Martin Walter of Folkestone

Martin-Walter was a long established, 1773, firm of harness makers in Folkestone, Kent which switched to building bespoke bodies for motor cars when horse-drawn vehicles began to disappear.

As well as bespoke bodies they built short runs for various motor manufacturers.

In the Great Depression of the 1930s they made very distinctive Wingham cabriolet bodies which were fitted to a range of chassis from large Vauxhall to Rolls-Royce.

Martin Walter was distributor of Vauxhall and Bedford Vehicles for East Kent.

A separate coachbuilding company was incorporated in 1969 and named Dormobile after its best-known postwar product.