LANCASTER CLASSIC CAR NEWS
LANCASTER INSURANCE CAR OF THE MONTH – THE JAGUAR XJ COUPE
Just suppose you were taking a stroll around the 1973 Motor Show at Earls Court, with vague ideas about upgrading your Hillman Hunter.
Club of the Month - January 2018 - Triumph Sports Six Club (TSSC)
Our first club of the month for 2018 goes to Triumph Sports Six Club (TSSC), which celebrated its 40th anniversary last year! Based at its Leicestershire Headquarters and Museum, the TSSC aims to provide all Triumph enthusiasts the very best help and support with their Triumph.
SIX SUPERB SALES FILMS
These films are not adverts per se but the genre of short feature that a car or component manufacturer would commission to show potential trade clients or train their sales teams. For me, the six examples here all stand out for the simple reason that each is so memorable:
50 YEARS OF THE VAUXHALL VENTORA
A car does not have to be riotously expensive to convey a measure of true style – a fact that is demonstrated by the original Vauxhall Ventora.
LAST YEARS SIXTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TRABANT
A two-door saloon with a transversely mounted engine driving the front wheels, rack and pinion steering and independent suspension that debuted almost years before the Mini.
Motorhome and Caravan Show 2018 Ticket Giveaway T&C's
Ticket giveaway to the Motorhome and Caravan Show in Manchester on the 18th - 21st January 2018!
DVD OF THE WEEK – MAGNUM P.I.
One of the key elements of Magnum P.I., as much as Tom Selleck’s moustache and Robin’s fleet of Ferraris, was the actor John Hillerman, who passed away last year. His Jonathan Quayle Higgins VC was one of the great characters of 1980s television and no episode would be complete without him scowling at our hero driving a Ferrari without due care and attention.
FIVE FAMOUS TAXI CABS
‘Are you sure you can spare it, guvnor?’ ‘I don’t go south of the river at this time of night’. Or in other words five of the most memorable taxi cabs from around the world…
LAST YEARS 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PROFESSIONALS
‘Anarchy. Acts of terror. Crimes against the public. To combat it, I've got special men. Experts from the army, the police; from every service. These are the professionals’.