Has there ever been a Scottish car manufacturer?

Has there ever been a Scottish car manufacturer?

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996car

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7 posts

162 months

Tuesday 28th September 2010
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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

3,978 posts

192 months

Tuesday 28th September 2010
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CraigW

12,248 posts

281 months

Tuesday 28th September 2010
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strathcarron?

6C4GTS

5,185 posts

177 months

Tuesday 28th September 2010
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CraigW said:
strathcarron?
+1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strathcarron_Sports_C...

Died around 2002 - ugly little st unfortuneately..laugh

Ron McC

233 posts

209 months

Tuesday 28th September 2010
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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

1,124 posts

180 months

Tuesday 28th September 2010
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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

228 posts

163 months

Tuesday 28th September 2010
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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

3,124 posts

194 months

Tuesday 28th September 2010
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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

1,806 posts

194 months

Tuesday 28th September 2010
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I might be wrong , but the Hillman Imp might have been scottish ?

k15tox

1,680 posts

180 months

Tuesday 28th September 2010
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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

698 posts

189 months

Tuesday 28th September 2010
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I'm sure the guy at Moray motor museum said Daimler were originally built in Aberdeen. The Imp was built at Linwood.

Dargie

637 posts

181 months

Tuesday 28th September 2010
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Pretty sure a few of my early cars were (re)built in Scotland! laugh

xr287

874 posts

179 months

Tuesday 28th September 2010
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In Kintore

http://www.luegosportscars.com/

Edited by xr287 on Tuesday 28th September 17:16

ian2144

1,662 posts

221 months

Tuesday 28th September 2010
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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

2,507 posts

190 months

Tuesday 28th September 2010
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Dont forget BL at Bathgate

Lots more which I'm sure folk will remember


ploch

7 posts

172 months

Tuesday 28th September 2010
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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

1,912 posts

185 months

Tuesday 28th September 2010
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Remember this Argyll.

Not exactly mass produced of course.

Ian974

2,928 posts

198 months

Tuesday 28th September 2010
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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

2,199 posts

196 months

Tuesday 28th September 2010
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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

6,164 posts

223 months

Tuesday 28th September 2010
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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 frown)