LANCASTER CLASSIC CAR NEWS
MEET THE OWNER – ADAM SCARBOROUGH AND HIS TALBOT HORIZON
Adam’s Talbot Horizon can potentially turn more heads than the average Ferrari or Lamborghini. As he remarks, “Near enough every time I go out, even if it is just to the petrol station, I get stopped by people shocked that it has survived. Most think the brown colour is typical of its era”.
SEVENTY YEARS OF SEAT
Sometimes a car does not have to be technologically advanced to cause a minor revolution in a country’s transportation. The SEAT 1400 was a sober-looking 5-6 seater saloon along the lines of the Standard Vanguard with a steering column gear change and a top speed of just 75 mph. But in 1953, the first example heralded the start of Spain’s first car manufacturer.
MEET THE OWNER - ROBERT DESMOND AND HIS PEUGEOT 304
My first ever car was a 304 saloon, but it rusted away as they tended to in the 1980s. I looked for another for decades and saw this in the late 1990s, but it had sold. Fast-forward 20 years, I saw it again for sale in County Cork, so I bought it unseen in 2018.
Coffee and Cars at Lancaster Insurance!
Each event will run from 10am until 1pm and is completely FREE to enter and there are NO pre booking requirements to come and enjoy the event. Classics of all conditions are welcome to the event and every car is made to feel welcome, whether it’s a work in progress or a concours show winner.
40 years young: The Midget and Sprite Club
Inexpensive, beloved and well represented in terms of spares: these are just a few of the things a ‘Spridget’ has got going for it.
Celebrating 100 years of the Jowett Club
Well done to the Jowett Car Club who this year, are celebrating 100 years of their club. Formed in 1923, the Jowett Car Club claims to be the oldest one-make car club in the world.
CLASSIC CAR VALUES by Andrew Roberts
A few weeks ago, we reported on how two Ford Capri 3.0S Mk. IIIs from The Professionals are expected to fetch £200,000 - £230,000 at the Silverstone Auction next month.
Step into the Classic Car Wonderland at the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show!
Rev your engines and buckle up, car enthusiasts! The Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, the crown jewel of classic car exhibitions, is back and roaring with excitement - you won't want to miss it!
Lancaster Insurance visit Practical Classics workshop!
As long-time readers of Practical Classics, the Lancaster Insurance team were delighted to receive an extended invite to see the PC workshop. Hosted by Danny, James and Matt Tomkins; the team were in their element getting a tour of the premises and seeing just how much magic happens behind those unassuming shutters!
THE STORY OF THE 9X – THE MINI REPLACEMENT THAT NEVER WAS
The year is 1967 and Alec Issigonis is about to commence work on one of his most ambitious projects to date – an heir to the Mini. The 9X commenced after Issigonis finished work on the ADO14, which was to become the Austin Maxi .In order to concentrate on this new project he resigned as the British Motor Corporation’s Head of New Car Development, despite the fact that George Harriman, the Chairman of BMC, could not guarantee it stood a chance of their ever building it.
THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN GERALD PALMER BMC SALOONS
There is a strong case for Gerald Palmer’s creations for the British Motor Corporation to be considered some of the most elegant saloons of their generation.
Meet The Owner – Siôn Hudson and his 1980 Ford Fiesta 1100L
It is often the case that seemingly mundane versions of popular cars are of equal, or greater, interest than their more expensive brethren. In the early 1980s, the Fiesta S, Ghia and XR2 were far less commonly seen than the likes of Siôn Hudson’s L – the car from a time when “5 position reclining front seats”, “Sandford” fabric trim and “driver’s and passenger’s storage door bins” represented the pinnacle of luxury in the Elm Green housing estate.
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