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MEET THE OWNER – JAMES BARNES AND HIS MG METRO TURBO
- Ellie Priestley |
- 26th June, 2020
As the Metro approaches its 40th birthday, it seems only appropriate to pay tribute to one of the rarest and most desirable versions.
60 YEARS OF THE COMMER “SPACEVAN”
- Ellie Priestley |
- 25th June, 2020
As recently as the 1980s, you might regularly encounter a medium-sized van that resembled an inverted soap-dish.
Overnight restrictions lifted for motorhome and campervan users in England
- 24th June, 2020
UPDATE: the latest advice from the government yesterday makes it clear that camp sites and caravan parks in England can open from 4th July, if they are Covid-secure.
MEET THE OWNER – STEVE WATKINS AND HIS 1982 TOYOTA HI-ACE DEVON CAMPER
- Ellie Priestley |
- 23rd June, 2020
‘I bought my Toyota Hi-Ace Campervan in 2018 having looked at VW “Bay Window” Vans, but I wanted something a bit more a) unusual and b) reliable’.
MEET THE OWNER – CHRIS JAMES AND HIS NISSAN STANZA
- Ellie Priestley |
- 18th June, 2020
When looking at photographs of 1980s traffic, you often encounter Japanese cars that have now almost entirely vanished – the Mitsubishi Spacewagon, the second-generation Honda Accord, and the Nissan Stanza
60 YEARS OF THE VOLVO P1800
- Ellie Priestley |
- 18th June, 2020
If you were watching ITV in the 1960s a Volvo P1800 would have seemed almost impossibly glamorous.
DO YOU REMEMBER – THE ORIGINAL ALFA ROMEO ALFASUD?
- Ellie Priestley |
- 16th June, 2020
An Alfasud 1200 has to be one of the most popular choices for the ‘How Many Are Left” lists of cars.
THE RANGE ROVER AT 50
- Ellie Priestley |
- 16th June, 2020
The 17th June saw the launch of one of a select group of cars that deserves to be referred to as ‘iconic’. And so, here are 12 facts about the Range Rover:
MEET THE OWNER – ANDREW JONES TURTON AND HIS TRIUMPH TOLEDO
- Ellie Priestley |
- 16th June, 2020
‘I always get the “nice Dolomite mate” - I can’t help but put them right by telling them it’s a Toledo’. Andrew Jones Turton‘s 1973 example is now an unusual sight, but in their heyday, they were the Triumph that you were most likely to encounter outside of the Co-op.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE STANDARD VANGUARD LUXURY SIX?
- Ellie Priestley |
- 12th June, 2020
In the 1970s I would occasionally encounter a well-polished blue & cream Vanguard Luxury Six.
60 YEARS OF THE LANCIA FLAVIA
- Ellie Priestley |
- 12th June, 2020
There are some cars that revel in their exuberance – their very appearance proclaims to the world ‘I’ve arrived and to prove it I’m here!’.
WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE – A BOND 875?
- Ellie Priestley |
- 10th June, 2020
Some cars seemed destined to become remembered as only a “missing link” between two popular models, yet the 875 deserves a better fate.
MEET THE OWNER – DOUG MOODY AND HIS FORD CORTINA “WOODY” ESTATE
- Ellie Priestley |
- 10th June, 2020
Doug Moody is the proud owner of a very fine collection of Consul Cortina Mk. Is – including a version that is widely remembered, despite it enjoying a limited production run.
MEET THE OWNER – JOHN LONERGAN AND HIS FORD ESCORT POPULAR PLUS
- Ellie Priestley |
- 9th June, 2020
‘I have lived at my present address since 1985 and didn’t know my close neighbour Keith had a car until about seven years later’.
