One hundred years ago, the engineer W O Bentley achieved his goal of creating ‘a good car, a fast car, the best in class’.
At first sight, the P76 looks as though it belongs in the background of Prisoner Cell Block H, The Young Doctors or any other fine/dire soap opera made by Grundy Television.
50 years ago, yesterday (14th January), Triumph officially unveiled its latest sports car at the Brussels Motor Show – the TR6.
Predicting a future classic can be a tricky exercise, particularly if you are looking at one purely as an investment.
Awards of £42,850 were made to 19 local charities* at an event hosted by show presidents, Edward and Maria Wingfield Digby at Sherborne Castle on 26th November
The forthcoming 50th anniversary of the Austin Maxi is a reminder of its pioneering role as a British five-door saloon.
As the 60th anniversary of the Mini will soon be with us, it is fascinating to consider its impact on cinema and television.
Back in the days when everyone apparently lived in black and white, a Morris J-Type would have been as much an aspect of daily life as queueing at the local Co-Op or grumbling about the wild music of Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group.
Late 1976 – a time when New Rose by The Damned was introducing middle England to punk rock and when a tin of Watney’s Party Six and a Vesta Curry constituted a very reasonable night out.
‘I wanted to prove a point – that what matters with a concurs restoration is how the job is carried out. That applies to the most basic of cars – and a grey van as basic as it gets!’.
In 1979, you just knew that anyone who drove a new Honda Prelude was a sophisticated type; one who understood the intricacies of fondue cooking and who had one of those new “home computers” in their study.
‘I wanted a car from my teenage years ... something my father had’.
You’d have thought the “Allegro Joke” was utterly and totally played out circa 2002, but even today Alexandra Phillips of Gloucestershire still occasionally encounters a few remarks along the lines of ‘when I say I have classic cars “Oh, what have you got?” Austin Allegro. "Ha ha ha ha that's not a classic"’ plus ‘always you've got the “All Aggro" comments – I just block them out’.
As the 50th birthday of ‘The Car You Always Promised Yourself’ approaches, here are just five memorable Capri appearances on film and television.
A car capable of carrying six people – seven if they were close friends – yet under 14 feet in length with an engine of merely 841 cc.
Quad headlamps. Quad side lights (the outer units doubled as indicators) and sculptured tail fins with individual lamps.
Many of you will have already heard the news that Mazda plans a return to rotary power next year.
From everybody at Lancaster Insurance, we hope you all have a Merry Christmas! Below are the opening and closing times over the Christmas period, should you need to speak to one of our team.
Where memories of the first Golf are concerned, the GTI almost inevitably predominates, for in the very late 1970s and early 1980s they were a highly desirable car.
‘It does get a lot of attention’, remarks Dan Adams of his father Richard’s ultra-rare classic. However, when out and about in Reading they find that ‘not a lot of people know what it is - a lot of the time we are asked if it’s a Datsun!’.
