1927 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 May 1987.

It's the 1927 Crossley 20.9 Tourer of John Levaggi, 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 2,687cc. The programme of the event says very little about the car:

Crossley 20.9 Tourer

Reg: NF 5377   6 cylinder    21 hp

(John Levaggi, Stalybridge)

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.

Crossley at SSAFA Car Show

A large proportion of the cars on display at the SSAFA Car Show at Ewen Fields on 19 Oct 2014 belonged to Tameside Car Collectors members. Here's one of them, a 1927 Crossley 20.9 Tourer.

Crossley Motors was based in Gorton, Manchester producing motor vehicles from 1904 to 1938, continuing to produce commercial & military vehicles until 1945 and buses until 1958.