Coleman Milne

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Coleman Milne is a coachbuilder in the United Kingdom that specialises in converting cars into funeral vehicles, stretched limousines, preparation of police vehicles and other specialist vehicles. Coleman Milne creates, builds, and sells hearses and limousines in the UK.

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1980's Ford Granada-based Coleman Milne Grosvenor limousine Ford Granada-based limousine.jpg
1980's Ford Granada-based Coleman Milne Grosvenor limousine

The company’s range of customers includes corporations, financial institutions, nationalised industries, local authorities, government departments, police constabularies, limousine hire companies and funeral directors. Vehicles have also been supplied to British and overseas royal families. They originally stretched the Ford Zephyr, later moving on to the Ford Granada upon which a number of versions such as the Minster, Dorchester, and Grosvenor were based. [1] As of the autumn of 1982 the Granada-based Dorchester was also available in an estate version with elongated rear doors, called the "Windsor". [2]

Vehicles

Coleman Milne Fairlane Range CM-103.1.jpg
Coleman Milne Fairlane Range
Coleman Milne Rosedale; based on a Ford Mondeo Mk V 2017 Coleman Milne Rosedale Automatic 2.0 Rear.jpg
Coleman Milne Rosedale; based on a Ford Mondeo Mk V

History

Coleman Milne was founded by John Coleman and Roderick Milne in 1953. At first they specialised in vehicle body repairs and horse boxes. They quickly found a niche in using those skills to create limousines and funeral hearses. In 1992 a management buy-out resulted in becoming a trading division under the holding company name of Woodall Nicholson Limited.

As of the 20th November 2023 the company entered administration - the notice which appeared on their website read: “Daniel James Mark Smith and Julian Heathcote were appointed Joint Administrators over Treka Bus Limited, Promech Technologies Limited, Vehicle Conversion Specialists Limited, WN Vtech Holdings Limited, JM Engineering (Scarborough) Limited and WN Vtech Limited (together “the Companies”) on 20 November 2023. The affairs, business and property of the Companies are managed by the Joint Administrators. The Joint Administrators act as agents of the Companies and contract without personal liability.” [4]

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References

  1. Costa, Andre & Georges-Michel Fraichard, ed. (1 September 1982). Salon 1983: Toutes les Voitures du Monde (in French). Paris: l'Auto Journal (14–15): 210.{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. Auto Katalog 1984. Stuttgart: Vereinigte Motor-Verlage GmbH & Co. KG. 1983. pp. 84, 216–217.
  3. Glon, Ronan. "The hearse goes electric with Ford Mustang Mach-E styling".
  4. "Workers face uncertain future after companies call in administrators". Yahoo News. 21 November 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2024.