LANCASTER CLASSIC CAR NEWS
Terms and Conditions for 'First to Respond' competition
Win one of four pairs of Tickets to the HSCC Historic Car Championships at Snetterton circuit on 23rd September 2017(“Competition”)
Max Bartell’s Historic Sports Car Championship update
Unfortunately we had a very disappointing weekend at Oulton Park. The chassis on the Elva sheared, and the engine on the Formula Ford packed up resulting in two broken cars!
Gene Hunt: what would he have driven in the 1990s
If TV super-cop Gene Hunt had operated in the 1990s, which car would have replaced the 1980s Audi Quattro?
AUGUST #CLASSICRUMBLE UPDATE FROM MIKE BREWER AND ANT ANSTEAD
The latest updates on the #ClassicRumble projects
SEVEN MORE FOUR-SEATER CONVERTIBLES
Summer is nearly upon us, although I refuse to take any responsibility if you are reading this in the middle of a Force 9 storm, and the criteria for this magnificent pricing is ‘reasonable’ seating for at least a quartet of adults and enough room in the boot for a decent-sized picnic hamper. For those missing the Reliant Scimitar GTC or the VW Golf Cabriolet, these and many others will all feature in future Top Tens – watch this space. But, for now - Citroen Visa Decapotable
DO YOU REMEMBER – THE DATSUN 100A CHERRY?
The Datsun 100A Cherry is an exclusive sight these days and a well-preserved survivor that has the power to evoke days of Cola Rola ice lollies and Kenny Everett announcing Celebrity Squares on ATV. It was also the first Nissan with front wheel drive and a car that helped to radically alter British attitudes towards Japanese imports.
DVD OF THE WEEK – THE ADVENTURER
Viewing too much late-night television can often lead to your mind playing tricks. Did Harry H Corbett once play a gangster with a taste for Ford Consul Mk. IIs? Was there really a British Z-film in which the private eye anti-hero drove an Austin A30 saloon? And did I dream a 1972 adventure series packed with FE-Series Vauxhalls in which the leading man appeared to have covered himself in glue and then ran through the nearest branch of Brentford Nylons?
DO YOU REMEMBER – THE MOSKVITCH 412?
Before names such as Lada, FSO and Polski Fiat had entered the vocabulary of the average British motorist, one of the best-known marques from the former Eastern Bloc was Moskvitch. Well into the 1970s, the saloon and the estate with their faintly retro-1950s enjoyed quite a following with drivers who needed a medium-sized car on a Mini sized budget, while the vans and pick-ups were positively luxurious compared with your average Bedford HA.
Old vs new: which supercar generation is better?
Are modern supercars really better than the old-timers? We delve into the big supercar debate
DO YOU REMEMBER – THE MOSKVITCH 412?
Before names such as Lada, FSO and Polski Fiat had entered the vocabulary of the average British motorist, one of the best-known marques from the former Eastern Bloc was Moskvitch. Well into the 1970s, the saloon and the estate with their faintly retro-1950s[CN1] enjoyed quite a following with drivers who needed a medium-sized car on a Mini sized budget, while the vans and pick-ups were positively luxurious compared with your average Bedford HA.
OLD ADVERTS - STANDARD
In the late 1940s and early 1950s the marque name of Standard spoke quality, dignity – and a decidedly lack of spivvishness. For many years their key model was the Vanguard although the illustration in this 1948 brochure for the original Phase 1 model does not actually do justice to its trans-Atlantic styling. Inside, such phrases as ‘accommodates six grown persons within moderate overall dimensions’ would have given hope and frustration in equal measure to thousands of motorists. The new Standard really was ‘Made in Britain…Designed for the World’ while UK drivers would have to put their names on a waiting list of literally years. By 1950, petrol rationing had finally been abolished but many would-be Vanguard owners could still only dream of owning the Standard with ‘suction controlled automatic ignition advance’.
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