Digitisation Appeal

As many Albion owners will know, we are in the great position of owning copies of the Build Sheets of almost all of the 200,000 plus Albion vehicles made. These documents, specific to each Albion vehicle, have details of whatever person or organisation ordered the vehicle, it’s specification, the serial numbers of key parts, as well as the order date and delivery date. The Club is able to supply a copy of the build sheet for individual Albions to owners if owners can supply the chassis number.

These documents are an intrinsic part of the history of each Albion vehicle and an amazing resource. All of the build sheets are on microfilms, 85 reels in total. For some time now we have been planning on getting them digitised, to safeguard their future and also to enable them to be searched easier. This medium term plan has become more urgent because our microfilm reader has broken and apparently cannot be cheaply repaired. So at present we cannot access the build sheets. We are therefore taking forward digitisation and have secured an Edinburgh based company to do so. The cost is £5,250, which is not unreasonable given the amount of work involved, but it is a hit on our funds, so we are running a small mid-year fundraising campaign. All donations, large or small are very much appreciated!

General Funding Appeal

We also have annual running costs such as insurance, light, heat, building maintenance, vehicle maintenance, vehicle storage, IT etc. Any contribution you can make will greatly help us keep the Archive and the Museum running and the vehicles cared for. Our main funding comes from the Biggar Rally in August, but that relies on the weather, so is not always guaranteed.

Thank you for considering to donate to a very worthy cause

We ask that you complete the form below so that we can claim gift aid (if you are a UK taxpayer) and so we can of course thank you.

Donation by alternative means

If you do not wish to donate by credit/debit card, you may wish to post a cheque made payable to "Biggar Albion Foundation Ltd" to Malcolm Fleming, 29 Miller Terrace, St Monans, Anstruther, Fife KY10 2BB

Should you have any questions or would like to discuss anything further, please do not hesitate to use our contact form on this site.