LANCASTER CLASSIC CAR NEWS
RARER THAN RARE – THE CHEVROLET CORVAIR LAKEWOOD 700 DE LUXE
Peter Hind is selling not just one of the rarest station wagons in the UK but one now seldom encountered in its homeland. And in 1961, no other US station wagon had a technical specification on par with the Chevrolet Corvair Lakewood 700 De Luxe.
Practical Classics Classic Car & Restoration Show Report by Andrew Roberts
It is virtually impossible to do justice to the Practical Classics Classic Car & Restoration Show - so here are my top 25 highlights from across the weekend.
Congratulations to Arthur Atkinson, our overall Bright Young Sparks winner!
Arthur Atkinson has been crowned our bright Young Sparks winner for 2025. The award was handed over in front of a packed audience at the Practical Classics Classic Car and Restoration Show with Arthur clearly very happy to have won.
The Vauxhall Chevette At 50 by Andrew Roberts
To see Richard Kemp’s splendid Chevette L is to be reminded of the 50th birthday of this crucial Vauxhall. To celebrate, here are 50 Chevette facts.
The Future Generation – The Mechanix Students who restored a 1965 Hillman Super Minx by expert writer, Andrew Roberts
Young people today! Why, when I was their age, I lived in a shoebox on the A27 and worked 26 hours per day at Rank Hovis Southampton, all for a £5 Our Price record voucher.
Reliant Owners Club, Lancasters Club of the Month!
We caught up with Pete Huggins, National Treasurer, of the Reliant Owners Club.
Rosie Hamilton of the Morris Minor Owners’ Club – A Tribute by Andrew Roberts
In 2024, I had the remarkable experience of riding in one of the very few surviving Morris Isis Travellers. This alone would have made the year – let alone the day – memorable but what made that journey so special was that was in the company of the great Rosie Hamilton, who sadly passed away recently.
The Not-So-Secret Diary of Diva the Shetland Pony – Planning for the Show Season
So far it seems to have been a very long and wet winter. Like most people with horses, I am pretty fed up with the mud. As I look at Diva (Melland Queen of Scots), my Shetland pony, I wonder where, under this thick woolly coat, my lovely sleek show pony is hiding!
MEET THE OWNER – IAIN BELL AND HIS BORGWARD ISABELLA COMBI
In Britain 1960, a time when having two Custard Creams instead of one with your afternoon teas was deemed recklessly extravagant, ownership of a Borgward Isabella Combi was only for the few.
The Not-So-Secret Diary of Diva the Shetland Pony – What to Wear!
Every day sees hundreds, if not thousands, of horses being transported along the roads of the UK. The reasons for travelling are varied: perhaps competing, moving areas or just travelling to a safe area to hack out. In any event, most horses and ponies wear some type of protection when in the horsebox or trailer.
MEET THE OWNER – PAUL STEVENS AND HIS LOTUS EUROPA TWIN CAM
It would be fair to say that Paul Stevens is a connoisseur of fine cars, as his fleet comprises a 1960 Slough-built Citroën ID19, a 1969 Lotus Elan S4 DHC, a 1929 Austin Seven ‘boat tail’, a 1936 Austin Seven Nippy – and in October last year, a 1972 Lotus Europa Twin Cam.