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Sentinel number 753 was made by engineers Alley and MacLellan in Glasgow in 1914. It is the oldest Sentinel in existence and the only surviving Scottish built Sentinel waggon.

The Austin K9 was adapted from the Austin Loadstar for use by the military — commonly used as a cargo vehicle, ambulance or wireless vehicle.

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The fourth Anglia model, the 105E, was introduced in 1959. Its style was quite American with sweeping lines, an inclined rear screen and full width front grille much like a 1950s Studebaker.

The 1969 American road movie, Easy Rider, was a landmark counter culture film that explored social issues and tensions in the USA during the 1960s. It featured two bikers (Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper) and their customised machines or choppers.

The Dormobile was donated by the Stuart family and is in unrestored original condition with all its equipment intact. It never once broke down and returned 25mpg with its three speed gear box and 35mph cruising speed.

The ‘Little Engine’ Velocette was one of the most innovative machines ever made. It was silent, safe, weatherproof and very economical at 120mpg.

This example was purchased as a ‘basket case’ in the early 1990s by the late Dave Cartmell from Dunfermline. Dave sadly died in 2016 aged eighty, and this bike is a tribute to his restoration work.

William Morris, later Lord Nuffield, was an Oxford cycle agent when he launched his first Morris Oxford light car in 1913. By 1925 Morris were British market leaders taking over from Ford’s Model T with their Cowley and Oxford models, selling 54,000 cars in that year.

This particular vehicle, UAV 908, a CL 60 model was bought by Gordons of Alford in 1960 for use as a traveling shop.

This miniature Burrell was made at Overton Smiddy, Ellon by engineer William Keith Gill (1910-2003). Willie made seven engines and all attended local events, especially those organised by the Bon Accord Traction Engine Club of Aberdeen.

This truck started life as an American military tank recovery tractor during the Second World War. In the early 1960s it was bought by Aberdeen County Council and made into a snowplough.

A Scott was the first two stroke to ever finish a TT in 1910 and by 1912 they were winning!

Our Manx Norton has been re-engined with a Commando engine of 750cc. This machine was raced extensively by Jock Findlay, sponsored by Murray’s Garage, Alford.

The Daytona was a mould breaking machine. Its 1200cc four cylinder engine was rated at 146 bhp giving a top speed of around 170 mph.

In 1985, Stonehaven was bypassed by the North East’s first stretch of dual carriageway. To control speed Grampian Police ordered this fuel injected Rover SD1.

Andrew Lawson, a postman at Craigievar near Alford, designed and built this remarkable steam tricycle between 1895 and 1897. This unique local vehicle has survived in working order and with it a great deal of fascinating information about the dawn of the motoring era in Scotland's North East.

The Birkhall portable steam engine was built in 1942 by Marshall of Gainsborough to an order from the wartime Ministry of Supply. 

The Great North of Scotland Railway Company built a magnificent hotel at Cruden Bay in 1898. Electric trams were used to carry passengers and luggage between the hotel and the station.

From the Belgian factories of Theofil Mortier came some of the most elegant organs the world has ever seen.

King George VI ordered this royal car as one of a pair. It was used as a state car, latterly by the Queen, until 1960.

In May 2009, GTM was presented with this magnificent Durant Tourer. It had been laid up in 1959 by its owner, then a student, in a barn at an Aberdeenshire Castle because of a dramatic back axle failure in Union Street, Aberdeen.

In May 1847, John Croall replaced a withdrawn mail coach service from Edinburgh to Dumfries, via Moffat, with a new coach called ‘Hero’. When the Caledonian Railway reached Beattock in September 1847, Hero collected passengers for the new station that was for a time a terminus.

1956 saw the introduction of Land Rover’s first five-door model, on the 107-inch chassis, known as the "Station Wagon" with seating for up to ten people. This one, chassis number 006, is believed to be the oldest surviving 107” Station Wagon and is in remarkably original condition.

In 1907, The Duke of Sutherland modernised his estate fire brigade. He purchased this A3 16hp Albion motor lorry and added an existing Shand Mason steam water pump to the rear creating one of the first motorised fire pumps in Scotland.

Argyll were at one time an extremely successful Scottish car maker; one of the famous 3 ‘A’s (others being Albion and Arrol Johnston). Under the direction of Alex Govan the company expanded rapidly and moved from Bridgeton, Glasgow, into a palatial new factory in Alexandria in 1906.

The Morris Minor was designed in 1948 by Alec Issigonis, later responsible for the Mini. A ‘quest for perfection’, the Minor was a new breed of small car for everyman. The Minor was the first British car to reach sales of over a million worldwide.