This was one of the cars that took part in a vintage car run from Stockport to Matlock in July 1985 organised by car dealers Gordon Ford of Stockport.
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It's the 1932 Crossley Torquay of Clive Williams which has a 4-cylinder inline 1,087cc engine. The Crossley brothers, of
Manchester, were the first British engineers to produce four-stroke power
units, having acquired the licence Otto & Langen gas engines in the 1860s.
The brothers were asked to produce automobiles European-car importers Jarrott
& Letts and the first Crossley car was displayed at the Society of Motor
Manufacturers’ Exhibition, at Crystal Palace, in 1904. Crossley reacted to the Great
Depression by introducing a 10hp model in 1931, powered by a Coventry-Climax
‘F-head’ (overhead inlet and side
exhaust valves) 1100cc engine. This engine was also used by Triumph and Morgan.
A sporting version was fitted with twin carburettors. Following a record-breaking drive from London to
Edinburgh in the 1932 RAC Rally which finished in Torquay the name ‘Torquay’ was applied to
the car.
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