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SIXTY YEARS OF MINI MEMORIES
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 22nd August, 2019
My earliest memory of the Mini dates from 1974 when every Thursday a neighbour’s maroon ten-year-old Morris Super De Luxe would transport us to the delights of the Hedge End branch of Fine Fare (‘Jacob’s Cream Crackers – 2p Off!’).
Ian Creese's Apache - The Austin from South Africa
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 19th August, 2019
‘I’ve had people ask me “have you cut and welded three cars, because the front looks like an Allegro, the rear looks like a Triumph and the middle section is from an Austin 1300?”’. Ian Creese is used to such comments, as on 4th July 2016 he acquired a version of the ADO16 that was never marketed in the UK – the Austin Apache.
Sixty Years of the Mercedes-Benz Fintail
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 17th August, 2019
A Mercedes-Benz “Fintail” (“Heckflosse” in Germany) is a car that exudes gravitas and menace in equal measure.
ENTRIES OPEN FOR LANCASTER INSURANCE PRIDE OF OWNERSHIP AUTUMN FINAL 2019
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 15th August, 2019
Now in its fourth year, the Lancaster Insurance Pride of Ownership has become a popular feature for competitors and classic car enthusiasts alike at the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, with Discovery. Entries are now open for the autumn final to be held at Birmingham’s NEC from Friday 8 to Sunday 10 November.
Lancaster Insurance introduces two years agreed value
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 13th August, 2019
Classic car insurance specialist, Lancaster Insurance, has revealed it has introduced a two year agreed value added benefit. Live now, the new option allows enthusiasts to carry on their agreed valuation with their renewal should nothing happen or change.
BRSCC Mazda MX-5 Championship
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 12th August, 2019
This weekend Brian Chandler and his team will be at Donington Park for the latest round in the BRSCC Mazda MX-5 Championship – good luck from everyone at Lancaster!
The Latest Star of the British Motor Museum - A 1971 Morris Marina De Luxe
- Andy Roberts |
- 9th August, 2019
Many readers will have learned to regard the term ‘time warp classic’ with suspicion as it all too often refers to an eBay “bargain” that Albert Steptoe, let alone Arthur Daley, would have rejected.
Join in Ford Capris’ 50th birthday celebrations with the Capri Club!
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 9th August, 2019
This year sees the Ford Capri celebrate its 50th birthday and The Capri Club is marking it in style.
Seventy Years of the Bond - The Original British Minicar
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 6th August, 2019
Stan Cornock of the Bond Owners’ Club is more than familiar with the myths surrounding the Minicar, not least because he has been driving them ‘since 1958’.
Lancaster Insurance Classic & Supercars Show 2019 review
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 31st July, 2019
We’re thrilled to announce that over 10,000 people attended this year’s Lancaster Insurance Classic & Supercars show! On the day, over 2,100 classic, motorsport and supercars were displayed over 36 acres of Sherborne Castle Estate, with 37 car clubs attending.
Hyundai Coupe Cup 2019 Race Reviews with Alex Cursley
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 31st July, 2019
Expectations were high as Lancaster Insurance and I started the 2019 Hyundai Coupe Cup together for the 5th season!
War and Peace Revival 2019
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 30th July, 2019
Lancaster Insurance are immensely proud to have been the classic car sponsors of the five-day military and vintage show – the War & Peace Revival which ran from 23rd – 27th July held at the beautiful Hop Farm in Paddock Wood, Kent.
Car of the month: David Frost's 1966 Ford Mustang
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 30th July, 2019
On 17th April 1964, Henry Ford II unveiled a car at the New York World Fair, one that sold 22,000 units on that same day. It was, of course, the Mustang, the car Ford intended as ‘the working man’s Thunderbird’.
Car Club of the Month: Three Counties Vintage & Classic Car Club
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 30th July, 2019
Based in the Bournemouth Area, the Three Counties Vintage & Classic Car Club primarily draws its members from the counties of Dorset, Hampshire, Wiltshire and Somerset but does have members from as far afield as Cornwall, Worcestershire and Yorkshire.
