Oldsters over the Pennines
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• More than 60,000 spectators are estimated to have watched the third Trans-Pennine run for historic commercial vehicles from Salford to Harrogate last Sunday. Sponsored by the Daily Telegraph and organized by Transiclub of Rochdale and the Yorkshire and North Midland sections of the Historic Commercial Vehicle Club, the run followed a route that went through Manchester, Rochdale. Todmorden, Halifax and Bradford. The total of 120 vehicles was judged in Harrogate, where trophies were presented by the Mayor, Cl R. J. Welch; a record entry of 110 vehicles took part in the actual drive.
Outright winner of the Concours d'Elegance was the Leyland Titan TD1 double-decker entered by Mr C. Garton for the Lincolnshire Vintage Vehicle Society. This vehicle was built in 1929 for Bolton Corporation, and after being acquired by Leyland Motors for its museum in 1956 was passed on to its present owners in 1963, since when it has been completely rebuilt. The chassis is fitted with Leyland's own 51-seat low-bridge-type bodywork, while the engine is a six-cylinder 38.5 hp petrol unit.
Winner of the trophy for single-deck vehicles built after January 1, 1943, was Mr A. Kershaw, of Northwich, with a Dennis Lancer 73 built in 1949, and the award for the furthest distance travelled to the event went to Mr 1. A. Souter. of Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, in a Daimler double-deck bus built in 1945.
Mr G. P. Radcliffe. of West Norwood, won a special award in the van class, driving a 1926 Albion 30 cwt first operated by a Dundee sweet manufacturer and later used to haul trucks at an open-cast mining site.