1924 Peugeot Quadrillette

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 1976.

It’s a 1924 Peugeot Quadrillette and the programme of the event had this note about the car:

 

39     G.O. Wallis, Oldham, Lancs.

           1924 Peugeot Quadrillette 5 h.p. 4-cylinder.

“Alexandra” was found last year in a barn in the south of France where she had been since before the war. It is the only Quadrillette known with a wagonette body. This body is predominantly wood and its main purpose in life was undoubtably to take animals to the local market. By the deposits in the back and the smell when found it had obviously not been cleaned since last used. The acetylene lighting is rather poor so let’s hope we finish before sunset.

1924 Bentley Blue Label tourer

 

This is a photograph that I took at the Lancashire Automobile Club's Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1975 at the junction of Peter Street and Lower Mosley Street.

The programme of the event had this note about the car:

58.         Mr D.C.Y. Dickson, Garstang, Lancs.

               1924 Bentley 3 litre Blue  label tourer 15.9 h.p. 4 cylinder

Jointly owned since 1950 by Mr. Dickson and his brother Mr. J.C.Dickson (No. 57) this car  has been driven alternately by them in every Run except last year when it obligingly stood down for a Rolls Royce! Twice winner of the Daily Telegraph Challenge Trophy; three times winner of the Vauxhall Trophy it has also won the Turner Trophy.

 

NB; Car number 57 in this Run was a 1924 3 litre Red Label tourer driven by Mr. J.C.Dickson.

1911 Vauxhall C-type Prince Henry Tourer

This is a photograph that I took in Manchester before the start of the Lancashire Automobile Club’s Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1973.

It’s a 1911 Vauxhall C-type and the programme of the event had this note about the car:

 

21.      Vauxhall Motors Ltd., Luton, Bedfordshire.

             (Driver – Mr. A.A.Garland).

             1911 Vauxhall C-type “Prince Henry” Tourer, 20 h.p.

Here is an early example of the famous “Prince Henry” models designed by Lawrence Pomeroy and regarded by some experts as the first true Vauxhall sports car. It is named after Prince Henry of Prussia who sponsored early motor reliability trials, and the original price of the chassis alone was £485. The 3-litre side-valve engine of four cylinder construction has a cone clutch, four-speed gearbox and bevel gear rear axle. Maximum speed is around 70 m.p.h. at about 25 m.p.g.

1907 Niclausse Park Phaeton

This is a photograph that I took at the Lancashire Automobile Club’s Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1969.

It’s a 1907 Niclausse Park Phaeton and the programme of the event had the following note about the vehicle:

 

22.     Mr. Peter Black, Keighley, Yorkshire.

            1907 Niclausse Park Phaeton. 17½ h.p.

Apart from being a great rarity in the catalogue of Edwardian cars – there are only two other Niclausse models still in existence and both these in Spain – the Park Phaeton has a distinction linked with the world of fashion. The body was built specially for the haute couture houses so that the four-seater car might be driven on the boulevards of Paris allowing the Parisienne of the day to display her fashions to the best advantage.

1906 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost

This is a photograph that I took on  a very wet day in Manchester at the Lancashire Automobile Club’s Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1967

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It’s the original Rolls Royce Silver Ghost and this is the note about the car in the programme of the event:

 

22.     Rolls-Royce Limited, London, W.1.

            (Driver – Mr D.E.A.Miller-Williams, Rolls-Royce Limited).

            1906 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost 7036 c.c.

This is the original Silver Ghost built at the first Rolls-Royce works in Cooke Street, Manchester. The distinguishing name comes from the fact that Mr. Claude Johnson, the first managing director of the Company, was determined to demonstrate the ability of a new 40/50 h.p. chassis and fitted a special aluminium painted body with all the external metal work silver plated. In May 1907 the car was driven from London to Edinburgh directly in its third gear, and shortly afterwards achieved a world record run of 14,371 miles without an involuntary stop. Four drivers worked in relays for fifteen weeks under continuous R.A.C. supervision to achieve this record. To date this magnificent machine has covered well over half-a-million miles.

 

N.B. America’s recent Artemis mission recently travelled about the same distance going to the Moon and back.

1909 F.N. (Fabrique Nationale)

This is a photograph that I took at the Broad Street/Cross Lane roundabout in Salford of one of the cars that took part in the Lancashire Automobile Club's Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1966.

It's the 1909 F.N. of Mr W.G.Steele, and the programme of the event had this note about the car:

16.  Mr. W.G. Steele, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent

         F.N. (Fabrique Nationale) Belgium 6-12h.p.

This car was originally owned by the Belgian Royal Family. Its snake horn “Horace” was in the film “School for Scoundrels” with Terry-Thomas. Many times Concours winner, including Grand Concours 1961, International Goodwood. This car is one of the many exhibits on show in Trentham Gardens, Staffordshire, Motor Museum, which also houses all forms of antique travel. Competed in all the previous Manchester/Blackpool Rallies and won the Vigzol Trophy in 1964.

N.B. The Vigzol Amoco Trophy was awarded for the Veteran or Edwardian car covering the greatest distance to the start under its own power.

1901 De Dion Bouton

This is one of the cars that took part in the Lancashire Automobile Club’s Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car in April 1965.

All that it says in the programme of the event is that it’s Ralph Wilde’s 1901 De Dion Bouton. It also took part in the Run in 1966, however, as number 4 and the programme on that occasion had this note about it:

 

4.       Mr. R. Wilde, Radford Semele, Leamington.

           1901 De Dion Bouton Voiturette 503 c.c.

This is the first of the four-wheeled De Dion petrol cars, as opposed to the earlier steamers. It is a  descendant of the tricycles and is the earliest example of the famous De Dion rear axle now used on high-performance cars, including the Rover 2000. This example was rebuilt from scratch by the present owner and the task took five years. Won the Matthew Brown and Carburol Trophies in 1965.

 

Note: The 1965 programme says that the Matthew Brown Trophy was awarded for the best performance by a Veteran Car, and the United Lubricants Carburol Trophy was awarded for the best combined performance on the road and in the Concours d’Elegance by a Veteran or Edwardian Car.

1905/6 Argyll

This is a photograph that I took in June 1963 at the first of the Lancashire Automobile Club’s Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Runs.

It’s the 1905/6 Argyll of Eric Kirby about which the programme of the event only says:

 

22.   1905/6 Argyll.

Just finished restoration. First time entered in any Rally.

 

In 1905/6 the Argyll company produced two model, both with 4-cylinder engines – the 14/16 with a 3,054cc engine and the 16/20 with a 3,686cc engine. The DVLA record says that 5555 TF is an Argyll and has a 1,701cc engine.

1903 Peugeot Fore-car

This is a photograph that I took on a very rainy day in Manchester in June 1984 at the Lancashire Automobile Club's Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run.

It's a 1903 Peugeot Fore-car and the passenger at the front must have had an extremely uncomfortable ride that day. The programme of the event had this note about the car:

7.    1903 Peugeot Fore-car, 

       Reg: DS 6469 2-Cylinder 334cc

       ( W. Green, Blackburn)

Bought by its present owner in 1979, it is hoped to have this unusual tricycle ready for this year's Run. Not a lot is known of its history, but from the original logbook, it was apparently first registered in Southampton, and its reg. number then was AA 999.

1902 De Dion Bouton

This is a photograph that I took on a very rainy day at the Lancashire Automobile Club's Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1980.

It's the 1902 De Dion Bouton of W.A. Pownall, and the programme of the event had this note about the car:

5           Mr W. A. Pownall, Wilmslow, Cheshire.

             1902 De Dion Bouton 8½ h.p. 1-cyl. Tonneau.

This car spent a good deal of its life in India, hence the Surrey Top. It then belonged to an Indian Prince.

1929 Bentley 4½ litre

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 1979.

It's the1929 Bentley 4½ litre of Mr J J Denby and the programme of the event said this about the car:

174        Mr J. J. Denby, Kirkham Abbey, York.

              1929 Bentley 4½ litre open tourer. 25 h.p. 4-cylinder.

Tfhis car is used all the year round and has appeared on B.B.C. North once or twice. Has been on location for various films. Maintained by the owner for the last 16 years.

1904 Renault VB

This is a photograph that I took on Quay Street in Manchester at the Lancashire  Automobile Club’s Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run on a very rainy day in June 1967.

It’s the AA’s 1904 Renault VB with Park Phaeton coachwork, and the programme of the event had this note about the car:

 

14.      Automobile Association, London.

             (Driver – Mr. W. G. Thompson).

             1904 Renault 4398c.c.

The AA are entering, for the first time, their 1904 Renault which they acquired just over a year ago. Its previous owner, Mr. Paul Waring, was a well-known collector of Veteran Cars and the car is being preserved in his memory and as a representative of the Motoring Age in which the AA was founded. The brass plaque on the car tells, in brief, the history :- The Paul Waring Renault. This 1904 Park Phaeton 20/0 h.p. Renault was owned by Mr. Paul Waring, who painstakingly restored it in every detail prior to his tragic death in 1964. In his memory it is being preserved for posterity, and the delight of the motoring public of every age, by the Automobile Association. The Renault, which has now been given the registration number AA1, is a magnificent vehicle, being both impressive and graceful. It seats seven comfortably, and is powered by a four-cylinder 4½ litre engine (100 x 140 mm.) rated at 24.8 h.p. It has a three-speed quadrant-change gearbox behind the cone clutch, and the final drive is by a central propellor shaft to a “live” back axle. Its maximum speed is about 50 m.p.h. and it does 20 miles to the gallon. Known as a “Park Phaeton” model the coachwork was specially built by Rothschild et Cie of Paris and won a gold medal at the Paris Salon in December 1904. It was originally bought by Elizabeth, Lady Cheylesmore, who used it as a town carriage. She was at one time Lady-in-Waiting to the late Queen Mary who is said to have ridden in the car on numerous occasions. On the occasion of the fiftieth Paris Motor Show, the Renault led the procession with General de Gaulle as a passenger down the Champs Elysées. It also featured prominently in the film, “Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines” and has successfully completed the London to Brighton run on at least sixteen occasions.

 

Behind the Renault is a 1904 Siddeley, about which the programme says:

 

16.      Mr. G. A. Estler, Whiteleaf, Bucks,

             1904 Siddeley two-seater.

Car delivered to King & sons of Bournemouth in November 1904. Then the colour was Navy blue, lined yellow. Purchased by my uncle from R. G. J. Nash in 1934 and in use by the family ever since. Has competed in many Brighton Runs and finished thirteen times. The engine is horizontal and  the drive by a largr single chain. The car was manufactured by the Wolseley Company and is identical to a contemporary Wolseley apart from the bonnet and radiator. Three similar cars are known to the Veteran Car Car Club.

1922 Morgan TT Replica

This is a photograph that I took in Manchester before the start of the Lancashire Automobile Club’s Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1977.

It’s a 1922 Morgan TT Replica, and the programme of the event had this note about it:

 

38      G.B. Chivrall, Bacup, Lancs.

           1922 Morgan “TT Replica” 8 h.p.  980 c.c.  2 cylinders

This car has been built up from parts assembled from all over the country. The chassis is a standard one of 1922 but with wider track and modern tyres and rims. The body is a copy of one fitted to a factory special in 1913 which was built for the cyclecar T.T. which was cancelled in favour of World War I. This car is fitted for the moment with a side valve J.A.P. engine with cast-iron pistons.

1900 Georges Richard Dogcart

This is a photograph I took at the Broad Street/Cross Lane roundabout in Salford of one of the cars that took part in the Lancashire Automobile Club's Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1965.

It's the 1900 Georges Richard Dogcart of  Mr J. E. Crossman of Whiston, Lancs and the programme of the event had this to say about the car:

 

5.       Georges Richard Dogcart

           Found in a field in Shropshire about 17 years ago, has completed several R.A.C. Brighton Runs. There are only three Georges Richards, one about the same age in Belgium the other about 1903 in England. Twin cylinder, engine across the frame like the modern Mini Minor, belt drive to gear box and final drive by chains to rear wooden solid-tyred wheels. It has a varnished wooden body and has four forward and reverse gears.

1905 Alldays & Onions

This was one of the participants in the Lancashire Automobile Club's first Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1963 at the Broad Street/Cross Lane roundabout in Salford.

It's a 1905 Alldays & Onions and the programme of the event had this note about it:

 

'21.    1905 Alldays & Onions. Entered by Calder S.C.

Swing Seat Tonneau. Made in Birmingham by Alldays & Onions Ltd., firm founded in 1650 and still operating. Engine: Single cylinder.'

 

I’ve found that  Onions (formed by John Onions in 1650) and William Allday & Co. (formed by William Allday in 1720) joined in 1889 under the ownership of Alldays & Onions Pneumatic Engineering Company Limited and produced its first car in 1898. The company hit commercial success with the 1.6-litre, vertical-twin side-valve 10/12, which was made from 1905 to 1913 and this is presumably one of those cars.

1912 Delaunay Belleville

This is one of the cars that took part in the Lancashire Automobile Club's Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car run in June 1985 and is pictured in Manchester before the start of the run. It's a 1912 Delaunay Belleville which has a 6-cylinder inline 2.7 litre engine.

I no longer have the programme of the event, but it was also in the Run in 1983 when the programme had this note about it:

'1912 Delaunay Belleville

Reg: 9197 EH 6-Cylinder 25hp

(Derek John Casson, Lancaster)

This eye-catching rarity spent most of its life in New York's Grand Central Park. Imported into Britain in the late 1970's, it has a body by Brewster of New York.'

 

Looking for further information about this car I came across a 2019 auction description by H&H Auctions saying that the car is a Type IA6 Phaeton and its first owner was heiress Evalyn Walsh McLean who was apparently the last private individual to acquire the renowned 45-carat Hope Diamond.

1901 De Dion Bouton 4½hp Voiturette

This was one of the entrants in the Lancashire Automobile Club's Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1980 and is pictured in a very wet Manchester before the start of the run.

It's the 1901 De Dion Bouton of Major Arnold Pownall and a note in the programme of the event says this about the car:

 

3. Major A.Pownall, Wilmslow, Cheshire

1901 De Dion Bouton 4½ h.p. Voiturette

This single cylinder car was assembled in America and spent its life there until 1972, when it was imported into this country.

 

The DVLA record says that the car is currently taxed and this is due for renewal in May 2026.

1926 Rolls Royce Twenty

This is one of the cars that took part in the Lancashire Automobile Car Club's Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1979.

It's a 1926 Rolls Royce Twenty pictured in Manchester before the start of the run, and the programme of the event had this note about the car:

163     Mr E. Marshall, Glazebury, Nr. Warrington, Lancs.

            1926 Rolls Royce Twenty, 29 h.p. 6-cylinder.

1926 Barker Sedanca Cabriolet. Long body with two occasional seats.

1907 Rover Roi-des-Belges

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 1978.

It's a 1907 Rover 20 with a Roi-des-Belges body, a car that was produced from 1907 to 1910 and had a 4-cylinder inline 3,251cc engine. The programme of the event had this note about the car (with the original spelling error);

12     Leyland Motors Historic Vehicles Ltd., Longbridge, Birmingham.

         1907 Rover, Roi de Belge Tourer, 20 h.p.

This model was originally announced in 1905 as the 16/20 h.p. car. Cylinder dimensions of 95mm x 110 mm were the same as those of the 1905 6 h.p. car and several components were common. The model achieved fame by winning the Tourist Trophy Race in the Isle of Man during 1907 driven by Ernest Courtis, who was Rover's Chief Tester at the time. His average speed was 28.8 mph for six laps of the 40.3 mile circuit. The car's normal maximum in "as sold" condition was about 45 mph and the chassis price was £375.

I understand that this car is now in the British Motor Museum in Gaydon, Warwickshire.

 

1924 Bentley 3 litre Blue Label Tourer

This is one of the cars that took part in the Lancashire Automobile Club's Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in June 1975 and is pictured just after the start at the junction of Peter Street and Lower Mosley Street.

It's the 1924 Bentley 3 litre of Mr D.C.Y. Dickson and the programme of the event had this note about the car:

58.    Mr D.C.Y. Dickson, Garstang, Lancs.

         1924 Bentley 3 litre Blue label tourer 15.9 h.p. 4 cylinder.

Jointly owned by Mr. Dickson and his brother Mr. J.C. Dickson (No. 57) this car has been driven alternately by them in every run except last year when it obligingly stood down for a Rolls-Royce! Twice winner of the Daily Telegraph Challenge Trophy; three times winner of the Vauxhall Trophy it has also won the Turner Trophy.

(Note: the Daily Telegraph Challenge Trophy was awarded for the best performance by any competitor, the Vauxhall Trophy went to the best performance by 'Cars of 1919-1924 up to 3,000 cc', and the Turner Trophy was awarded for the best performance in a special test.)