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An Overlooked Classic? – The Austin Maxi
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 2nd December, 2016
The Austin Maxi is a car that deserves to be better remembered – a FWD hatchback with a transversely mounted OHC engine and a five-speed gearbox was a truly radical idea for a family saloon in 1969. This was a new BMC offering that was launched at a time when the Vauxhall Victor FD 1600 could still be ordered with a three on the column and, even more incredibly, it was intended to replace the A60 Cambridge. - Written by Andy Roberts
Get your car in magazines like Classic & Sports Car or Modern Classics!
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 1st December, 2016
Here at Lancaster Insurance we get as excited about classic cars as our customers do! Whether you have a concours Jensen or a part-restored Mazda MX-5, if you’re a Lancaster Insurance customer, we want to hear from you.
Club of the Month: December 2016
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 29th November, 2016
With Christmas almost upon us and the wintry weather setting in, it is only fitting that our feature club of the month for December is 4x4 Response UK, who really are ‘The Fourth Emergency Service’.
Car of the month: December 2016
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 29th November, 2016
Our car of the month was first introduced to the public in November 1975 and during a 12 year production run over 150,000 were manufactured. The car in question is the Porsche 924!
Man buys Lancaster’s 1969 Mini as Christmas present for wife, raising £13,000 for Prostate Cancer UK
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 29th November, 2016
Lancaster Insurance has announced that it’s raised a whopping £12,938 for Prostate Cancer UK. The specialist insurer auctioned its Mini restoration project on Saturday 12th November at the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show through Silverstone Auctions, and after a thrilling bidding war, Mr Davies from Wales became the new owner.
The Protectors
- Andy Roberts |
- 28th November, 2016
The recent passing of Robert Vaughan on November 11th was my cue to re-watch a British television series that the actor did not much care for: 'The Protectors'. - Written by Andy Roberts
Top Five British Sitcom Cars
- Andy Roberts |
- 25th November, 2016
This is an absolutely personal, biased and subjective list of British sitcom cars that made an impact on the younger me... Here are my top five British sitcom cars! - Written by Andy Roberts
30 Years Of The Rover 800
- Andy Roberts |
- 24th November, 2016
Little can seem as remote as the recent past and this is certainly true when seeing an early Rover 800 at the Classic Motor Show - a car to conjure an era of ‘yuppies’ and ‘Filofaxes’. We celebrate 30 years of this classic car. - Written by Andy Roberts
The Bond Bug - May the Force/Farce Be With You
- Andy Roberts |
- 24th November, 2016
In cinemas nearly 40 years ago, audiences marvelled at the sight of Luke Skywalker at the controls of his Landspeeder, little realising its connections with Tamworth. The careful use of angled cameras and mirrors meant that a rather familiar wheel layout was never visible. Besides, the fact that the Bond's rear axle was a mere four inches from the floor meant that it really did seem to skim the ground. - Written by Andy Roberts
VIDEO: Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show 2016
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 21st November, 2016
Motoring enthusiasts flocked to the NEC, Birmingham over 11-13th November 2016 for the UK’s biggest indoor classic motoring celebration, setting a new record as around 71,000 people attended this year’s Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show. Watch our video here!
Top Ten British Film Car Chases
- Andy Roberts |
- 21st November, 2016
This is a deeply personal top ten, one borne of television viewing during my formative years; others of my vintage might have cited 11 Harrowhouse, The Mackintosh Man, Villain or Get Carter while I have left out The Italian Job as it is so well known... - Written by Andy Roberts
The Original Alfa Romeo Giulia
- Andy Roberts |
- 21st November, 2016
In June of last year Alfa Romeo launched their Tipo 952 Giulia but many of us recall the original car to bear that name, a vehicle that was the automotive embodiment of the post-war Italian ‘economic miracle’. - Written by Andy Roberts
Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show Sets New Record For 2016
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 18th November, 2016
Motoring enthusiasts flocked to the NEC, Birmingham at the weekend for the UK’s biggest indoor classic motoring celebration, setting a new record as around 71,000 people attended this year’s Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show.
My Car Of The Show
- Andy Roberts |
- 17th November, 2016
Virtually everyone who visited the Classic Motor Show last weekend will have almost certainly bestowed their own ‘Car of the Show’ award on exhibits that captured the eye and the emotions. Here is mine. - Written by Andy Roberts
