LANCASTER CLASSIC CAR NEWS
70 YEARS OF THE MORRIS MINOR
A memory – it is 1975 and we are travelling towards Lewes in my maternal grandfather’s dark green four-door 1955 Morris Minor Series II.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE VAUXHALL WYVERN/VELOX/CRESTA E?
To look at this 1955 cinema commercial is to witness a world that is akin to an Enid Blyton story
Porsche announced as marque feature at Lancaster Insurance Classic and Supercars Show 2019
Porsches right through the ages will be celebrated at the Lancaster Insurance Classic and Supercars Show 2019 after the marque was announced as the key feature.
MEET THE OWNER – MORRIS MARINA 1.3 DE LUXE S2 ESTATE
There is one detail about the 1977 Morris Marina 1.3 De Luxe S2 Estate owned by Michael Carpenter that makes the late 1970s appear incredibly remote - the lack of a rear wiper.
Club of the Month - The Talbot Owners' Club
2018 has been a fantastic year for this month’s club of the month, the Talbot Owners’ Club, with awards a plenty, starting with Octane’s Magazine Historic Motoring Award for Club of the Year and last month taking the Most Improved Magazine at the Classic & Sports Car Club awards, supported by Lancaster Insurance.
70 YEARS OF THE WOLSELEY 6/80
‘When you see a Wolseley 6/80 outside a house, you can place its owner as a man whose standing with his neighbours is high’.
MEET THE OWNER – JAMES WALSHE AND HIS CX COLLECTION
James Walshe was eight years old at the 1984 Birmingham Motor Show. It was there, on the Citroen stand, that the Deputy Editor of Practical Classics saw the vehicle that helped to shape his future automotive collection.
70 Years of the Jaguar XK120
Suppose you were a visitor to the London Motor Show in 1948 and you had just put your name on the waiting listing for a Morris Minor.
MEET THE OWNER SIMON RYLE AND HIS SIX FIAT 131S
‘I've had 131s for 31 years, and I was 19 when I purchased my first 131, a 1982 2000TC Supermirafiori’.
THE ONLY TRIUMPH HERALD HATCHBACK IN THE WORLD
‘Ten years on a garage floor with no wheels then twenty years in a back garden…’. Those are the succinct words of Chris Gunby, Triumph enthusiast extraordinary when he acquired the only Herald Hatchback in existence.