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70 YEARS OF THE MORRIS J-TYPE
- Andy Roberts |
- 9th January, 2019
Back in the days when everyone apparently lived in black and white, a Morris J-Type would have been as much an aspect of daily life as queueing at the local Co-Op or grumbling about the wild music of Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group.
MEET THE OWNER – NEIL KIDBY OF THE AUSTIN 3-LITRE OWNERS’ CLUB
- Andy Roberts |
- 7th January, 2019
Late 1976 – a time when New Rose by The Damned was introducing middle England to punk rock and when a tin of Watney’s Party Six and a Vesta Curry constituted a very reasonable night out.
MEET THE OWNER – BARRY DAVIES AND HIS VAUXHALL VX2300
- Andy Roberts |
- 4th January, 2019
‘I wanted a car from my teenage years ... something my father had’.
CHRIS GUNBY’S 1964 TRIUMPH HERALD COURIER
- Andy Roberts |
- 4th January, 2019
‘I wanted to prove a point – that what matters with a concurs restoration is how the job is carried out. That applies to the most basic of cars – and a grey van as basic as it gets!’.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE ORIGINAL HONDA PRELUDE?
- Andy Roberts |
- 4th January, 2019
In 1979, you just knew that anyone who drove a new Honda Prelude was a sophisticated type; one who understood the intricacies of fondue cooking and who had one of those new “home computers” in their study.
TOP FIVE CAPRI SCREEN MOMENTS
- Andy Roberts |
- 3rd January, 2019
As the 50th birthday of ‘The Car You Always Promised Yourself’ approaches, here are just five memorable Capri appearances on film and television.
MEET THE OWNER – ALEXANDRA PHILLIPS AND HER AUSTIN ALLEGRO
- Andy Roberts |
- 3rd January, 2019
You’d have thought the “Allegro Joke” was utterly and totally played out circa 2002, but even today Alexandra Phillips of Gloucestershire still occasionally encounters a few remarks along the lines of ‘when I say I have classic cars “Oh, what have you got?” Austin Allegro. "Ha ha ha ha that's not a classic"’ plus ‘always you've got the “All Aggro" comments – I just block them out’.
THE SAAB 95 AT 60
- Andy Roberts |
- 2nd January, 2019
A car capable of carrying six people – seven if they were close friends – yet under 14 feet in length with an engine of merely 841 cc.
FIN-TASTIC: THE ORIGINAL CHEVROLET IMPALA
- Andy Roberts |
- 2nd January, 2019
Quad headlamps. Quad side lights (the outer units doubled as indicators) and sculptured tail fins with individual lamps.
40 Years of the Mazda RX-7
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 27th December, 2018
Many of you will have already heard the news that Mazda plans a return to rotary power next year.
Lancaster Insurance Christmas Opening/Closing Times
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 24th December, 2018
From everybody at Lancaster Insurance, we hope you all have a Merry Christmas! Below are the opening and closing times over the Christmas period, should you need to speak to one of our team.
MEET THE OWNER – RICHARD JAMES AND HIS RENAULT 17 GORDINI
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 20th December, 2018
‘It does get a lot of attention’, remarks Dan Adams of his father Richard’s ultra-rare classic. However, when out and about in Reading they find that ‘not a lot of people know what it is - a lot of the time we are asked if it’s a Datsun!’.
MEET THE OWNER – DALE SMITH’S 1977 VW GOLF N
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 20th December, 2018
Where memories of the first Golf are concerned, the GTI almost inevitably predominates, for in the very late 1970s and early 1980s they were a highly desirable car.
60 YEARS OF THE BMC FARINA
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 20th December, 2018
In December 1958 the new 15/60 represented a more radical step both for the Wolseley marque and for the British Motor Corporation than is often appreciated.
