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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’.
SUMMER MOTORING – 1970S STYLE
- Ellie Priestley |
- 9th June, 2020
As the summer approaches, here are seven recollections about the joys of holiday motoring during the 1970s
