20-01-2018, 02:43 PM
(This post was last modified: 20-01-2018, 03:06 PM by Phil Kingdom.)
Mr Arthur P Compton was involved in several company's producing sports bodies. Compton & Hermon, Compton Sons & Terry, A P Compton, Compton's and Arrow Coachwork's that made bodies for Austin 7, Jowett, Standard, Morris, Wolsely, Hillman, Rootes, Crossley, Vauxhall and Ford, He was also at one time the designer and manager at Jarvis that later after his departure became Abbey Coachworks. In 1932 the Austin Arrow 2 seater sold for £152-10, Austin Arrow foursome £155 and the Austin Arrow Coupe £163-5. The main distriduters for Austin Arrows was Normand Garages later replaced by H A Saunders, when Arrow went out of business in 1934 the remaining Austin Arrow bodies were sent to Whitttigham and Mitchel to be finished and the Hanwell works was taken over by Coachcraft.