Cadillac 40-50 Tourer

This is a car photographed in the Exchange Station car park before the start of the Manchester to Blackpool Veteran & Vintage Car Run in June 1990.

It's a 1914 Cadillac 40-50 Tourer and the programme of the event had this note about the car:

22.     1914 Cadillac 40-50 Tourer

           Reg: DS 8446 4 cylinder 50 hp

           (C.R.Unsworth, Ashton-in Makerfield)

Imported from Massachusetts last December,

This model is the largest Edwardian Cadillac

manufactured. It has four separately cast

cylinders, each with its own copper water jacket,

a two-speed rear axle giving a 2.5/1 top ratio -

which means it will do 45 mph at 1,000 rpm.

And it takes 37 in. x 5 in. tyres!