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    SCOTTISH COMMERCIAL CARS

    Feb 25, 2022 5 minutes

    PART ONE

    He was lucky enough to meet a few of its early workforce and to gain a complete list of chassis numbers and customers from steam historian, R A Whitehead. A brief résumé of Nick’s findings follows which, for the first time, brings together links with other Scottish motor firms and explains the mysterious involvement of steam pioneers, Garrett in Suffolk. It also reveals how various railway locomotive and steam engineers hoped to capitalise on the growth of road transport.

    Becoming the owner of a rare motor vehicle lets you into a whole new world. Everything you find out about it draws you into the minds of its creators, whether designers or holders of the purse strings, and you feel a responsibility to find out more and record it for posterity. When I rescued my 1920 Caledon solid-tyred four-tonner from a shanty town

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