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Club of the Month - XR Owners Club
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 27th September, 2018
The XR Owners Club was formed in 1983 to bring together XR enthusiasts who share a common passion for the marque. The Club also has an active social media presence with its Official XR Owners Club UK group having over 4,000 members!
Car of the Month - Richard Snowdon and his Ford Capri 280 Brooklands
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 26th September, 2018
When Richard Snowdon was a teenager he craved a new Ford Capri Injection but after leaving school he put aside such dreams together with Depeche Mode records. However, 12 years ago ‘I was collecting my daughter from a party and the host invited me to take a look at the classic car in his garage. On seeing those four headlamps, I fell in love with the Capri all over again and asked the chap “are you selling?”’.
THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL AUTOJUMBLE
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 25th September, 2018
Here are a few statistics; the International Autojumble of the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu which took place over the weekend of the 1st and 2nd September attracted over 34,000 enthusiasts who visited more than 2,000 stands.
DO YOU REMEMBER – THE GAZ VOLGA M21?
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 21st September, 2018
A GAZ Volga M21, especially when finished in black, conveys the unmistakable air of a Cold War film drama.
FIVE FINE LIGHT COMMERCIALS
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 20th September, 2018
Suppose you need a stylish yet practical wagon for your latest haul from an autojumble – then this quintet of fine vehicles perfectly fit the bill.
DENIS NORDEN – AND THUNDERBALL
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 19th September, 2018
Denis Norden, who died today aged 96, was a figure who was instrumental in defining post-war British comedy.
The Golden Days of the Great British Petrol Station
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 18th September, 2018
When I was a youth, many decades ago in the days when a Cider Quench ice lolly was the height of luxury (even if they tasted of sour apples) and Bedford Beagles still roamed the earth, my village boasted two garages.
MEET THE OWNER – THE ANDREW BURFORD COLLECTION
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 17th September, 2018
As seen in a recent blog, the Toledo – and Dolomite 1300/1500 successors – are almost forgotten cars compared with the Sprint.
70 YEARS OF THE PORSCHE 356
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 14th September, 2018
On 8th June 1948, an Austrian government department officially approved a hand-built two-seater sports car.
60 YEARS OF VOLVO IN THE UK
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 12th September, 2018
The name of Volvo is so well established in the UK that is very difficult to believe that there was once a time when it was only enthusiasts of rallying, and ‘foreign cars’ who knew of the Swedish marque.
MEET THE OWNER – MAT FENWICK AND HIS HYUNDAI STELLAR
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 11th September, 2018
In 1997 Mat Fenwick passed his driving test so naturally, he was on the look-out for a set of wheels that was affordable yet reflected his youthful zest for motoring. And then he found the ideal car – a Hyundai Stellar 1.6 GSL.
NEWSREELS OF THE WEEK – ON THE FORECOURT
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 10th September, 2018
This image will be familiar to many readers who hail from Sheffield as for many years the Bentley Brothers were the city’s main dealers for Vauxhall and Bedford.
GOODWOOD REVIVAL REVISITED – OR TEN 1950s AND 1960s MOTORING MEMORIES
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 7th September, 2018
As the Goodwood Revival is with us, here is a postcard to evoke memories of traffic from the 1950s and the 1960s.
DO YOU REMEMBER – THE TRIUMPH TOLEDO?
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 6th September, 2018
It is almost inevitably the case with cars that belong to an elaborate hierarchy that the most expensive versions are the ones that capture the public imagination; the Hillman Avenger Tiger, the Ford Escort RS1600 and RS2000 Mk. I and the Dolomite Sprint.
