VIDEO: Fife car lost to history for over 100 years rebuilt by local apprentices

The only car ever built in a Fife town has been reconstructed by a team of local apprentices.

The team from Babcock International, in Rosyth, has painstakingly replicated Dunfermline’s three-wheeler “Tod Car”.

The story starts in 1897 when, in collaboration with local coachbuilders George Kay and Sons, engineering firm Michael Tod and Son experimented in motor car construction to build it to the specification of a Glasgow engineer.

Local newspaper reports from the era said it was ahead of its time thanks to early Dunlop pneumatic tyres and a capacity to reach 30mph, much faster than the law permitted.

Fife apprentices roll back the years with prototype car

For unknown reasons, only one was built and it never went into full-scale production.

The newly-built vehicle will take centre stage in the £12million Dunfermline Carnegie Library and Galleries when it opens on May 18.

The apprentices worked in collaboration with with Sandy Tod, a descendant of Michael Tod, on the project.