From caurs to cars at Coplawhill
When my parents lived just outside Glasgow during the first half of the 1970s, I was a frequent visitor to the city’s Transport Museum, which had been established at the old Glasgow Corporation Tramways Coplawhill works. There was much to enjoy there, including a representative selection of Pre-Grouping Scottish steam locomotives, Glasgow trams (known locally as ‘the caurs’) and veteran and vintage motor cars. The car display included these choice examples from the latter 1930s. First registered in Ayrshire in 1937, CS7727 was a Lanchester Eleven. Lanchester was an innovative pioneer in the early days of British motor manufacturing, coming under the control of the BSA Group after 1930. Daimler Motor Co. became a sister company, and post-1930 Lanchesters were lower-priced versions of Daimler designs. The Lanchester marque was phased out in 1955.
Standing alongside is a Sunbeam-Talbot Supreme 3-Litre of 1939 vintage (CGD155). The Sunbeam-Talbot marque was part of the Rootes Group, which also comprised Hillman and Humber. The car here was a sports saloon version of the Humber 3-litre. Before 1939, Sunbeam-Talbots were produced in a North London factory. After 1945, production was transferred to Coventry. The final Sunbeam-Talbots were produced in 1956.
July 1972
Zorki 4 camera
Agfa CT18 film.
From caurs to cars at Coplawhill
When my parents lived just outside Glasgow during the first half of the 1970s, I was a frequent visitor to the city’s Transport Museum, which had been established at the old Glasgow Corporation Tramways Coplawhill works. There was much to enjoy there, including a representative selection of Pre-Grouping Scottish steam locomotives, Glasgow trams (known locally as ‘the caurs’) and veteran and vintage motor cars. The car display included these choice examples from the latter 1930s. First registered in Ayrshire in 1937, CS7727 was a Lanchester Eleven. Lanchester was an innovative pioneer in the early days of British motor manufacturing, coming under the control of the BSA Group after 1930. Daimler Motor Co. became a sister company, and post-1930 Lanchesters were lower-priced versions of Daimler designs. The Lanchester marque was phased out in 1955.
Standing alongside is a Sunbeam-Talbot Supreme 3-Litre of 1939 vintage (CGD155). The Sunbeam-Talbot marque was part of the Rootes Group, which also comprised Hillman and Humber. The car here was a sports saloon version of the Humber 3-litre. Before 1939, Sunbeam-Talbots were produced in a North London factory. After 1945, production was transferred to Coventry. The final Sunbeam-Talbots were produced in 1956.
July 1972
Zorki 4 camera
Agfa CT18 film.