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Paisley

  • Arrol-Johnston

    Discontinued 1895 – 1931 Mainstream & Utility

    One of Britain's very first car makers, founded in Glasgow in 1895 by the engineer George Johnston with backing from Sir William Arrol, builder of the Forth Bridge.…

  • Beardmore

    Discontinued 1919 – 1966 Mainstream & Utility

    Beardmore, the Clydeside shipbuilding and engineering giant, built cars and, from 1919 to 1966, the rugged Beardmore taxi, nicknamed "the Rolls-Royce of taxicabs". Production moved from Paisley to…

Museums near Paisley

  • Riverside Museum about 8 km away
    Glasgow's transport museum, in a building by Zaha Hadid Architects on the River Clyde. More than 3,000 objects are on display, from locomotives to cars, and…
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