1958 Bedford SB3 Duple C41F

This is one of the vehicles that turned up at a small motoring meet at the top of Werneth Low in Hyde in July 1991.

It’s a 1958 Bedford SB3 Duple C41F, chassis No 60893 which was new to Robinson of Great Harwood in April 1958. In 1991 it was owned by Ray Butcher of Bee-Style coaches, East Didsbury, Manchester.

1916 American LaFrance

This is one of the cars that turned up at a small motoring meet at the top of Werneth Low in Hyde in July 1991.

It's a 1916 American LaFrance that was owned by local businessman Clive Williams and has a 6-cylinder inline 15 litre engine. La France is best known as a manufacturer of fire engines and other emergency vehicles for over 100 years from the early 20th century, but also built a number of passenger cars in the early years.

1956 Leyland Titan PD2

This was one of the vehicles that turned up at a small motoring meet at the top of Werneth Low in Hyde in July 1991.

It's a 1956 ex Portsmouth Corporation Leyland PD2/12 with MCW body. Originally with a closed top and fleet No 106, it was converted to open top for the sea front service from Clarence Pier to Hayling Ferry.

1948 Leyland Tiger PS1

This was one of the vehicles that turned up at a small motoring meet at the top of Werneth Low in Hyde in July 1991.

It's a 1948 Leyland Tiger with a Brush body, and was provided new to Burnley, Colne and Nelson.  It was converted to front entrance for one man operation in 1960 and reconverted to the original rear entrance during restoration in the early 1970s.

North Wales Coast Express

This is a photograph that I took in July 1991 during a holiday in North Wales.

It's the former Southern Railway King Arthur class no. 777 Sir Lamiel pulling the Crewe to Holyhead North Wales Coast Express, and the photo was taken somewhere in the region of Llandudno Junction.

1948 Fordson 7V Tipper Truck

This was one of the vehicles that turned up at a small motoring meet at the top of Werneth Low in Hyde in July 1991.

It's a 1948 Fordson 7V Tipper Truck, a model that was produced from 1937 to 1949. Originally powered by a Ford V8 engine but a 6-cylinder inline Perkins diesel engine was available as an option from 1948. The DVLA record shown that this vehicle is currently taxed up to the end of January 2024.

1961 Scammell Scarab

This sorry looking thing is one of the vehicles that turned up at a small motoring meet at the top of Werneth Low in Hyde in July 1991.

It's a 1961 Scammell Scarab, a tractor unit which was designed to facilitate the delivery of goods in busy built-up areas. Because of their manoeuvrability they were used extensively by British Railways and I remember seeing the one used at the local railway station when I was a youngster. I've got  a couple of photographs that I subsequently took of this Scammell at other vehicle rallies looking in much better condition, but the DVLA record shows that it's not been taxed since June 2009.

1988 McLaren MP4/4

I took this photograph in the showroom of Boston Motors, a local car dealer, in July 1991. The dealer sold Hondas, but not McLarens.

It's a 1988 McLaren MP4/4, the car that dominated the 1988 Formula 1 season driven by Ayrton Senna an Alain Prost. It was designed by Steve Nichols, and was powered by the 1,494cc turbocharged V8 Honda RA168E engine in place of the previous season's TAG Porsche unit. Ayrton Senna won 8 of the 16 races that year and Alain Prost 7, the remaining race being won by Ferrari's Gerhard Berger - appropriately the Italian Grand Prix. Senna and Prost finished first and second in the World Driver's Championship with Berger a long way behind in third place. McLaren, of course, won the World Constructors' Championship, scoring only two points less than the combined total of all the other teams.

1916 American LaFrance

This is one of the cars that turned up at a small motoring meet at the top of Werneth Low in Hyde in July 1991.

It's a 1916 American LaFrance that was owned by local businessman Clive Williams and has a 6-cylinder inline 15 litre engine. Just the month before I had taken a photograph of the car before the start of the Lancashire Automobile club's Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run.

1967 Lotus Elan

I took this photograph at the Northern Classic Car Show at the G-Mex Centre, Manchester in August 1991.

It's a 1967 Lotus Elan and was on the stand of 'Cars of Character', but the brochure of the event gives no information about the car, nor about 'Cars of Character'. The Lotus Elan was introduced in 1962 with a 4-cylinder inline Lotus Twin-Cam engine based on the 1,498cc Ford Kent engine, but after only 22 cars were built the engine size was increased to 1,558cc and the car redesignated the Lotus Elan 1600. At this Northern Classic Car Show the fibreglass body is raised up to show the steel backbone chassis which was likened to a double ended tuning fork.

 

1902 Haynes Apperson

This car took part in the Lancashire Automobile Clubs annual Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1991 and is seen in the Exchange Station car park in Manchester prior to the start of the Run.

It's the 1902 Haynes Apperson of R.Wilkinson of Bramhall, Cheshire, and a short note in the programme of the event says this about the car:

7. 1902 Haynes Apperson

Reg: BS8108  2 cylinder  12 hp

(R.Wilkinson, Bramhall, Cheshire)

This model is also called a "Surrey", and it is the first Manchester to Blackpool outing for both car and driver.

This car was sold by H & H Auctioneers in June 2004 when they provided this history of the Haynes Apperson Conpany. The city of Kokomo in Howard County, Indiana, from where the Haynes Apperson originated, still hold an annual Haynes Apperson Festival.

Friday's Ferrari

This car was on the stand of Hampson Limited Classic Car Dealers at the Northern Classic Car Show at the G-Mex Centre, Manchester in August 1991.

It's a Ferrari Dino 246 GT and has a 2,419cc V6 engine. Three series of the Dino 246 GT were produced, all the chassis being even numbered, series 1 from 1969 to 1970 - a total of 357 cars the chassis numbers being 00400 to 01116, series 2 from 1970 to 1971 - a total of 506 cars with chassis numbers 01118 to 02130, and series 3 from 1971 to 1974 - a total of 1624 cars with chassis numbers in the range 02132 to 07650. Ferrari also produced 1274 Spyder versions of the car between 1972 and 1974 with chassis numbers in the range 02174 to 08518.

1929 Crossley 20.9 Tourer

This car is pictured in the Exchange Station car park in Manchester before the start of the Lancashire Automobile Club's Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1991.

It's the 1929 Crossley 20.9 Tourer of Alan H Moores, a car that was built not far from there in Gorton. Crossley Brothers made their first car in 1904 and the vehicle manufacturing part of the company was registered as Crossley Motors Limited in 1906. Cars were made at their Napier Street - later renamed Crossley Street - site from 1904 to 1938, and buses till 1958. The Crossley 20.9 had the 6-cylinder inline engine from the Crossley 18/50, the 2,692cc unit being bored out to 3,198cc - though the DVLA record shows the capacity of NF 5377's engine to be 2,697cc. The programme of the event has this note about the car:

Crossley 20.9 Tourer

Reg: NF 5377   6 cylinder    21 hp

(Alan H. Moores, Denton)

Regular entrant in the Run, this car is

also used regularly throughout the

summer months.

1929 Bentley 4½ Litre

This was one of the participants in the Lancashire Automobile Club's Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1991, and is pictured in the Exchange Station car park in Manchester before the start of the Run.

It's the 1929 Bentley 4½ Litre of Russell Squires of Stalybridge and is chassis FB3315. It originally had a Weymann saloon body by Gurney Nutting, but was later rebuilt in the form shown above by Hoffman & Burton. A note in the programme of the event said this about the car:

162   1929 Bentley Tourer

         Reg: UL 4357   4 cylinder   24.9 hp

         (Russell Squires, Stalybridge)

Totally rebuilt in the 1970s by Bentley specialists

Hoffman & Burton, this car won the Daily Mirror

Trophy in 1984, and its class for the past six years.

1979 De Tomaso Longchamp

This was one of the exhibits on the De Tomaso Drivers Club's stand at the Northern Classic Car Show on the G-Mex Exhibition Centre in Manchester in August 1991.

It's a 1979 De Tomaso Longchamp, one of about 410 produced between 1972 and 1986. The Longchamp was powered by the same 351 cu in (5.8 litres) American-built Ford Cleveland V8 engine that was used in the De Tomaso Pantera.

Cadillac 30 Limousine

This was one of the participants in the Lancashire Automobile Club's Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1991 and is pictured in the Exchange Station car park in Manchester before the start of the run.

It's a 1911 Cadillac 30 Limousine, a car that was based on the 1907 Model G, and was produced from 1909 to 1911. The 1911 model had a 286.3 cu (4,692cc) engine. The programme of the event had this note about the vehicle:

1911 Cadillac 30 Limousine

Reg:  DS 8678  4 cylinder  30hp

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

Imported from a San Francisco museum last August, this "Open Drive" Cadillac has four separately cast cylinders, each with its own copper water jacket. It sports Fisher Coachwork, and is driven today by William Ellam.

Triumph TR3

This car was exhibited on the stand of the 'TR Register - Red Rose Group' at the Northern Classic Car Show at the G-Mex Exhibition Centre, Manchester in August 1991.

It's a 1957 Triumph TR3, originally built with a 1,991cc straight-4 engine. This was replaced during a complete rebuild of the car in 1986 with the later 2,138cc engine, which had become available for the TR3 in 1959.

Citroën 11 CV

I photographed this car at the Northern Classic Car Show in the G-Mex Centre in Manchester in August 1991.

It's a 1948 Citroën 11 CV, a car that was produced from 1934 to 1957, and has a 1,911cc 4-cylinder inline engine. It was succeeded in 1957 by the ID19. This car is still registered with the DVLA who say that the colour of the vehicle is now black.

Standard Cheltenham

This car was one of the participants in the Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1991, organised by the Lancashire Automobile Club and starting at the Exchange Station car park in Manchester.

The only information about it in the programme of the event is that it's a 4 cylinder 20hp 1913 Standard Cheltenham Cabriolet, and it was entered by P. Dawson of Leyland, Lancs. I've found out via the Standard Register that it's a Standard Model O with an engine of 3,336cc.

SS Jaguar 100

I photographed this car at the Northern Classic Car Show at G-Mex, Manchester in August 1991.

It's a 1938 SS Jaguar 100, with a 2½ litre straight-6 engine developed from the Standard side valve unit by giving it a new cylinder head and converting it to an overhead valve engine.