This car took part in the Lancashire Automobile Club's annual Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run, starting at the Exchange Station car park in Manchester, in May 1987.
It's a 1911 Belsize Tourer and the programme of the event had this information about it:
1911 Belsize Tourer,
Reg: B186 4 cylinder 14 hp
(Robert Barker, Trawden, Colne)
This maroon and black five-seater was bought
new by W.B.White of Colne. Manchester-made
rarity, it has a twin-cam side-valve engine, and
was last seen on this Run in 1982.
Marshall and Company was probably Manchester's first car manufacturer, producing its first car at its factory in Clayton in 1897 which was badged as a Marshall. The company became Belsize Motors Limited in 1906 and continued producing cars until it ceased trading in 1925, having been in the hands of the receivers since 1923.
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