Has there ever been a Scottish car manufacturer?

[996car]

I was once told Ascari stood for Anglo-Scottish-CAR-Industries, but i'm sure thats not true.

Also American company Buick was a Scot.

but has there ever been a fully fledged scottish designed/built car?

If not what would it be like...tartan seats, whisky bottle holder, 4-spoke alloys coloured blue & white...

[onlynik]

http://tinyurl.com/32zxjad

[CraigW]

strathcarron?

[6C4GTS]

CraigW said:

strathcarron?

+1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strathcarron_Sports_C...

Died around 2002 - ugly little st unfortuneately..

[Ron McC]

Argyll were another car manufacturer in Scotland, pre-war I think and Bairdmore's in Glasgow made taxi's once upon a time also pre-war. Argyll factory is now a museum I believe.

Cheers

Ron McC

[Carfolio]

Argyll, with their weird turbo Rover-Buick 3.5 litre V8 mid-engined jobbie in the 80s. I think they also manufactured the Minnow-Fish carburettor.

Another Argyll operated in Glascow from 1900 to 1922ish.

2 marques, both called Scotsman, operated out of Glascow & Edinburgh respectively. (1922/23 and 1929/30)

Albion, quite famous. c1900-1915, trucks until the 70s.

Beardmore, Glascow. Also a pretty famous old marque.

Arrol-Johnston, quite a well known old manufacturer and Aster, not very well known, from Dumfries. Aster was Arrol-Johnston's attempt at producing examples of the French Aster marque in Scotland.

Ferox, from Paisley. Don't know much more about this one.

I don't know much about these old makes either:

Galloway, from Dumfries; Drummond, Dumfries; DL from Motherwell; Gilchrist, Glascow; Stirling, Edinburgh; Werbell, Dundee; WSC, Aberdeen; Rob Roy, Glascow.

[Rog B]

Clutching at straws here....Lol

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Blake_Glover

"Glover was a key figure in the industrialisation of Japan, helping to found the shipbuilding company, which was later to become the Mitsubishi Corporation of Japan."

[paulqv]

yes
One based in Dumfries. Old factory building is still there as one drives by old airfield.
Famous for giving one to the Price of Wales who refused it! Think that brought them down!
Can't recall the name just now!
Despite my age was before my time
Were others who were meant to manufacure but seldom if ever got a model produced. EG Argyll supercars!
Paul
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[KP328]

I might be wrong , but the Hillman Imp might have been scottish ?

[k15tox]

also john buick, was a scottish immigrant in america.

and he developed and pioneered the pushrod v8.

and also the car company buick



just seen the first post.....whoops!

Edited by k15tox on Tuesday 28th September 16:22

[More Steam]

I'm sure the guy at Moray motor museum said Daimler were originally built in Aberdeen. The Imp was built at Linwood.

[Dargie]

Pretty sure a few of my early cars were (re)built in Scotland!

[xr287]

In Kintore

http://www.luegosportscars.com/

Edited by xr287 on Tuesday 28th September 17:16

[ian2144]

KP328 said:

I might be wrong , but the Hillman Imp might have been scottish ?

The Avenger was also built at Linwood If my menory is correct.

[S2red]

Dont forget BL at Bathgate

Lots more which I'm sure folk will remember

[ploch]

the hillman imp was made in linwood paisley the argyll car was made in lochgilphead by a man called bob henderson he still has one in the workshop that he is turboing he also made the minnow fish carb wich works well on the imp that i use

[Spitfire2]

Remember this Argyll.

Not exactly mass produced of course.

[Ian974]

I think OP was correct with Ascari to a degree, I'm sure there was something to do with them in Aberdeen a fair while back? Certain I saw an advert or flyer for them yeeears ago with a car sitting outside the codonas fair...

[lambo_xx]

Rog B said:

Clutching at straws here....Lol

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Blake_Glover

"Glover was a key figure in the industrialisation of Japan, helping to found the shipbuilding company, which was later to become the Mitsubishi Corporation of Japan."

Beat me to it

[750turbo]

ian2144 said:

KP328 said:

I might be wrong , but the Hillman Imp might have been scottish ?

The Avenger was also built at Linwood If my menory is correct.

Think so...

We picked up the Peugeot/Talbot Franchise around 1986, and ended up supplying a few parts for local cars, OH, and a shed load of Big Ends and Mains that I bought from Glacier Metal in Kilmarnock, and shipped to the Middle East!

(Why can I remember all this, but struggle to remember what I did last week )