1927 Austin Clifton Tourer

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

It's a 1927 Austin Clifton Tourer entered by William West of Blackpool and has a 4-cylinder inline 1,861cc engine. The programme of the event has this note about the car, which is pictured in the Exchange Station car park in Manchester before the start of the Run:

1927 Austin Clifton Tourer

Reg:  RU 6395  4 Cylinder  12 hp

(William West, Blackpool)

The Heavy Twelve was a popular car of the 1920s, and the open Clifton 4-seater tourer is extremely reliable, with a 50 mph top speed. Its seemingly unbreakable engine is attached to an infamous slow gate-change gearbox.

Hudson Super 6

This car is pictured coming up to the start line in the Exchange Station car park in Manchester at the start of the Lancashire Automobile Car Club's annual Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in May 1992.

It's a 1918 Hudson Super 6 and the only information about it in the programme of the event is that it was entered for the run by William West of Blackpool, Fylde. The Hudson Super 6 was produced by the Hudson Motor Car Company between 1915 and 1929 and has a 6-cylinder inline 4,736cc (289 cu in) engine producing 76 hp.