LANCASTER CLASSIC CAR NEWS
70 YEARS OF THE MORRIS J-TYPE
Back in the days when everyone apparently lived in black and white, a Morris J-Type would have been as much an aspect of daily life as queueing at the local Co-Op or grumbling about the wild music of Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group.
MEET THE OWNER – NEIL KIDBY OF THE AUSTIN 3-LITRE OWNERS’ CLUB
Late 1976 – a time when New Rose by The Damned was introducing middle England to punk rock and when a tin of Watney’s Party Six and a Vesta Curry constituted a very reasonable night out.
MEET THE OWNER – BARRY DAVIES AND HIS VAUXHALL VX2300
‘I wanted a car from my teenage years ... something my father had’.
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.