Veteran cars take to the road for Yorkshire museum rally

Nearly half of the 120 members of the Veteran Car Club’s North-East section took their historic vehicles on the 62-mile route on Saturday.

Among the models were six cars that are eligible for the London to Brighton run as they were built before January 1, 1905. They included two Panhard Levassors dating from 1901 and another from 1902 as well as a Pope Hartford, a Cadillac and a Jackson, all from 1904.

One of the organisers, Alec Thompson, from Sinnington, said: “It is pleasure to take the cars out on the road, especially as it gives people a chance to see them. A lot of vehicles remain in museums and collections and never see tarmac ever again. People are able to see the origins of modern day cars whenever we organise these rallies.”

Other models included a 1908 Vulcan, a 1910 Rolls Royce and a 1911 Daimler. The 80-year-old owner of a 1911 Swift, Berris Nuttall, was also at the rally.

The event started and finished at the Yorkshire Air Museum at Elvington, with a stop-off for lunch at the Hope and Anchor pub at Blacktoft, near Goole. Another rally will be staged in June near Brigg in North Lincolnshire.