1935 Railton 8

This was one of the exhibits at the Northern Classic Car Show at the G-Mex Centre, Manchester in August 1993.

It's a 1935 Railton 8, and was on the stand of the Railton Owners Club. It's not mentioned in the brochure of the event which says this about the Club:

'We are celebrating the 60th birthday of the Railton which first appeared in 1933 and with its effortless top-gear performance and superb acceleration was hailed as being '10 Years Ahead Of Its Time'. Reid Railton, who gave his name to the car, was best known for designing the Napier Railton, which holds the Brooklands track record, and the Railton Mobile Special, which broke the world Land Speed Record in 1938 and again in 1947 being the first car to actually exceed 400 mph.'

The Railton 8 was produced between 1933 and 1940 and has an 8-cylinder 4,168cc engine, and when AWX 118 was shown at the 1986 Northern Classic Car Show the following note appeared in the Show's brochure:

'The Railton was a successful combination of American power and English coachwork, It was based on the 8 cylinder Hudson chassis and the example shown is fitted with the popular Fairmile drophead coupe body.'