1930 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Gran Sport

This was one of the entrants in the Lancashire Automobile Club's annual Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1990. 

Its the 1930 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Gran Sport of Malcolm Hoyle and is pictured in the Exchange Station car park in Manchester making its way to the start line. This is the short note about the car in the programme of the event:

 

130.     1930 Alfa Romeo Gran Sport

             Reg: FM 8774  6 cylinder  1750cc

             (Malcolm Hoyle, Huddersfield)

The Alfa Romeo 6C was designed by Vittorio Jano in the late 1920s and was in production with several engine sizes ranging from 1½ to 3 litres until 1954. The 6C 1750 Gran Sport had a 6-cylinder inline 1,752cc engine and 257 examples were built between 1930 and 1933.

Alfa Romeo 6C

This is a car which comes under the broad label of Alfa Romeo 6C and to be specific it's a 1930 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Gran Sport.

The photograph was taken on the car park in front of the old Manchester Exchange railway station opposite Manchester Cathedral in May 1992 at the start of the Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage car run organised by the Lancashire Automobile Club. The programme says that the car belonged to a Malcolm Hoyle of Linthwaite near Huddersfield.