in 2010 and sent to the reformed Ashley Works for a major refurbishment which involved the car being fully stripped, repainted and re-trimmed.

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