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Vehicle Adoptions

Adopt your favourite vehicle from our collection here - from the Ford Anglia, to the visitor favourite Rover SD1.

As a self-funding independent charity, Grampian Transport Museum holds a collection spanning over 100 years of transport and motoring history, many are in working order and used as part of our programming, but others need varying degrees of conservation to enable them to stay operational and protect them for the future.

Adopting a vehicle for a year gives you the following benefits:

  • A complimentary ticket to the museum for yourself to visit your vehicle (if you are a member, you can give this to a friend to bring them with you on a visit!)

  • A digital certificate to recognise your adoption

  • Your name displayed with the object label when it is on display, and on our online collections page

  • Museum newsletters which give updates on our collection and what’s happening at the museum

Memberships

  • Adopt the Austin K9
    Adopt the Austin K9
    £50.00 (Gift Aid eligible)

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

  • Adopt the Ford Anglia
    Adopt the Ford Anglia
    £25.00 (Gift Aid eligible)

    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.

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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.

  • Adopt the Bedford CA Dormobile Romany
    Adopt the Bedford CA Dormobile Romany
    £25.00 (Gift Aid eligible)

    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.

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    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.

  • Adopt the Morris Cowley
    Adopt the Morris Cowley
    £25.00 (Gift Aid eligible)

    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.

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    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.

  • Adopt the Rover SD1
    Adopt the Rover SD1
    £25.00 (Gift Aid eligible)

    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.

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    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.

  • Adopt the Craigievar Express
    Adopt the Craigievar Express
    £25.00 (Gift Aid eligible)

    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.

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    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.

  • Adopt the Daimler DE36 Landaulette
    Adopt the Daimler DE36 Landaulette
    £50.00 (Gift Aid eligible)

    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.

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    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.

  • Adopt the Durant Barn Find
    Adopt the Durant Barn Find
    £25.00 (Gift Aid eligible)

    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.

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    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.

  • Adopt the Hero Stagecoach
    Adopt the Hero Stagecoach
    £50.00 (Gift Aid eligible)

    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.

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    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.

  • Adopt the Land Rover Series 1
    Adopt the Land Rover Series 1
    £25.00 (Gift Aid eligible)

    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.

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    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.

  • Adopt the Argyll 14/16
    Adopt the Argyll 14/16
    £25.00 (Gift Aid eligible)

    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.

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    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.

  • Adopt the Morris Minor Convertible
    Adopt the Morris Minor Convertible
    £25.00 (Gift Aid eligible)

    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.

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    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.

  • Adopt the Lotus Eclat S1
    Adopt the Lotus Eclat S1
    £25.00 (Gift Aid eligible)

    The Lotus Eclat is a sports car built from 1975 to 1982 by British automobile manufacturer Lotus Cars.

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    The Lotus Eclat is a sports car built from 1975 to 1982 by British automobile manufacturer Lotus Cars.

Vehicle Adoptions

Adopt your favourite vehicle from our collection here - from the Ford Anglia, to the visitor favourite Rover SD1.

As a self-funding independent charity, Grampian Transport Museum holds a collection spanning over 100 years of transport and motoring history, many are in working order and used as part of our programming, but others need varying degrees of conservation to enable them to stay operational and protect them for the future.

Adopting a vehicle for a year gives you the following benefits:

  • A complimentary ticket to the museum for yourself to visit your vehicle (if you are a member, you can give this to a friend to bring them with you on a visit!)

  • A digital certificate to recognise your adoption

  • Your name displayed with the object label when it is on display, and on our online collections page

  • Museum newsletters which give updates on our collection and what’s happening at the museum

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