LANCASTER CLASSIC CAR NEWS
50 Years of the Citroen Mehari
There is one very important aspect of the Citroen Mehari – i.e. it is not a car for a poor climate and indeed it was never officially marketed in the UK. It belongs under the Mediterranean sun and indeed I first encountered it in Santa Ponsa some 36 years ago.
The Chiltern Hills Vintage Vehicle Rally
When you are visiting a car show, the first vehicle that you immediately head towards often says a great deal about your classic-related tastes. On Sunday 20th May, I visited the splendid Chiltern Hills Vintage Vehicle Rally and my initial call was not to the Austin A110 Westminster, looking resplendently municipal, the Pontiac with the famous silver streaks decorating its bonnet.
WHAT WERE THEY THINKING – THE AMC PACER
Some cars are genuinely individual but in ways that are not entirely to be recommended. We are talking about the automotive equivalents of taking off all your clothes and dancing the twist in the tinned soup aisle of Asda or having Albert Steptoe as a sartorial role model for a crucial job interview. In other words, vehicles such as the AMC Pacer.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE TRIUMPH MAYFLOWER?
I suspect that for many people their first glimpse of the Triumph Mayflower was not in the metal but in late night re-runs of the 1970 film version of Loot.
THE ULTIMATE ESTATE CAR? THE CHECKER AEROBUS
If you need a low-key and discreet form of transport, a Checker Aerobus is probably not the ideal choice. For starters, it is over 22 feet long, has eight side doors and seating for 12 occupants on four rows of bench seats.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE ORIGINAL MAZDA 323?
Such is the association between the Mazda brand and rotary engines that it is sometimes easy to overlook that for many British drivers their first experience of the brand was not in a RX7 but a slightly more mundane form of transport.
A royal affair at the Lancaster Insurance Classic & Supercars Show
Following the Royal wedding last weekend, organisers of the Lancaster Insurance Classic & Supercars Show are continuing to celebrate and are thrilled to welcome to the show a 1953 Land Rover Series 1 which has royal connections of its own!
Hyundai Coupe Cup - Alex Cursley Review of Snetterton
Rounds 6 and 7 of the Hyundai Coupe Cup were held at a sunny Snetterton.
CAR OF THE MONTH – JAGUAR XJS
You never forget your initial sight of a Jaguar XJS. For some it was a tantalising glimpse in a showroom, others thrilled to Ian Ogilvy in “ST1” defeating sun-shaded villains in Return of the Saint but for me the location was a yachting marina on the River Hamble in 1977.
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