These Crossley Regis cars in UK above are:
- BLJ 17 is a 10 hp, four cylinder car originally grey but later painted black. It is chassis number 100378, Engine MC 1724 of 1935. BTD 272 is a 12 hp, six cylinder car exhibited on the 1936 Olympia Motor Show, the last that Crossley Motors attended and is chassis 101036, Engine JMC 188 first registered on 1st November 1936. It was used as a taxi by Harwoods of Darwen, Lancashire before being sold back to Crossley Motors in November 1940 when it was used by their Bus Salesman, Mr Whittaker until being sold in 1955. It was originally maroon but repainted black at some date by Crossley Motors. The car is shown in a Crossley livery of light brown and cream. Externally, only the radiator grills are different between the 10 and 12 hp Regises. Both cars were in daily use at this time by the owner, P E Caunt who took this photograph in June 1964 at Bacup Brow Farm, Moston, Manchester, UK.
Photographs of several examples of Crossley Regis cars will be found on the "Gallery 1" page of this site.
In the Construction pages, are photographs of the car under construction. An additional collection of photographs during this period are shown in "Gallery 2."
In the ENV Type 75 Preselector Gearbox Manual page are photographs of all pages and drawings in the manual which can be saved to your own computer and printed to form an Instruction Manual.
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Last Updated: 22nd August 2010 - Information added to ENV gearbox page in connection with checking that input and output shafts can be turned independantly during and after assembly is complete.
Links: www.crossley-motors.org.uk/ This is the site for the Crossley Register in UK and is well worth a visit.
The archives of the designer of the Crossley Regis, Mr C F Beauvais are held in the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney and can be viewed on-line at: www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=163467
This badge was fitted to all Regises built with Crossley Motors Ltd bodies. It was fitted to the front door sills on both sides of the car.
An Australian Crossley Regis!
This Regis is a 10 hp car found in Umina Beach in 1998 in a dismantled state with the body completely dismantled and needing a full rebuiild. The car was back on the road in January 2009. See The Australian Regis page for full details.
This car is Chassis 100389, Engine MC 1742 of 1935. The chassis was exported to Australia and the body built by Ruskin Motor Bodies of Melbourne, Victoria. The body was built to the English Regis outline although Ruskins offered their own body style if customers wanted something different.
The original chassis plate was missing from the car but recenly came available through the help of Motorden of Brisbane, an ebay automotive badge dealer from whom I bought the plate. Motorden's help is very much appreciated, especially since the correct chassis and engine numbers can now be displayed on the car.
The car is shown at The Broom Factory, Wallalong, NSW which is the headquarters of the Bowthorne Motor Club.
Photo P E Caunt. November 2009.
Crossley Motors Limited of Gorton, Manchester UK were builders of cars, buses, commercial and military vehicles for over fifty years. The last car model built by the Company - and sold in reasonable numbers - was the Regis in 10hp, four cylinder and 12.9hp, six cylinder forms between 1934 and 1937. Crossley Motors Limited was set up about 1910 as an offshoot of Crossley Brothers Limited, makers of stationary engines of high quality and reliability.
Australian Crossley Regis design:
The design below shows a Ruskin Motor Body design based on a Crossley Regis chassis. The photographs were published in July 1936 in the Coach and Motor Body Builder of Australia and New Zealand, the lower view also coming from the Crossley Motors archives owned by the Crossley Register of UK.
