LANCASTER CLASSIC CAR NEWS
60 YEARS OF THE COMMER “SPACEVAN”
As recently as the 1980s, you might regularly encounter a medium-sized van that resembled an inverted soap-dish.
Overnight restrictions lifted for motorhome and campervan users in England
UPDATE: the latest advice from the government yesterday makes it clear that camp sites and caravan parks in England can open from 4th July, if they are Covid-secure.
MEET THE OWNER – STEVE WATKINS AND HIS 1982 TOYOTA HI-ACE DEVON CAMPER
‘I bought my Toyota Hi-Ace Campervan in 2018 having looked at VW “Bay Window” Vans, but I wanted something a bit more a) unusual and b) reliable’.
60 YEARS OF THE VOLVO P1800
If you were watching ITV in the 1960s a Volvo P1800 would have seemed almost impossibly glamorous.
MEET THE OWNER – CHRIS JAMES AND HIS NISSAN STANZA
When looking at photographs of 1980s traffic, you often encounter Japanese cars that have now almost entirely vanished – the Mitsubishi Spacewagon, the second-generation Honda Accord, and the Nissan Stanza
MEET THE OWNER – ANDREW JONES TURTON AND HIS TRIUMPH TOLEDO
‘I always get the “nice Dolomite mate” - I can’t help but put them right by telling them it’s a Toledo’. Andrew Jones Turton‘s 1973 example is now an unusual sight, but in their heyday, they were the Triumph that you were most likely to encounter outside of the Co-op.
THE RANGE ROVER AT 50
The 17th June saw the launch of one of a select group of cars that deserves to be referred to as ‘iconic’. And so, here are 12 facts about the Range Rover:
DO YOU REMEMBER – THE ORIGINAL ALFA ROMEO ALFASUD?
An Alfasud 1200 has to be one of the most popular choices for the ‘How Many Are Left” lists of cars.
60 YEARS OF THE LANCIA FLAVIA
There are some cars that revel in their exuberance – their very appearance proclaims to the world ‘I’ve arrived and to prove it I’m here!’.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE STANDARD VANGUARD LUXURY SIX?
In the 1970s I would occasionally encounter a well-polished blue & cream Vanguard Luxury Six.
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