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The Hillman Avenger Remembered
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 23rd March, 2017
To many people of my vintage age (i.e. born the year of the Mini Clubman) those pictures of Howard Hargate’s Avenger Super in the Lancaster Insurance Pride of Ownership at the Practical Classics Restoration Show in March 2017, will prompt countless memories. The Hillman Avenger is an uber-1970s car, one forever to be associated with Spangles, Wimpy bars, packets of Vesta Chow Mein and, in my case, Sussex Constabulary patrol cars.
The Ultimate Off-Roader? Meet the Citroen 2CV Sahara
- Andy Roberts |
- 20th March, 2017
As nearly everyone knows, there is no such thing as an ‘ordinary’ Citroen 2CV – it simply means that some are more extraordinary than others. On the 1st-2nd April at the Practical Classics Classic Car & Restoration Show at the NEC, Classic Car Auctions is presenting a very rare opportunity to purchase a Deux Chevaux that is said to be able to climb a 45% gradient.
The Liver Run Rovers - 30 Years On
- Andy Roberts |
- 17th March, 2017
The task facing the crews - driver PC William McIntyre and navigator/wireless operator PC Graham Fordham in the lead car and PCs Les Crossland and Steve McCabe in a backup vehicle with a video camera – is best described as ‘immense’.
The Vauxhall Magnum - The Grooviest Car of The 1970's
- Andy Roberts |
- 10th March, 2017
Around 42 years ago, I concluded that the Vauxhall Magnum was the most glamourous car in the world, one so great as to be on a par with The Goodies or Playaway on BBC2.
Lancaster Insurance to arrange cover for all ages of Morris Minor drivers
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 8th March, 2017
Lancaster Insurance has announced that it will be widening its Morris Minor schemes, further strengthening its association with the marque.
60 Years of the Fiat 500
- Andy Roberts |
- 7th March, 2017
If anyone compiled a list of ‘The Top Ten Most Charming Cars Ever Made’, the Fiat Nuova 500 will possibly be a contender to come top of the list.
Club of The Month: March 2017
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 6th March, 2017
A warm welcome to our new club partners, and ‘Club of the Month’, Volvo Enthusiast Club.
The Peugeot 205 GTi, The Best Hot Hatch of All Time?
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 3rd March, 2017
There are some hot topics amongst the classic car enthusiast crowd that are likely to start a lively debate, 80s and 90s best hot hatches is certainly one of them.
Lancaster Insurance Celebrates Being Part of 4th ‘Best Big Company to Work For’ in UK
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 3rd March, 2017
Lancaster Insurance, part of Markerstudy Group of Companies, is on cloud nine following its fifth year of success at The Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For Awards with the Group achieving an incredible 4th position.
Do you remember the Renault 14?
- Andy Roberts |
- 2nd March, 2017
Some cars seem destined never to make their mark on the British motorist, and one such is the Renault 14. On paper, it appeared to be an ideal rival to the Volkswagen Golf, but the 14 is seldom encountered in their homeland, and UK registered survivors are very rare.
30 years of the Skoda Favorit
- Andy Roberts |
- 2nd March, 2017
1989, a year when Bros would boom out from every branch of HMV and Our Price and when people actually thought it was a good idea to go shopping in a purple shell suit. There was some good news, in the form of the latest Skoda import that might halt the tedious jokes about the marque that had inflicted television light entertainment for much of the 1980s.
Multi Vehicle Policies Explained
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 24th February, 2017
As a specialist classic car broker, Lancaster Insurance is seeing a greater number of enthusiasts owning more than one vehicle, which can invariably mean more than one policy. The benefits with a multi vehicle policy mean all your vehicles would be under one roof, with one renewal date!
The Five Worst Screen Car Chases
- Andy Roberts |
- 17th February, 2017
There are those films with car chases that thrill and inspire – Bullitt, The Italian Job, Brannigan - but there are also those pictures with such wayward pursuit sequences that the viewer eventually begins to wonder if he/she dreamt them. Here are my five such memorable moments:
