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THE TRIUMPH DOLOMITE SPRINT – A CELEBRATION
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 4th December, 2019
‘The Sprint must be the answer to many people’s prayers’. That is what Autocar thought of the latest Triumph back in July 1973, as the scribe raved about the ‘quite impeccable’ manners and how it was a ‘tremendously satisfying car to drive’. Today, thousands of enthusiasts would agree with those words.
THE MINI FROM ITALY
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 3rd December, 2019
The array of models produced by the overseas plants of BMC/BL do tend to prompt one question – could any of them have succeeded in the UK? The Australian-market Wolseley 24/80 - a 16/60 powered by the locally-designed “Blue Streak” 2.4-litre six - certainly had its merits but by 1964 it would have clashed with the Austin 1800 “Landcrab”.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE ALFA ROMEO ALFA 6?
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 2nd December, 2019
One of the few times that I ever encountered a new Alfa Romeo Alfa 6 in the metal was at a car dealership in Salisbury circa 1984. It was certainly an impressive-looking machine albeit faintly dated, redolent more of 1972 than a car launched in 1979. It also appeared to share its doors with the smaller Alfetta saloon.
Relive the 2019 Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 29th November, 2019
The 2019 Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, with Discovery, took place on Friday 8th to Sunday 10th November and was a Top Trump show not to be missed.
TEN OVERLOOKED TV SERIES WITH GREAT CARS
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 28th November, 2019
You never forget the cars seen on television during your formative years, and so here are ten examples of fine machinery in now-forgotten series. Fans of The Danedyke Mystery, Touch and Go, Accident, King Cinder, Potter’s Picture Palace or The Freewheelers will have to wait for anther blog…
THE ORIGINAL AUSTIN-HEALEY
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 27th November, 2019
One of the most famous stories about the 1952 London Motor Show is that the new Healey 100 was parked behind a post as Donald Healey was so dubious about the appearance of the radiator grille.
40 YEARS OF THE TALBOT SUNBEAM LOTUS
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 27th November, 2019
“By any standards the first new model to bear the Talbot name has superb performance; by the standards of any other small three-door hatchback saloon — even the Vauxhall Chevette 2300 HS — the performance of this 2.2-litre, 150 bhp Lotus-engined Sunbeam is absolutely sensational.”
MEET THE OWNER – THE JACK BARNES FORD ESCORT MK. I
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 27th November, 2019
Jack Barnes is the owner of a car that can be truly called a ‘time warp’ vehicle. He came by his 1968 Escort 1100 De Luxe Mk. I three years ago when there were a mere 18,000 miles on the clock and every detail reminds you of why the ‘small cars that aren’t’ made such an impact on British motorists
Club of the month – Enthusiasts of British Motor Vehicles before 1985
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 26th November, 2019
Enthusiasts of British Motor Vehicles is a non-subscription Facebook-based group founded in 2014 and they have a worldwide membership of more than 25,000 and growing.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE CHRYSLER SUNBEAM?
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 25th November, 2019
In the late 1970s, a new Chrysler Sunbeam was the sort of car that cut a dash, one that seemed to belong in the same world as the hostess trolley and the Goblin Teasmade. A few people admiring one in the local shopping centre car park would have guessed it was developed at breakneck speed.
A MINI ALTERNATIVE? – THE VESPA 400
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 25th November, 2019
In the aftermath of the Mini’s 60th birthday, it is always interesting to consider some of its alternatives from 1959 – such as this gem. When the Piaggio company created the original Vespa scooter in 1946, it literally revolutionised Italian mass-transport.
MEET THE OWNER - ERIC CHRISTOFFERSEN AND HIS VESPA 400S
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 25th November, 2019
A few weeks ago, we featured a blog about the Vespa 400 – and Eric Christoffersen is the proud owner of two examples. Few people in the UK are familiar with this splendid machine and so when he is out and about, the public reaction is often one of confusion.
5 great British classics
- 5 best British classic cars |
- 21st November, 2019
We might be slightly biased, but we believe that British automotive engineering is the best in the world. So, trying to pick out just five great British-built classics is no mean feat.
ENTHUSIASTS REJOICE AT NEC CLASSIC’S 35TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 21st November, 2019
Once again motoring enthusiasts flocked to Birmingham’s NEC in their thousands to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, with Discovery. Over 71,000 attendees joined the three-day celebration and grand finale to the classic motoring show season.
