VETERAN CAR GUIDE
CELEBRATING VETERAN VEHICLES
Every year , we welcome a vast selection of different marques to the Run . This year we have a selection of vehicles whose origins span the globe .
Albion Two ex-employees of Arrol-Johnston , Fulton and Murray , founded Albion at Scotstoun , Glasgow , Scotland in 1899 . The works were on the first floor , it had seven employees , and by 1903 had made nearly 160 cars with 8 or 10hp engines . It then moved to larger premises , where it stayed until 1972 . Midengined dog-carts were made up to 1904 .
Alldays Two engineering firms were born in Birmingham , England – Onions in 1650 , and Alldays in 1720 . This pedigree produced the first Alldays car in 1898 , a quadricycle with a De Dion engine . By 1903 , they produced a two-seater motor car with shaft drive .
Argyll Early Argyll motorcars were built between 1899 and 1905 at Bridgeton in Glasgow , Scotland , with production reaching 15 cars a week in 1904 . Sadly the company went into liquidation in 1908 after the death of founder Alex Govan .
Arrol-Johnston Originating in Scotland , this was the product of The Mo-Car Syndicate between locomotive engineer George Johnston and others , financed by Sir William Arrol . Johnston may well have produced his first car in 1894 , perhaps making it the first British car . Chain driven and with a distinctive dog-cart body , this design was retained up to 1906 .
1904 Albion .
22 The London to Brighton Veteran Car Run