LANCASTER CLASSIC CAR NEWS
“Certain to bring admiring glances from friends and business associates” - The Vauxhall VX 2300 GLS
How many of us collected brochures in our younger days? In 1977 this writer avidly read the latest Vauxhall all-range brochure, starting with the Chevette and progressing via the Viva HC, Magnum and Cavalier to the majesty that was the VX 2300 GLS.
MEET THE OWNER – GLYN HAYLER AND HIS RENAULT LAGUNA MK.1
Anyone who visited the Lancaster Insurance Classic Car Show last year might have encountered a quietly handsome ‘Q Car’ on the Renault Owners’ Club stand. Glyn, the proud custodian of a Laguna Mk. 1, points out:
1964 Ford Consul Cortina De Luxe - “small-car savings…Big-car everything else”
Dean Webster’s Consul Cortina De Luxe - https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1853032 - is a vivid reminder of how it was the prefect car for its market on launch in 1962.
Meet The Owner – Phil Caunt and his Messerschmitt KR200
“I owned a (Heinkel) Trojan and three BMW Isettas years ago, but never a Messerschmitt. So, I thought... why not!”. Phil’s KR200 could never be accused of being conventional.
Meet the Owner – Frank Claypole and his Vauxhall Viva HC 1800 GLS
Signs that time is passing; police officers looking younger, complaining about modern music – and noting there is apparently only one HC-series Vauxhall Viva 1800 GLS on the road in the UK.
Setting the Style – The Ford Consul Classic
Some years ago, I wrote in Classics Monthly I wrote of how in 1961:
The Jensen FF - “Here is a car which can be driven as no car has ever been driven”.
You are looking at a car that was so far removed from the everyday motoring sights of the UK in the late 1960s that it was virtual science-fiction to the average driver.
Push-Button Radio as Standard – Michael Carpenter’s Vauxhall Cavalier 1600L Series II
We have had the pleasure of previously featuring some of Michael’s fleet, and his latest acquisition was crucial to the future of its marque.
20 Facts About the Early Days of the M1
The Automobile Association recently posted this priceless film contrasting the Kenneth Kendall-narrated promotion of 1959 with the M1 of 2024:
Celebrating The Metropolitan
“One of the greatest public misconceptions about the Metropolitan is people confusing it with the Amphicar. When someone asks me at a show, ‘Does it float?’ I now have a stock answer - ‘Not for long’”.