Scottish Cars
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of over 250 object relating to car manufacturing in Scotland, dathing from 1899 to 1998. The Scottish car collection is unrivalled anywhere in the world: it is the only collection containing vehicles from six manufacturers producing cars in Scotland from 1900 to 1927. These are eight Argylls, four Arrol-Johnstons, one Galloway, two Beardmores, one Stirling Panhard and three Albions. When collecting began at the beginning of the twentieth century, it was not the intention to build a specific car collection. Although the first car, an Albion chassis, was acquired in 1908 the Scottish car collection only took shape in the early 1960s when the decision was made to create a Museum of Transport. The active collecting that ensued included the acquisition of the first Hillman Imp to come off the Linwood production line, the Anderson Special and the last Haldane to be produced in East Kilbride. To accompany the vehicles there is also a collection of catalogues, company magazines, badges, awards and parts.
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