This car took part in the Lancashire Automobile Club's Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1990, and is pictured in the Exchange Station car park in Manchester before the start of the Run.
It's the 1910 Léon Bollée Landaulette of Kevin Bann, and the programme of the event has this information about the car:
18. 1910 Léon Bollée Landaulette
Reg: BM 1373 4 cylinder 28 hp
(Kevin Bann, Fence, Burnley)
Built in France at Le Mans by Léon Bollée, son of Amédée Bollée, pioneer of steam driven vehicles in France, this model, aimed at the American market, was backed with finance by the Vanderbilts. Cossetted passengers can communicate with the exposed driver by means of a speaking tube - forerunner of today's car-phone.
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