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BUILT TO LAST – THE RENAULT 4
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 29th June, 2018
You never forget your first experience of the Renault 4; the flaps on top of the dashboard that could be opened to admit gales of fresh air into the cabin, the “Push-Me, Pull You” gear change and the way in which the switches were apparently thrown at random around the dashboard.
MY FAVOURITE RENAULT – THE 30TS
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 29th June, 2018
2018 marks 120 years of the original Renault Voiturette, which provides me with the highly enjoyable challenge of selecting my favourite of their cars. The Dauphine is a model I will always associate with Peter Sellers in A Shot in the Dark and as a long-term devotee of 1950s large saloons, the Frégate looks imposingly municipal.
DVD OF THE WEEK – THE BOYS IN BLUE
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 29th June, 2018
1987. An idle afternoon spent at the local video library, searching for any diversion from revising A Level Government and Politics. And lurking in the increasing dust covered Betamax section, between Confessions of a Driving Instructor and Carry On England, is a film that you hardly believed existed – The Boys in Blue, starring Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball. Well, it might be worth the £1.50 rental fee...
Billing Off-Road Show 2018
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 29th June, 2018
This weekend is the Billing Off-Road Show 2018 in Northampton and this year’s show is set to be more special than usual! In celebration of Land Rover’s 70th anniversary, this year will see the show organisers and Land Rover Monthly attempt to set a new world record for the Largest parade of Land Rovers! We are supporting them in their quest for glory and our very own Dave Youngs, Lancaster's Car Club Manager, and Andrew Baron, one of Lancaster's Insurance Technicians, will be joining the convoy in a new Discovery. The figure to set is 633 and if you’d like to join in the fun and unite with other enthusiasts, sign up here.
Club of The Month – The Fiat Motor Club (GB)
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 27th June, 2018
The Fiat Motor Club (GB) is dedicated to enhancing and promoting the motoring enjoyment of its members. First starting out as the Fiat 500 club in 1948, the club has gone through another name change before deciding in 1963 after Fiat continued to expand its models on Fiat Motor Club (GB) and that it would cover all models old and new under the Fiat marque.
Lancaster Insurance expands MG schemes for younger drivers
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 27th June, 2018
Lancaster Insurance, classic car insurance specialist, has reinforced its commitment to MGs, the MG Owners’ Club (MGOC) and facilitating younger enthusiasts into the industry by developing its specialist scheme for club members.
BRSCC Mazda Racing – Round 3 - Cadwell Park - Brian Chandler
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 27th June, 2018
For Round 3 of the BRSCC Mazda Season the team took the 142 mile trip from Haverhill up to Cadwell Park in Lincolnshire in on June 2nd and 3rd.
CAR OF THE MONTH - THE ORIGINAL FIAT 500
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 27th June, 2018
There are those cars that are apparently made for summer – cars such as the original Fiat 500. Pull the starter lever (handily located on the floor), listen to the notes of an engine that sounds almost as potent as a Ferrari about to take off in the Mille Miglia and – of course – open the roof.
Martin Wills - Review of MGOC meet at Donington Park
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 26th June, 2018
Donington Park Grand Prix Circuit is like riding a fast undulating rollercoaster and I couldn’t wait to get on track! I had an interesting qualifying session, with extremely close lap times, and managed to qualify 2nd for the first race and pole for the second race.
THE OLDEST OFFICIALLY IMPORTED DATSUN IN THE UK
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 22nd June, 2018
Mark Ashbridge is the owner of one of the most historically important foreign-built cars in the UK. It is not a vehicle that can claim dramatic 0-60 figure or a thrilling top speed, and nor would it claim to be radical in form or content.
STREET SCENES – THE 1970s
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 22nd June, 2018
A warning to any to any reader of an age to remember The Goodies, Rentaghost and Cadbury’s Aztec Bars – these film clips may make you feel slightly older than Methuselah.
DO YOU REMEMBER – THE VAUXHALL CHEVETTE 2300 HS?
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 22nd June, 2018
In the very late 1970s, you might sometimes encounter owners of the Vauxhall Chevette L engaged on secret work in their lock-up. After months of carefully applying “Strobe stripes”, a front spoiler and a home-applied change of body colour from ultra-sensible brown to silver, they too could to take the roads in their own interpretation of the incredible 2300HS.
BUILT TO LAST – THE MORRIS MARINA
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 22nd June, 2018
The Morris Marina never set out to be one of the more controversial cars from the British Leyland (BL) empire – indeed its specification and appearance both went out of their way to be as straightforward as possible.
BUILT TO LAST – THE SAAB 96
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 21st June, 2018
You could almost always detect the arrival of an early Saab 96 long before it came into view. Firstly, there was that engine note – a succession of popping noises – and then there was the unmistakable aroma of the two-stroke engine.
