From time to time you might encounter a once popular family car that prompts the question ‘when did I last see one of those?’.
Picture the scene – it is 1955, and you are travelling westwards along the A36 in your Standard Vanguard Phase for a Sunday afternoon in the New Forest.
This year is, as any classic enthusiast knows, one packed to the gunnels with significant motoring anniversaries, including 50 years one of Britain’s most familiar vehicles.
On Sunday 31st March, Windsor was visited by an icon of British cinema. To a casual observer, the Austin 12/4 Low-Loader with Strachan coachwork was a wonderfully preserved example of the sort of taxi that you so often see in newsreels of London.
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This is the tale of a rather significant Vauxhall Wyvern, one that goes by the name of “Black Bess”.
Imagine that you’d hailed a lift in a passing Tardis and the Doctor had kindly deposited you at the 1972 Earls Court Motor Show, together with sufficient funds to purchase a reasonably priced coupe that was not a Ford Capri.
It would be fair to say that this BMC duo mainly appealed to drivers who were not especially interested in “Swinging London” and who regarded Edgar Lustgarten crime films as ‘too thrilling for words’.
‘For most people, it brings them back to when they were learning to drive’ is just one response to the 1972 Triumph owned by Andrew Pringle’s father John.
Bex from ArtbyBex has created a unique bespoke artwork piece celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Mini.
It’s a big year for Mini as it’s celebrating its 60th anniversary and we’re delighted to announce the Mini Cooper Register (MCR) as our March club of the month!
‘Most people are shocked as they think it's a Morris Oxford at first glance, and then realise it's a French car - but they do think she's elegant!’.
Organisers of the Lancaster Insurance Classic & Supercars Show are absolutely thrilled to announce Derek Bell MBE will be attending this year’s show.
This year’s Practical Classics Classic Car & Restoration Show, with Discovery, was bigger and better in every way with more halls, more clubs and more visitors than ever before.
There it was on the Simca Club UK stand at Hall 5 of the NEC at the Practical Classics Classic Car & Restoration Show with Discovery last weekend.
The Practical Classics Classic Car and Restoration Show, with Discovery, is this weekend and we can’t wait to see you there!
The 20 finalists in the first Lancaster Insurance Pride of Ownership of 2019 have been revealed ahead of the Practical Classics Classic Car & Restoration Show, with Discovery, at Birmingham’s NEC from 22-24 March.
Spring has truly sprung as the Practical Classics Classic Car & Restoration Show, with Discovery, returns to Birmingham’s NEC from 22-24 March for its biggest show yet with over 170 classic motoring clubs and over 1,300 cars on display.
Some us older types have sometimes mused on how there seem to be more XR2 Mk. Is on the road than actually left the factory and today you are far less likely to encounter an early base model Fiesta.
Bex of Artbybex will be joining us on our stand at the Practical Classics Classic Car and Restoration Show, with Discovery! This month at the NEC (Friday 22nd March – Sunday 24th March), we’ll be exhibiting in Hall 5 and Bex will be painting LIVE on our ‘Lancaster Insurance Workshop‘ stand.