Nearly 70,000 visitors attended this year's Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, held at the NEC Birmingham from 11-13 November. Some 300 exhibitors interpreted the theme of 'Part of the Family' in myriad ways for the UK classic car scene's bumper annual indoor get-together.
The Railton Owners' Club displayed a family tree explaining how different marques and men interacted to develop these cars from Railton, via Essex to Brough Superior, while the Ford Y & C Model Register led a tribute to Henry Ford and his products, and how they have become the basis of British family motoring since the arrival of the Model Y 80 years ago. The BMW Historic Motor Club UK took a more personal approach, with a BMW 503 owned by John Surtees until his death in 2017.
Corporate families reunited on the TVR Car Club stand, which marked 50 years of the M Series with Mike Bigland, the model's designer, and former company owner Martin Lilley, who shared a drink beside the cars that bear their names - 'M' standing for both Martin and Mike (see Full throttle for more, p47). The club's display also celebrated 75 years of the TVR name with a line-up of models from throughout the marque's history, including a Griffith, Cerbera and Sagaris.
Meanwhile, the Austin Counties Car Club took the show theme literally with a whole family of A40s giving birth to a pair of J40 pedal cars - a display good enough to land a gong for Best Themed Club Stand in our Club Awards (see p15 to find out the winners).
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A Breath of Fresh Air- Alfa Romeo's exotic, V8-powered Montreal was like nothing the marque had made before, but can it compare with a Porsche masterpiece, the 911S 2.4?
The stereotype of the ItaloGermanic automotive rivalry is that the Latin car will be brilliant to drive, but poorly built and ergonomically flawed, while the Teutonic will be the opposite. Yet these 2+2 sports coupés both ran against orthodoxy. In the Montreal, Alfa Romeo created an outlandish-looking two-door more comfortable, more powerful and more refined than anything it had produced for decades. Meanwhile, Porsche continued to refine its back-to-front, austere and increasingly aged 911. Neither took a traditional development path, but both created thrilling and individual cars that have echoed through the decades.
Daring to be diminutive
AMC's Gremlin and Pacer, and Ford's much-derided Pinto, led America's response to the threat of imported European compacts
THE LONG WAY ROUND
There is a great tradition of overland trips by Land-Rover, but the tale of this 70s Aussie epic and the car itself was discovered by chance
Handsome cab
The Phantom V limousine marked the beginning of the end for coachbuilder James Young, but this Rolls-Royce represents the craft at its very best
DOING IT FOR THEMSELVES
Racing for their own F1 teams brought some drivers success and an enduring legacy. For others, it turned into a nightmare
20 30 LITRES CYLINDERS, 400BHP......AND MORE THAN A CENTURY OLD
Thunderous torque, flame-spitting stub-exhausts, white-knuckle thrills - and hopefully no spills - aboard a trio of Edwardian racing titans
ICON.
The three top-selling vehicles in the USA in 2023 were pick-ups, topped by the Ford F-Series. This is the truck that started it all
Blurred Lines
lan 'Del' Lines blended the V8 burble of Triumph's open GT with real practicality in his Stag V8 saloons and estates
Home of the brave
The innovative Silverstone proved a hit with keen amateur drivers. To mark its 75th, Healey's club racer returns to the circuit for which it is named
PLAYING ALL THE ANGLES
Alfa Romeo's wild RZ eschewed the jellymould styling of the period to offer a striking, wedge-shaped take on open-topped performance motoring
