LANCASTER CLASSIC CAR NEWS
MEET THE OWNER – ALEXANDRA PHILLIPS AND HER AUSTIN ALLEGRO
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’.
THE SAAB 95 AT 60
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.
FIN-TASTIC: THE ORIGINAL CHEVROLET IMPALA
Quad headlamps. Quad side lights (the outer units doubled as indicators) and sculptured tail fins with individual lamps.
40 Years of the Mazda RX-7
Many of you will have already heard the news that Mazda plans a return to rotary power next year.
Lancaster Insurance Christmas Opening/Closing Times
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.
MEET THE OWNER – RICHARD JAMES AND HIS RENAULT 17 GORDINI
‘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!’.
MEET THE OWNER – DALE SMITH’S 1977 VW GOLF N
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.
60 YEARS OF THE BMC FARINA
In December 1958 the new 15/60 represented a more radical step both for the Wolseley marque and for the British Motor Corporation than is often appreciated.
TEN DVDS FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS
Do you wish to avoid the misery that is EastEnders Christmas Special and escape into happier days of fine cars and groovy music? This Top Ten list is at your service
30 YEARS OF THE MG MAESTRO TURBO
It is a mark of time passing that police officers seem extraordinarily young, that you start complaining that modern music is ‘a racket’ – and that you realise the MG Maestro Turbo is now 30 years old.
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