John Thomas HEAVER, coachbuilder nearby Durington England UK

1938 Bedford WTB with Heaver body

John Thomas Heaver

was a coachbuilder from Fulham in London who was drafted into the army in 1915 at Bulford Camp in Wiltshire. Demobbed from military service Heaver set himself up in business by 1920 at Bulford road nearby Durington.

1938 Leyland Tiger TS7T-Heaver

Heaver Limited was always a small coachbuilder. It was building on small Bedford or Leyland chassis during the thirty’s supplying both bus and coachbodies for many local oparators and some further a field as well.

1938 Leyland TS7Ds LT25, DUC901, and LT22, CYO194, alongside Regal MV2272 with Heaver body

The company moved into full front bodywork on frond engined chassis in the early fifties. It also build a large number of bodies for Guernsey in the mid fifties, many on albion Chassis but the buisiness closed and sold in 1958.

1939 Bedford WTB with a Heaver C25F body

1947-6-wheel-leyland-ts7t-from-1936-rebodied-by-heaver-cul804

1947-6-wheel-leyland-ts7t-from-1936-rebodied-by-heaver-cul804

1947-city-coach-commers-c7-lpu690-with-heaver-body

1947-commer-commando-with-perkins-p6-engine-and-heaver-b33f-body

1947-commer-q4-p6-engined heaver-lpu691

1947-heaver-fc35c-bodied-daimler-cvd6sd

1947-leyland-ps2-11-with-heaver-b39c-body

1951-daimler-lad380-was-a-cvd6sd-with-heaver-fc40c-body

1953-albion-heaver-b35f-ex-guernsey-motors-52

1954-albion-victor-heaver-b35f-60 body

1954-albion-victor-heaver-b35f bodywork

1955-albion-heaver-b35f-ex-guernsey-railway-36 © Traveller Homes

1955-albion-victor-ft39an-with-a-heaver-b35f body

1955-daimler-d650hs-freeline-with-a-heaver-c41c-body

1955-ex-guernsey-motors-albion-victor-heaver-b35f

1956-albion-heaver-b35f-ex-guernsey-motors-75 © Traveller Homes

1956-albion-victor-ft39an-with-heaver-b35f-body

1956-albion-victor-ft39ans-with-heaver-b35f-body

1956-albion-victor-heaver-b35f body

1957-albion-victor-heaver bodywork

1957-red-albion-victor-with-heaver-bodywork

That’s all I could find about Heaver coachbuilders.

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