LANCASTER CLASSIC CAR NEWS
DO YOU REMEMBER – THE ORIGINAL FORD CORTINA GT?
‘Pure Ford fire, neatly packed into the race-bred, over-square engine’. That is how Dagenham marketed their first post-war car to bear the “GT” badge.
MEET THE OWNER – LEWIS BUCHAN AND HIS 1964 SCAMMELL SCARAB
In the 1950s and 1960s, you were as much likely to see a Scammell Scarab in red & cream British Railways livery as a Lyons Corner House or a police constable on point duty.
Meet the Owner - Rich Philpot and his Triumph Herald 1200 Coupe
Read the latest Lancaster Insurance Meet the Owner article, today we talk to Rich Philpot and his Triumph Herald 1200 Coupe
THE ISETTA – THE BMW FROM BRIGHTON
In the 1950s there were three British towns or boroughs associated with the assembly of overseas vehicles – Acton for Renault, Slough for Citroën and Brighton for the BMW Isetta.
MEET THE OWNER – SHANE FENTON AND HIS 1958 BEDFORD CA
‘I restore cars as a hobby and intended to give it a makeover, but to be honest, it’s too original, and I love it the way it is like a time machine’.
MOTORING – 1955 STYLE
As road traffic is now reduced to 1955 levels, here is a glimpse into a lost world.
Can I drive my classic car during the coronavirus pandemic?
Can I drive my classic car during the coronavirus pandemic?
THE TALBOT SOLARA – AN APPRECIATION
Gavin Bushby is not only the Chairman of the Fiat Motor Club; he is also the proud owner of a very unusual Coventry-built saloon: a Talbot Solara Rapier. ‘Beautiful gold, with brown, brown, beige, and brown velour’. And the colour scheme was not the only attraction of this fine car as it presented the driver with plush ‘inserts on the door trim pads and ‘front hockey-stick armrests’.
MEET THE OWNER – PATRICK BRADLEY AND HIS AUSTIN MONTEGO HL
Thirty-four years ago, Patrick Bradley’s Austin Montego HL was as familiar a sight as people fleeing from Sigue Sigue Sputnik on Top of The Pops. He came this now rare car ‘last year as my dad had Maestros and Montego when I was a kid. I wanted to get one to remind me of my childhood. These cars were everywhere when I was growing up in the 90s – now there is hardly any left sadly.’
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