Tour Scotland Photograph 1927 Humber Tourer

Tour Scotland photograph of a 1927 Humber Tourer at Strathmore Vintage Vehicle Club near Glamis Castle, Scotland

Humber Limited was a British manufacturer of bicycles, motorcycles and motor vehicles incorporated and listed on the stock exchange in 1887. It took the name Humber & Co Limited because of the high reputation of the products of one of the constituent businesses that had belonged to Thomas Humber. A financial reconstruction in 1899 transferred its business to Humber Limited. From an interest in motor vehicles beginning in 1896, the motor division became much more important than the cycle division and the cycle trade marks were sold to Raleigh in 1932. The motorcycles were withdrawn from sale during the depression of the 1930s.



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Tour Scotland Photograph 1930 Vauxhall 25

Tour Scotland photograph of a 1930 Vauxhall 25 at Strathmore Vintage Vehicle Club near Glamis Castle, Scotland

The G 25hp was the first Vauxhall to use the TT Dubonnet front suspension developed by GM suspension engineer Maurice Olley. The 25hp was publically launched at the London Motor Show and was available in two different wheelbases, GY 9ft 3ins & GL 10ft 10ins. Power came from the well proven 3215cc 6 cylinder engine used in the previous model, and was also extensively used in the Bedford commercial range. The short wheelbase version could achieve nearly 80mph so it was lucky that Vauxhall made their return to using hydraulic brakes which used a split system making it quite advanced for its day. The early versions used a 4 speed gearbox and from 1938 onwards a 3 speed, both boxes came with synchromesh on the top 2 ratios.



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Tour Scotland Photograph 1930 Vauxhall GL Limousine

Tour Scotland photograph of a 1930 Vauxhall GL Limousine 25 at Strathmore Vintage Vehicle Club near Glamis Castle, Scotland



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Tour Scotland Photograph 1939 Morris 10

Tour Scotland photograph of a 1939 Morris 10 at Strathmore Vintage Vehicle Club near Glamis Castle, Scotland

The Morris Ten announced 1 September 1932 was a medium sized car introduced for 1933 as the company's offering in the important 10 hp sector of the British market. It continued through a series of variants until October 1948 when along with Morris's Twelve and Fourteen it was replaced by the 13.5 hp Morris Oxford.



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Tour Scotland Photograph 1946 Rover 10

Tour Scotland photograph of a 1946 Rover 10 at Strathmore Vintage Vehicle Club near Glamis Castle, Scotland

The final version of the 10 was launched in 1939. This was part of the Rover P2 range, along with Rover 12, Rover 14, Rover 16 and Rover 20 models. The chassis was slightly modified getting an extra half inch in the wheelbase and the engine got a new cylinder head increasing power from 44 to 48 bhp. Synchromesh was fitted to the top two ratios on the gearbox. The body was restyled in the Rover style of the time. Few were made before the outbreak of war and production stopping in 1940. The Coventry factory was damaged by bombing in November 1940 and when production restarted it was from the new Solihull works. The cars were little changed but a left hand drive version to help the export drive arrived in 1947 along with an optional heater. The final cars were made in 1947.



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Tour Scotland Photograph 1947 Austin 8

Tour Scotland photograph of a 1947 Austin 8 at Strathmore Vintage Vehicle Club near Glamis Castle, Scotland

The Austin 8 is a small car that was produced by Austin between 1939 and 1948. Launched on 24 February 1939, production continued into the war until 1943. Approximately 9,000 of the wartime Austin models were two seater military 8AP tourers produced for the armed services and government, and the rest were four light saloons, six light saloons, two and four seater tourers and vans. After World War II, the model was made from 1945 until 1948.



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Tour Scotland Photograph 1948 Triumph Roadster

Tour Scotland photograph of a 1948 Triumph Roadster at Strathmore Vintage Vehicle Club near Glamis Castle, Scotland

The Triumph Roadster is an automobile which was produced by Britain's Standard Motor Company from 1946 to 1949. It was first available as the Triumph 1800 Roadster (18TR) from 1946 to 1948 and then as the Triumph 2000 Roadster (TRA) from 1948 to 1949. The 1800 Roadster, model number 18TR, was designed in the closing days of World War II. Triumph had been bought by the Standard Motor Company in 1944, and the managing director of Standard, Sir John Black, wanted a sports car to take on Jaguar, who had used Standard engines in the pre war period. Frank Callaby was selected to style the new car. After getting Black's approval for the general shape, Callaby worked with Arthur Ballard to design the details of the body. Design of the rolling chassis was by Ray Turner. Walter Belgrove, who had styled the pre war Triumphs and was employed as Chief Body Engineer, had no part in the design.



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Tour Scotland Photograph 1950 Wolseley

Tour Scotland photograph of a 1950 Wolseley at Strathmore Vintage Vehicle Club near Glamis Castle, Scotland

Wolseley Motors Limited was a British motor vehicle manufacturer founded in early 1901 by the Vickers armaments combine in conjunction with Herbert Austin. It initially made a full range topped by large luxury cars and dominated the market in the Edwardian era but the Vickers brothers died in 1915 and 1919, respectively. In 1921, expanding rapidly, it manufactured 12,000 cars and still continued to be the biggest motor manufacturer in Britain. Over expansion led to receivership in 1927 when it was bought from Vickers by William Morris as a personal investment and years later moved into his Morris Motors empire. It went with its sister businesses into BMC, BMH and British Leyland where its name lapsed in 1975.



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Tour Scotland Photograph 1951 MG Y Saloon

Tour Scotland photograph of a 1951 MG Y Saloon at Strathmore Vintage Vehicle Club near Glamis Castle, Scotland

The car featured an independent front suspension layout designed by Gerald Palmer and Jack Daniels, an MG draughtsman. Independent front suspension was very much the latest technology at the time and the " Y " Type became the first Nuffield product and one of the first British production cars with this feature. The MG "Y" Type had an extremely high standard of interior furnishing and finish, in accordance with the best British traditions.



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Tour Scotland Photograph 1956 Lagonda

Tour Scotland photograph of a 1956 Lagonda at Strathmore Vintage Vehicle Club near Glamis Castle, Scotland

Lagonda was founded as a company in 1906 in Staines, Surrey, by a Scottish American, Wilbur Gunn, born 1859, died 1920, a former opera singer. He became a British national in 1891 and worked as a speed boat and motorcycle engineer in Staines, England. He named the company after the Shawnee settlement " Lagonda " in modern day Springfield, Ohio, the town of his birth.



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Tour Scotland Photograph 1957 Singer Gazelle

Tour Scotland photograph of a 1957 Singer Gazelle at Strathmore Vintage Vehicle Club near Glamis Castle, Scotland

The Gazelle was the first Singer to be produced following the take over of the Singer company by the Rootes Group in 1956 and was a version of the mainstream Hillman Minx differing mainly in retaining the Singer overhead cam engine. Externally the only significant difference was a restyled nose based around a traditional Singer grille. The body style followed by the Gazelle between 1956 and 1967 came to be known as the Audax body, with significant input from the US based Loewy design organisation, highly regarded at the time partly on account of Loewy's input to several iconic Studebaker designs.



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Tour Scotland Photograph 1960 S2 Bentley

Tour Scotland photograph of a 1960 S2 Bentley at Strathmore Vintage Vehicle Club near Glamis Castle, Scotland

The Bentley S2 is a luxury car produced by Bentley from 1959 until 1962. The successor to the S1, it featured the new Rolls-Royce, Bentley L Series V8 engine and improved air conditioning made possible by its increased output. Power steering was also standard, and a new dashboard and steering wheel were introduced. Some early S2s were built with the earlier S1 dashboard.



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Tour Scotland Photograph 1967 Morris Traveller

Tour Scotland photograph of a 1967 Morris Traveller at Strathmore Vintage Vehicle Club near Glamis Castle, Scotland

The Morris Minor is a British car that first appearedat the Earls Court Motor Show, London, on 20 September 1948. Designed under the leadership of Alec Issigonis, more than 1.3 million were manufactured between 1948 and 1972. Initially available as a two door saloon and tourer, convertible, the range was expanded to include a four door saloon in 1950, a wood framed estate, the Traveller, from October 1953 and panel van and pick up truck variants from May 1953. It was the first British car to sell over one million examples and is considered a classic example of automotive design, as well as typifying " Englishness. "



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Tour Scotland Photograph 1978 Fiat 124 Spider

Tour Scotland photograph of a 1978 Fiat 124 Spider at Strathmore Vintage Vehicle Club near Glamis Castle, Scotland

The Fiat 124 Sport Spider is a monocoque, front engine, rear drive 2+2 convertible sports car manufactured by Fiat Automobiles for model years 1966 to 1980. Designed and manufactured by Italian carrozzeria Pininfarina, the 124 Spider debuted at the November 1966 Turin Auto Show. The 124 Spider was sold in Europe and the U.S.A. from its introduction until the 1975 model year when it was modified to comply with new U.S. regulations.



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Tour Scotland Photograph 1996 Mini Cooper

Tour Scotland photograph of a 1996 Mini Cooper at Strathmore Vintage Vehicle Club near Glamis Castle, Scotland

The Mini is a small economy car made by the British Motor Corporation (BMC), based in the English city of Birmingham, and its successors from 1959 until 2000. The original is considered a British icon of the 1960s. Its space saving transverse engine front wheel drive layout, allowing 80 percent of the area of the car's floorpan to be used for passengers and luggage, influenced a generation of car makers. Issigonis' friend John Cooper, owner of the Cooper Car Company and designer and builder of Formula One and rally cars, saw the potential of the Mini for competition. Issigonis was initially reluctant to see the Mini in the role of a performance car, but after John Cooper appealed to BMC management, the two men collaborated to create the Mini Cooper.



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Tour Scotland Photograph 1984 Bentley Mulsanne Turbo

Tour Scotland photograph of a 1984 Bentley Mulsanne Turbo at Strathmore Vintage Vehicle Club near Glamis Castle, Scotland

The Bentley Mulsanne was a performance luxury car which was produced by Bentley Motors Limited from 1980 until 1992, though derivative models like the Continental T and Azure continued in production into the 2000s. The name Mulsanne is derived from Bentley's motor sport history, which included five victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans between 1924 and 1930, the Mulsanne Straight' being the stretch of the Le Mans racecourse where cars reach their highest speeds.



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October 4th Tour Scotland Slideshow

October 4th Tour Scotland Slideshow. A beautiful morning and early afternoon in Scotland. Visited Newtyle Church, Ardler Church and the Carmichael Burial enclosure. Drove through rural Strathmore and Eastern Perthshire.

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October 4th Video Road To Newtlye Scotland

October 4th video of a narrow road to Newtlye in Angus, Scotland. A wee drive along narrow Scottish road in Strathmore this morning.

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October 4th Photograph Strathmore Angus Scotland

October 4th photograph of Strathmore, Angus, Scotland. This area of Angus region is called Strathmore, Gaelic for the Great Valley, a fertile agricultural area noted for the growing of potatoes, soft fruit and the raising of Angus cattle.


October 4th photograph of Strathmore, Angus, Scotland.


October 4th photograph of Strathmore, Angus, Scotland.


October 4th photograph of Strathmore, Angus, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photographs Flooding Strathmore

Tour Scotland photograph of the flooding in Strathmore, Scotland. Strathmore is a strath, or flat valley, in east central Scotland running from northeast to southwest between the Grampian mountains and the Sidlaws. It was formed by glacial processes in earlier ice ages. It is fertile and has some of Scotland's best arable farmland, producing soft fruits and cereals. This is also an old capital of Scotland. And is located near the centre of Scotland. The first recorded history of this region dates to Roman times when the Romans established a series of marching camps generally extending in a south to north direction to support the invasion and exploration northward. Other early examples of history include Pictish stones found in Strathmore such as the Eassie Stone.





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