Put simply, a Euro-Barge is a large saloon of the 1950s and the 1960s that you might see in such fine pictures as From Russia with Love or Topkapi.
For Round 2 of the BRSCC Mazda Season the team took the 55 mile trip from Haverhill to our Home Circuit of Snetterton in Norfolk on April 14th and 15th.
On 30th April 1948, visitors to the Amsterdam Motor Show were able to appreciate a new Rover product, one that was far removed from the marque’s image of providing transport for bank managers, doctors and solicitors.
In my early years, I was initially convinced that the Datsun 140J Violet was an American car and looking at the brochure photos, it is easy to understand the confusion of my younger self.
You will almost certainly see the term ‘import duties’ widely used in any book or article about foreign vehicles in the UK prior to the 1970s, for they did have a major impact on the car market.
Organisers of the Lancaster Insurance Classic & Supercars Show are absolutely thrilled to announce Paddy Hopkirk will be attending this year’s show. Taking place on 15th July at Sherborne Castle, Paddy will be welcomed by the team following an invitation from his close friend and ex-team mate, patron of the show and fellow rally driver, Brian Culcheth.
Of the many stars taking part in Drive It Day 2018 at the Mini Plant near Oxford – more of which this week – my favourite was a Trafalgar Blue 1967 two-door Morris Minor 1000.
The British Film Institute’s database of free online viewing boasts cars to appeal to almost any enthusiast – and some of the most wonderfully bad acting since the last edition of Holby City.
Many of you will have already heard of the first ever production Land-Rover that went on display at the Royal Automobile Club in Pall Mall
For me, a Matchbox toy is always to be associated with the display cabinet of the village newsagents and stationers; one situated between the Wavy Line grocers and the gentleman’s tailor with a window display akin to a miniature Are You Being Served?
Lancaster Insurance has expanded its portfolio and can now arrange insurance for everyday vehicles for customers who also insure their classic car with them.
Half a dozen developments that impacted on the British motorists. P.S. After watching the adverts for Green Shield Stamps – don’t have nightmares…
Some of the greatest cars in the history of motoring wear their distinction lightly. You might, for example, have the very good fortune to encounter what looks like a W108 series Mercedes-Benz 300SEL, with every inch of its coachwork exuding discreet good taste.
I’d been to Rockingham many times before to see the MG Owners’ Club Race Championship in action but it was my debut as a competitor and the feeling was incredible!
The year is 1948, the month is October and you are one of 562,954 visitors to the London Motor Show at Earl’s Court. Of course, your chance of owning one of the exhibits are pretty slim; the government allocated steel to car manufacturers on the basis on their being able to sell their wares overseas – 75% was the target – and the home market waiting list extends for literally years.
Or, ten very individual ways to carry luggage and passengers without spending a monarch’s ransom on fuel -
There is something purposeful about a Dolomite; the quad headlamps, the slightly aggressive stance and the wooden veneered dashboard with its ‘All Systems Go’ warning lamp cluster.
For Round 1 of the BRSCC Mazda Season the team took the 73 mile trip from Haverhill to the world-famous Brands Hatch circuit in Kent on March 23rd and 24th.
In the 1970s when the world was young, Valerie Singleton, John Noakes and Peter Purves were the stars of Blue Peter, and when kipper ties were still in the vanguard of fashion, cars such as the Fiat 132 occupied that strange middle-ground between the Cortina and the Granada markets.
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