ickford coachbuilders is a name that has been linked to luxury motors for generations, and Aston Martins in particular. Both companies originate from Newport Pagnell in Buckinghamshire and were merged in 1955. But by the early 1980s, Aston Martin decided to turn the Tickford branch into an engineering service subsidiary to develop and rework existing cars to a higher standard of finish and performance. Aston Martin Tickford soon carried out a number of backroom engineering and tuning projects in a brand new factory a few miles down the road. The Tickford Capri for Ford became the best known of these. But there were many more, ranging from developing the Jaguar XJ-S convertible’s
