LANCASTER CLASSIC CAR NEWS
CHRIS GUNBY’S 1964 TRIUMPH HERALD COURIER
‘I wanted to prove a point – that what matters with a concurs restoration is how the job is carried out. That applies to the most basic of cars – and a grey van as basic as it gets!’.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE ORIGINAL HONDA PRELUDE?
In 1979, you just knew that anyone who drove a new Honda Prelude was a sophisticated type; one who understood the intricacies of fondue cooking and who had one of those new “home computers” in their study.
TOP FIVE CAPRI SCREEN MOMENTS
As the 50th birthday of ‘The Car You Always Promised Yourself’ approaches, here are just five memorable Capri appearances on film and television.
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.
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