This is a photograph that I
took before the start of the Lancashire Automobile Club’s Manchester to
Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1980.
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It’s a 1926 Jowett and the
programme of the event had this note about the car:
72. F. Barrett, Accrington, Lancs
1926 Jowett, 2-cylinder, 6.9 h.p.
Horizontally opposed twin cylinder engine, cone
clutch, external brakes on rear wheels only. Restored in the late 1960s after
standing in a field for over 12 years. The car was bought from a scrap yard in
1949 by a student for £15 and driven 5,000 miles through Europe and over the
mountains of Norway and Sweden, almost to the Arctic Circle, returning with
little trouble. Has been featured twice on BBC/TV. Today is the Jowett’s tenth Manchester/Blackpool
run.
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