Weymann Fabric Bodies

Weymann Fabric Bodies is a patented design system for fuselages for aircraft and superlight coachwork for motor vehicles.

[1] The system when used on cars provided quieter travel, and improved performance because of the body's light weight; but gave little protection in the event of a serious accident, and without care (the materials being prone to rot), a potentially short life.

Daimler had always built their own bodies though as usual in that period to suit customers they provided a large number of chassis to external coach builders.

In the second quarter of 1924 Daimler began building Weymann flexible framed fabric bodies for their "natural silence, the entire absence of drumming and all those attributes which make for comfortable long-distance touring with a minimum of fatigue".

[3] The licensing company which provided customers with permits to make Weymann fabric bodies for fitting to chassis was based in Paris.

Fiat 509 with Weymann coachwork by Pourtout 1929
conventional non-Weymann coachwork frame ( Volvo ÖV 4 )
Gurney Nutting Weymann body
Bentley 4½-litre May 1928
Morris Minor 1928
Mock Weymann
MG M-type the first Midgets, 1929: All the M-type standard bodies had rigid plywood panels covered with fabric- the bodies were supplied by Carbodies , £6.10.0 each [ citation needed ]