LANCASTER CLASSIC CAR NEWS

The Metro Owners’ Club at the British Motor Museum

If you are travelling home from the British Motor Museum and crave a certain amount of style and dignity, then a Metro Vanden Plas 5-Door is the ideal car.
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The Ford Fiesta at 50

On the 12th of June 1976, Ford unveiled the Fiesta at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Here to celebrate are 50 facts about one of the most important cars to wear the blue oval badge...
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Meet the owner – James Macbeth and his Citroen Visa Club

James is the proud owner of one of the most distinctive cars of the 1970s – a first-generation Visa Club. Here are 30 facts about one of the world’s most fascinating Citroëns
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The Renault 14 at 50

The 14 celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Here are 50 facts about one of the rarest Renaults in the UK...
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With Sandford fabric seats – Michael Carpenter’s Ford Escort 1.3l Mk. Iii

It was parked up in 1987 after five years on the road and 36000 miles because the owner made a mess of replacing the rear shocks. It was recently 'found' after the garage complex it was stored in had its roof replaced. The car was sold to Elton of UKBarnFinds, and I purchased it from him to put it back on the road.

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THE ROVER SDI AT 50

Chris Powell is the Historian of the Rover SD1 Club. They plan to display a fleet of 50 at the BMC/BL Day on the 12th of July at the British Motor Museum, to celebrate the model’s half-century.
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The Ideal Summer Car – The Fiat 500 Jolly

A Fiat 500 Jolly is probably not the idea car for the office commute. The seats are wicker, there are no doors, let alone side windows, and the creature comforts are limited.
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Meet The Owner – Emily Morris and Her 1968 London Met Panda Car

Emily is the registrar of Ex-Police Register, of the Morris Minor Owners Club and her Panda Car is a prime example of the ‘Unit Beat’ patrol cars operated by the London Met in the late 1960s.

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The First Colt/Mitsubishi Day at the British Motor Museum

Even when new, the Mitsubishi Galant Saporro was an exclusive sight. £12,999 in 1987 gained you a four-door sports saloon with a 127 bhp ‘Big Four’ 2.4-litre engine, anti-skid braking, and optional Electronic Ride Control.
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The Remarkable Citroën GS Birotor

Some time ago we wrote about how, at the 1973 Frankfurt Motor Show, Citroën unveiled a version of the GS unlike any other car in its class, and quite possibly in the world. The standard version was a remarkable vehicle in its own right, becoming Car of the Year 1971, but the Birotor displayed by The Chevronic Centre was powered by a Felix Wankel-designed twin-rotor engine. Today, there is believed to be a mere two in the UK.

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“Extra-handsome fittings for maximum pleasure” - the Volkswagen T1 Samba

That is how one English-language brochure described the Samba, one of the key Volkswagens of the 1950s and 1960s. This Palm Green and Sand Green example not only has a diplomatic background but also unique bodywork.

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“The perfect marriage of unique style and motoring luxury” - The Rover V8-S

One of the many delights of Drive It Day Cowley 2026 was seeing a car that my nine-year-old self once craved. In 1979 a Rover SD1 V8-S in Triton Green was so far removed from the other vehicles in my Hampshire village as to be almost surreal.

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