The Skeoch was a Scottish

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manufactured in 1921 by Skeoch Utility Car Company in

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, Kirkudbrightshire. It was powered by a 348 cc single-cylinder

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engine and was fitted with a two-speed

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gearbox with chain for its final-drive. At the Scottish Motor Show in 1921, the first Skeoch Utility Car was the cheapest on display and sold for £180 complete, or at a reduced cost of £165 without accessories. Around 10 were manufactured before the factory "The Burnside Motor Works" was destroyed by fire in December 1921. On Saturday 17 July 2021 a recreation of the car was revealed at Colliston Park, Dalbeattie. The fully operative replica had been constructed by members of Dalbeattie Men's Shed charity and built from the original plans which had been offered from Fiona Sinclair, granddaughter of James Baird Skeoch who died in 1954. As few of these cars were made this is now the only known physical example of the Skeoch cyclecar.

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Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of Scotland Cyclecars Goods manufactured in Scotland Vehicles introduced in 1921 1921 establishments in Scotland History of Dumfries and Galloway Companies based in Dumfries and Galloway Car manufacturers of the United Kingdom {{Scotland-hist-stub

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