LANCASTER CLASSIC CAR NEWS
MEET THE OWNER – BILLY MAXWELL AND HIS VAUXHALL MAGNUM SPORTSHATCH
“Just 197 were produced, making it the lowest number production model. Its rarity is added to as Vauxhall never produced brochures or price lists. Dealers were offered them as company cars not for sale direct to the public although many found their way onto the forecourt”.
What Is A Cabriolet? The Best 80’s & 90’s Cabriolets For The Summer
For anyone not aware of cabriolet cars, the word derives from French origin and refers to vehicles that have either a hard or a soft-top retractable roof; or as you may have heard to these types of vehicles called a convertible.
PADDY HOPKIRK MBE 14th APRIL 1933 – 21ST JULY 2022
In 1964 some 299 cars were poised to take part in the Monte Carlo Rally including six BMC factory Mini Coopers. Their competition was fierce, with British Fords, Chryslers, Citroëns, Mercedes-Benzs, Saabs, Sunbeams, and Volvos due to take part. As for the favourites, Motor Sport observed
Is this the oldest MX5 in the UK?
That same year Ellie and her husband, Jonathan, joined the MX-5 Owners Club to meet other enthusiasts in the area and learn more about the model. After reading in the national club's magazine Soft Top Hardtop, she learnt that a gentleman called Sam took the title for the oldest model in the UK with a chassis number 37.
What is the British Commercial Vehicle Museum?
Get your ticket from the conductor and hop on board as we introduce the rather wonderful British Commercial Vehicle Museum.
The Lancaster Insurance MG Owners’ Club Race Championship has been waving the flag for production based MG racing for over forty years
Ellie is the proud owner of a 1989 MX-5 Eunos, the oldest MX-5 believed to be in the UK today! The Japanese Market Spec model came to our shores in 1998 and fast forward five years to 2003, and this is when ‘Suki’ and Ellie’s journey began.
THE MORRIS 1100 AT SIXTY
On the 15th of August 1962, the British Motor Corporation invited the ADO16, the car that would head the UK’s list of best-selling cars for many years. Company politics meant it was sold as a Morris, an MG, an Austin, a Vanden Plas, a Wolseley, and a Riley.
Our August club of the month is… The MX-5 Owners Club!
MX-5s are high on our agenda this month and to celebrate the wonderful roadster further, the world’s largest MX-5 Club is our club of the month!
The Great Classic Trade-up – Our second car revealed…
We’ve now secured our second car – a 1993 Mazda MX5 Mk1 Eunos Roadster V-Spec Type 2 Edition – and we’re in love! We’re truly smitten with our new purchase at Lancaster Insurance HQ – a beautiful MX5 with all the bells and whistles, due to it being a V-Spec edition, which is a rarer model than the standard Eunos Roadster.
10 of the best Lotus cars ever made
Are you new to the world of classic cars? Perhaps you’re a younger driver looking to stand out from the crowd with a stylish vintage motor? If so, we’d like to introduce you to the wonderful world of Lotus. Let’s take a look at some of your possible options
FIFTY YEARS OF THE NATIONAL MOTOR MUSEUM
The year is 1976, it is 20th December, and a K-registered Dyane 6 heads westwards along the A27. The fabric rattles alarmingly once the Citroën finally achieves 60 mph, and draughts leak into every corner of the interior.
MEET THE OWNER – CHAS THOMPSON AND HIS VAUXHALL VISCOUNT
In the late 1960s, a new Vauxhall Viscount struck awe in many a road user. It was a car for the provincial sophisticate, who dined at the Post Office Tower restaurant once a month and probably owned a chain of prosperous laundrettes in outer Southampton.