LANCASTER CLASSIC CAR NEWS
MEET THE OWNER – CHRIS AND HIS SINGER CHAMOIS COUPE
The year is 1967, and you are fairly ‘with it’. You need a small car to reflect that you are a moderately dedicated follower of fashion, but your budget is a maximum of £700.
RARER THAN RARE – 1961 AUSTIN A55 MK. II CAMBRIDGE COUNTRYMAN
Some long-established cars are too often taken for granted. To some, the 1961 Austin A55 Mk. II Cambridge Countryman, owned by William Webster’s grandfather, is the epitome of decency, sober respectability and pipe-smoking.
Vroom at the Top – The Austin Allegro Equipe
In the summer of 1979 taking delivery of a new Austin Allegro Equipe meant that you belonged to the suburban elite – the sort of motorist who could also afford a Ferguson video recorder for their living room.
Understated Beauty - The Lancia Aurelia B12 Berlina
In the completely biased view of this writer, this Lancia Aurelia B12 Berlina offered by Iconic Auctioneers - is one of the most beautiful saloons of its generation. There is not an extraneous detail in the entire body, from the pillarless doors to the way in which the ‘Shield’ grille blends seamlessly with the metalwork.
MEET THE OWNER – MALCOLM OSWALD AND HIS SUNBEAM RAPIER SERIES I
Here is a brilliant new Sunbeam model, new in its conception of style, comfort and performance. The genius of Sunbeam engineering, the experience of world rally successes and the famous Sunbeam craftsmanship are now combined in the new Rapier, a luxury hard-top saloon with a sparkling sports performance and remarkable road-holding qualities.
“Ideal for family use, schools, hospitals and as a personnel carrier” - The Bedford CA Utilabrake
Because of my age (born the year the BBC first aired Monty Python’s Flying Circus), I really missed the heyday of the Bedford CA. They were certainly seen in fair numbers on the mean streets of the Solent region during the 1970s.
New look, same iconic show – the Classic Motor Show website just got an upgrade!
The Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show has given its website a full nut-and-bolt restoration – and it’s now live! While all the features fans know and love are still there, the site’s had a visual overhaul to make planning your visit even easier.
A Wolseley named Humpty Dumpty – Andy and his Wolseley Wedge
“I call it the ‘Humpty Dumpty’ car – because I had to put all the pieces together again!”. When Andy came by his Wolseley ‘Wedge’ in 2021, it had enjoyed a chequered earlier career, including ten years residing in a garage.
Mondeo Man – Gar Cole and his Ford Mondeo LX Mk. 1
As the story goes, Tony Blair is said to have introduced the phrase "Mondeo Man" at the Labour Party Conference in October 1996. As Joe Moran notes in his book Reading the Everyday, the speech referred to an encounter with a Sierra owner in Telford. The media subsequently updated the model of Ford.
Association Of British Volkswagen Owners Club Show, at Stonor Park Henley on Thames
Ask anyone about Henley on Thames and people will say, “That’s the home of the Henley Regatta” and, of course, they are not wrong.
Volvo Enthusiasts Club ‘National Gathering’ at the Wythall Transport Museum by Kevin Price, Club Chairman
What a fantastic day and the weather was kind to us almost to the end of the day! The Volvo Enthusiasts Club’s National Gathering was held the first Sunday in June at the Wythall Transport Museum, Chapel Lane, Wythall, situated just off Junction 3 of the M42 in the West Midlands.
Classic and Vintage Commercial Show at British Motor Museum Gaydon
The joy of classic car motoring is in driving, owning, maintaining and restoring a car that brings back great memories from your earlier years. But what if your mum or dad was a truck driver? That heroic ‘knight of the road’ that would daily take 24 tons of sugar from the refinery in East London to the docks for export.