Editing Plaxton (section)

===Beginnings===
The business was founded as a joinery workshop, and expanded into building contracting. As a building contractor, Plaxtons built a number of notable buildings in [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]]. Soon after [[World War I]] Plaxtons diversified and began to build [[charabanc]] bodies on [[Ford Model T]] chassis. Of more importance at the time was the construction of automobile bodywork. This included bodywork for [[Rolls-Royce Limited|Rolls-Royce]], [[Sunbeam Motor Car Company|Sunbeam]] and [[Daimler Company|Daimler]], but principally for [[Crossley Motors|Crossley]] car chassis. This activity continued through the 1920s, but the depression of 1929–1933 created difficulties for manufacture of luxury automobiles. As a result, the manufacture of [[charabanc]], and later coach bodies became more important through the late 1920s and early 1930s. Customers during this time tended to be local to the Scarborough area, Scarborough being a popular seaside resort.