‘Amazing’. ‘Jealous’. ‘Envious’. ‘Cool car’ ‘I remember those cars’. ‘Well done’. ‘Nice job’. ‘That's amazing’. ‘Great looking vehicle’ and ‘That's fantastic’.
The year is 1980 and Earth is under attack from an army of bad mannered aliens whose goal is to invade the Home Counties to kidnap humans and harvest their organs for use in their bodies.
It almost goes without saying that any Consul Mk. II “Lowline” is a highly desirable classic.
In the month of February, with its grey weather, many of us dream of sunny days, 99 Flakes and open-top motoring.
‘People are never sure what it is. They always say, “what a beautiful little car”, and some are surprised when I say it is a Reliant as most people only ever remember Reliant Robins and Reliant cars having three wheels’.
40 years ago, one of Britain’s most famous car names ceased production and would not be revived for another 36 years.
As a change from the weather which, at the time of writing, is best described as ‘very cold’, here is a celebration of that backbone of the classic car movement – the local or regional shows and gatherings.
In the third of our ‘Modern Classic Monday’ series, we speak to Charlie North, our PR Manager, and hear her pick, the Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class.
It is a scene straight from one of those episodes of Gideon’s Way or Edgar Wallace B-films that are re-run on Talking Pictures Television.
There are some cars which seem to hail from a strange twilight zone of motoring; those models that enjoy a form of afterlife for quite a period after they were believed to have ceased production.
First point – despite the presence of Ms. Ursula Andress, a SEAT 133 conveys not one iota of glamour.
Travel back with us to a time of Spangles, Texan Bars and when these accessories would make your Austin Maxi 1500 look like a Lincoln Continental. Almost.
When Anthony Ellis displayed his 1992-model ex-Lancashire Constabulary Maestro 1.3 Clubman at the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show last year the reaction of many visitors to the NEC could be summed up in one word – ‘wow!’.
Frank Phillips and Clive Higgins founded the Morris Marina Owners’ Club, incorporating the Morris Ital Register, in 1985 and has supported owners of the Morris Marina, Ital and all of its derivatives ever since.
The first Lancaster Insurance Pride of Ownership final of 2019 is shaping up to be one of most hotly-contested yet, and as anticipation builds ahead of the Practical Classics Classic Car & Restoration Show, with Discovery, the first five in the Spring final can now be revealed.
Of the many automotive anniversaries celebrated this year, the Fiat 128 has to be one of the rarest on British roads.
In the second of our articles about ‘modern classics’ we hear from Andrew Evanson, our Senior Operations Manager and his pick, the Mazda MX5.
On Christmas Eve, members of the Biggleswade Community Fire Station alongside some of the Lancaster Insurance team visited the Riverbank Ward at Bedford Hospital, giving out Fire Fighter Charity Blaze Bears to the children who would be spending the festive period there.
One hundred years ago, the engineer W O Bentley achieved his goal of creating ‘a good car, a fast car, the best in class’.
At first sight, the P76 looks as though it belongs in the background of Prisoner Cell Block H, The Young Doctors or any other fine/dire soap opera made by Grundy Television.
