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We are a small established
family business,
trading for over 40 years,
with a
reputation for
the:- "quality
of our stock & our after sales service"
historic pic
We Buy & Sell
Quality Sports/Prestige/Classic
Cars/ Motorcycles
+
Servicing & OBD2 Diagnostics
on most modern Vehicles
Direct Mobile Contact
: 07768 726644
or
Office 01383-723222
for
An online showroom displaying our stock
with large pictures & comprehensive vehicle history details
URGENTLY WANTED' ---- Sports, Interesting
, Prestige, Classic Cars & Motorcycles
--------- the quality required
is reflected in what we sell - e.mail or call with full details
including price expected
POST SALE or PURCHASE
Vehicle delivery/Collection is Available
Garage Contact Details
Showroom is Open 7 days ; 01383 723222 or mobile; 07768
726644
1
Green St, Townhill, Dunfermline Fife KY12 0HE
Ronnie Cowan Specialist Cars &
Superbikes
for
Recent Low Mileage Sports
, Prestige, Unusual Cars & Superbikes
The company
is operated by Linda & Ronnie Cowan.
Specialist Cars Company Blog;- A small
family run business
with good old traditional values, formed over 40 years ago
Now in his
seventies and Semi-retired from general car sales, Ronnie Cowan
is a former Queen Anne pupil (Dunfermline) currently:-
Specialist Car Dealer, Instrument/PBN Rated Commercial Pilot,
Townhill Community
Council Chairman (since 2012) - Qualified 'Master Reiki Practitioner'
- General Election Presiding Officer 2024
Former:- Biker/Rocker
in the 60's (Ex 'Devon Valley' Chapter member & 'Satans
Slaves' co founder) , Electronics engineer, Personal security,
Disco/PA Equipment supplier, Club D.J. working in the early
70's to the late 80's with most of the major record labels of
the day promoting new releases & supporting many touring chart
bands for CBS/Warner Bros/Magnet/Phonogram - worked in resident
clubs & on promotional tours with " The Explosion Road
Show" and was also a well known 'Soul DJ' (Funk, Motown &
Chart Soul) in the 70's /80's resident at the popular Sunday night
'East of Scotland Soul Club' held in Edinburgh's Grosvener Hotel
-- plus also as 'Soul DJ' guested on local radio !
Linda Cowan is a well
respected Master/Teacher member/Scottish and was a representative
of the 'UK REIKI FEDERATION ' in Scotland, now retired from Reiki
to concentrate on the family business and her Community Council
secretarial duties.
Linda has a enviable knowledge of the car business despite
the fact she does hate driving!
Ronnie Cowan is a fitness enthusiast and
a qualified Reiki Master/Practitioner ... having studied thro'
levels one, two.
He is an eccentric
'fast' motorcycle & specialist car petrol head and is responsible
for our Web Site & all paid advertising avenues such as e.bay,
Auto Trader, Car & Clasic, Local Papers etc.
He is the holder of
a current C.A.A. Commercial Pilot's licence holding an unrestricted
Multi Engine Instrument Rating C.P.L.I.R./PBN (Performance
Based Navigation), he has also held an American FAA Certificate
and annually flew around the south of the USA.
He has also been Pilot
for the 'Golden Lions' crack British Army Parachute Display Team
& was also a B.P.A. Parachute Pilot Examiner (Trained &
Flight tested Pilots for B.P.A. licence - required in order to
fly Parachutists in Uk).
This was followed by
some years of Corporate Flying ferrying Directors, Sales Executives
& I.T. engineering teams all over Europe for a well known
'Call Centre Software' company,
Until his 60th he was
'Freelance flying' commercially under an AOC (Air Operator's Certificate
-- something all airlines/Charter Companies are required to have)
for the 'Edinburgh Air Centre' a small 'aerial survey' company
based at Edinburgh International Airport.
Ronnie has accrued
a good few thousand hours experience of Aerial Survey & Photography
sorties throughout Scotland including the
Highlands & the Western
Isles.
From 2002 until July
2024 was the Chief Commercial 'Fixed Wing' Pilot for 'Operator'
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) formerly known as the Royal
Commission for Historic Monuments Scotland (RCAHMS) until they
ceased their aerial operations due to Government cutbacks, then
cancelleling (with 30 days notice) all Pilot and aircraft contracts.
Survey flying for HES
was a role that demanded a great variety of flying skills as the
crew operated in extremely varied & remote locations, covering
the length and breadth of Scotland including its mountains and
many islands in a single engine High Wing 4 seat Light Aircraft.
He has also worked
as a freelance 'Co Pilot' in the right hand seat of a privately
owned Edinburgh based Citation Corporate Jet (CJ1 ) operating
all over Europe.
Ronnie also operated
'single crew' on the mighty 'Piper Chieftan Twin' engined (350Bhp
per side) aircraft whilst employed as a Charter Pilot (for
another AOC holding operation) which have a fleet aircraft
based around the uk specialising in Executive Uk/Europe wide 'charter/air
taxi' travel, document movement and Ambulance flights - he covered
many of their routes as a holiday relief pilot invariably in all
weathers (any time of day or night).
He has also over the
years been involved as the Pilot flying for a number companies
producing of Glossy Picture type Books on archeology and scenic
views :- Fife from Above, Glasgow from the Air, Scotland's Landscapes
, Above Scotland, Above Scotland's Cities, the Sunday Times &
Britain from Above with various BBC type documentary work involving
aerial photography- most recent being the three episode series
entiltled 'Scotland from the sky' first aired in 2018.
Still flying in 2024
> but only in December Ho Ho Ho !
still
driving unique vehicles as a supplier of a mobile sound system
rig for parades etc
f
some of the aircraft flown by Ronnie:-
The Specialist Car business is operated from
a modern showroom with an adjoining 'well equipped workshop' situated
in Townhill, a small village located in the country just South
of Knockhill Race Circuit - 10min from M90 - 14 miles North of
Edinburgh.
The premise of the business has always been
to supply not the cheapest (cheap usually equates to ongoing
expense) but carefully sought, good quality low mileage Sports,
Prestige, Unusual Cars , in the knowledge that all of the stock
offered for sale has been selected, purchased and fastidiously
prepared for sale by a competent motoring enthusiast.
Now semi retired he now focuses on more
interesting/ unusual vehicles, still carrying out the electronic
diagnostics and all maintenance / repairs .
" Whether it is selling
or purchasing a quality vehicle please be assured that your business
is important to our business & you will receive a personal
service second to none",
Kind Regards,
Ronnie
Showroom Open 7 days @ 8am
until 8pm
Detail & pricing
of goods/vehicles can vary without prior warning and any confirmation
of information published on this Web site should be verified with
our office before proceeding with any intended purchase.
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