LANCASTER CLASSIC CAR NEWS
THE WORLD’S RAREST WEDGE? – A 1975 MORRIS
This is not just one of the very few surviving Morris-badged Wedges but the first made on the production line. Chassis Number 00099 left Cowley in 1975 and Leyland despatched it to Longbridge to assess the factory’s build quality. Alas, the Morris became lost in the system but was eventually registered and sold in January 1977 – hence the ‘R’ suffix.
Meet The Owner – Mo Ali and his Fiat 128 Estate
Many of you are familiar with this experience: scanning the Facebook page of a well-known car club when you suddenly see pictures of a vehicle you long believed vanished from British roads. This writer was looking at the Fiat Motor Club GB’s Facebook site only yesterday when Mo Ali’s 1978-model Fiat 128 Estate appeared to leap from the screen.
STARS AND THEIR CARS - THE PETER SELLERS BENTLEY S2 CONTINENTAL DROPHEAD COUPE
Any 1960 Bentley S2 Continental Drophead Coupe with Park Ward coachwork is a car to beguile and mesmerise. So, when H&H offered such an exquisite machine that was the property of one of our finest actors, the temptation to place family members on eBay to raise the necessary funds was quite acute.
Brian Thomas, Car Club Executive recounts his dream ride with Sporting Bears in a McLaren 750s Convertible
Choosing which Sporting Bears car to go out in at The NEC The Practical Classics Classic Car & Restoration Show. How do you begin to choose?
Jordan Hope’s Rover 216 Vitesse – Celebrating 40 Years of The SD3
The 19th of June 1984 was a crucial date for British Leyland, with the launch of the SD3-series Rover 200...
Announcing our 2023 – 2024 Bright Young Sparks winner, Rosie Hodgson-Jones!
At The Practical Classics Classic Car & Restoration Show, Rosie was announced as our brilliant Bright Young Sparks winner, and received her award from previous winner, Katie!
Introducing the Lancaster Car Club team!
Hello All, We’ve had some developments on the Car Club team front which I am happy to share with you this month. We have some new members of the team...
THE 2024 PRACTICAL CLASSICS RESTORATION SHOW
The Practical Classics Classic Car & Restoration Show was an electrifying event, drawing 26,912 attendees to Birmingham’s NEC over the 22-24 weekend. Witnessing over 160 car clubs come together to showcase restoration demos was truly heartening.
A CAR OF DREAMS – JAGUAR 420G
1980 - a Sunday afternoon in a small village pub somewhere in Hampshire. For my ten-year-old self, the atmosphere can be summarised in the following words: locally branded cola, obscure forms of potato crisps, Space Invaders and stultifying, Tony Hancock-style boredom.
THE VOLKSWAGEN SCIROCCO AT 50
The 1974 Geneva Motor Show was the launch venue for one of Volkswagen’s most important models. The Scirocco was their first transverse engine car and their third front-wheel-drive vehicle, after the 1970 K70 and the 1973 Passat. When production ended in 2017 in its third incarnation, it had helped to redefine the Volkswagen name.
MISUNDERSTOOD – THE RILEY PATHFINDER
It was one of the most attractive saloons of the 1950s, combining overtones of Lancia with the traditional Riley grille. The RMH-series Pathfinder is handsome, imposing, and luxurious and could have represented a new direction for the marque. Yet, for too many years, it was a misunderstood car.
The UK’s Most Opinionated Automotive Reviews? - Car and The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
Personal note: Car magazine was the first motoring title that altered my younger self to how automotive writing could be witty, thought-provoking, and often idiosyncratic. To look at an edition from 1977 is to be immersed in a world of L.J.K. Setright, scoop photographs of prototypes from Hans G. Lehmann and, of course, “The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly”.
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