Galloway Motor Company Car, Dumfries - made 1927

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This motor car was made by the Galloway Motor Company in Dumfries in 1927. In the same year the car was registered to a doctor in Marton, near Middlesbrough. It was sold in 1960 to Frank Hodgson, a well-known pre-war speedway rider from Yarm in Stockton-on-Tees before passing to Leith Motor Works.

The car is in its original condition with blue paintwork, tool kit and two sets of 1920s snow chains. The registration number is 'DC 6870'.

The Galloway Motor Company was formed by the Arrol Johnston Company of Dumfries in 1921 to utilise a factory at Tongland in Kirkcudbright. By 1924 the cars being built were to an indigenous design and production had moved to the main factory at Heathall in Dumfries. The managing director of Galloway was Dorothy Pullinger, daughter of T.C. Pullinger who was Arrol Johnston's manager. The cars were built by a largely female workforce.

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• Online ID: 000-180-002-298-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland Part 2
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  T.1999.63
• Date: 1927
  
• Material: Coupe; blue paintwork. Inscription: DC 6870
  Motor car, Galloway
  
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• What: Motor car, Galloway
  
• Subject: 15. ROAD TRANSPORT
  
• Who: Albert Grimshaw (Owner)
  Frank Hodgson (Owner)
  Galloway Motor Company, Heathall, Dumfries (Maker)
  Leith Motor Works (Owner)
  
• Where: England, Cleveland, Yarm
  England, Middlesbrough, Marton
  Scotland, Dumfries & Galloway, Kirkcudbrightshire, Tongland (Locality of Factory)
  Scotland, Dumfriesshire, Heathall
  Scotland, Edinburgh, Leith
  
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• Description: Galloway motor car, registration number DC 6870, in original condition with blue paintwork and complete with tool kit and two sets of 1920s snow chains, by Galloway Motor Company, Dumfries, 1927
  
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