LANCASTER CLASSIC CAR NEWS
60 years of the British motorway
The gentlemen with the Bedford CA are installing one of the latest Calvert-Kinneir signs for a new type of highway.
MEET THE OWNER – MARTIN HAMILTON AND HIS MORRIS OXFORD SERIES IV TRAVELLER
In the late 1950s, an Oxford Series IV Traveller owner was the sort of chap or chappess who knew their position in life; pipe-smoking, Mrs. Dale’s Diary on the BBC Home Service and regarding the music of Lonnie Donegan as a threat to civilisation.
60 YEARS OF THE MGA TWIN-CAM
1958 was quite a year for the British Motor Corporation and in that summer, they launched a sports car that instantly became the object of desire for all motor enthusiasts.
CAR OF THE MONTH – JONATHAN SCROG ELLIS AND HIS 1984 MINI
‘There are “Mini Drivers” and “Mini Owners”. The former uses their car but put it in the garage at the first signs of trouble, but the latter do all they can, come what may’.
60 YEARS OF VOLVO IN THE UK
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.
70 YEARS OF THE MORRIS MINOR
A memory – it is 1975 and we are travelling towards Lewes in my maternal grandfather’s dark green four-door 1955 Morris Minor Series II.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE VAUXHALL WYVERN/VELOX/CRESTA E?
To look at this 1955 cinema commercial is to witness a world that is akin to an Enid Blyton story
Porsche announced as marque feature at Lancaster Insurance Classic and Supercars Show 2019
Porsches right through the ages will be celebrated at the Lancaster Insurance Classic and Supercars Show 2019 after the marque was announced as the key feature.
MEET THE OWNER – MORRIS MARINA 1.3 DE LUXE S2 ESTATE
There is one detail about the 1977 Morris Marina 1.3 De Luxe S2 Estate owned by Michael Carpenter that makes the late 1970s appear incredibly remote - the lack of a rear wiper.
Club of the Month - The Talbot Owners' Club
2018 has been a fantastic year for this month’s club of the month, the Talbot Owners’ Club, with awards a plenty, starting with Octane’s Magazine Historic Motoring Award for Club of the Year and last month taking the Most Improved Magazine at the Classic & Sports Car Club awards, supported by Lancaster Insurance.