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What accessories do I need for a motorhome trip?
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 3rd June, 2019
You’ve finally got your dream motorhome and you’re ready to set off on your first adventure – not quite! First you have to think about what you want to take with you on your journey.
One Of The Greatest Citroens - The Ami 6
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 31st May, 2019
About forty years ago, I encountered a car that truly mesmerised my younger self. As the focus of my village was a large yachting marina, it was not uncommon to see unusual LHD vehicles used by owners and their crews – but I had never seen anything like that small ivory-coloured saloon with the French licence plates.
June Club of the Month: X1/9 Owners Club
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 30th May, 2019
Our June Club of the Month is celebrating its 35th birthday this year, as in May 1984 the club was born!
Car Of The Month - Robert Meldrum's Vauxhall Viva HB Estate
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 29th May, 2019
Robert Meldrum is now more than used to being approached at car shows with the opening lines ‘my dad had one of those, but it was the saloon’ – a sentiment that I can instantly echo.
“Number Please” – The Post Office Telephones Mini Van
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 29th May, 2019
Picture the scene – you are in a telephone box, about to make an important call but either button “A” is refusing to function or that new-fangled “Pay on Answer” system has eaten all your 6d coins.
The Ultimate Company Car? - Adrian Bowler's Ford Cortina GL MK.V
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 28th May, 2019
‘Petrol station trips can be interesting and long’, remarks Adrian Bowler, but this is only to be expected when you are the proud owner of a Ford Cortina 1.6 GL Mk. V.
MEET THE OWNERS – BARRY & SHEILA GANDON AND THEIR MORRIS J4 “BLUEBIRD” CARAVANETTE
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 22nd May, 2019
The year is 1962, and you are planning your summer holidays. Some of your neighbours have started venturing to the Costa del Sol, but you prefer to your two weeks in a part of the world where Kellogg’s Frosties and Wonderloaf are readily obtainable - and where there are no strange electrical sockets.
What’s the difference between a campervan and a motorhome?
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 16th May, 2019
If the idea of road trips, surfing and getting away from it all appeals to you, then so too will the idea of owning a campervan or motorhome.
MEET THE OWNER – BOB WEAVER AND HIS CID AUSTIN ALLEGRO S3
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 14th May, 2019
Any Series 3 version of the Austin Allegro is now quite an exclusive sight.
60 YEARS OF THE ORIGINAL SKODA OCTAVIA & FELICIA
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 10th May, 2019
If, six decades ago, you were in the market for a compact and robust small car, the sales copy of one particular model might have caught your eye - ‘Elegance of a fine taste.
When Motorways Were Glamorous
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 9th May, 2019
When the nation was young and The Goodies was the highlight of the week, motorways were rarely associated in mind with glamour.
The Chris Salter Citroen Collection
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 8th May, 2019
It would be fair to say that Mr. Chris Salter is an aficionado of French cars –‘I learnt to drive in my parents’ Renault 16TX, when 17, and I was given the car’.
MEET THE OWNER – PETER R MAYO AND HIS PANTHER RIO ESPECIAL
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 3rd May, 2019
Many an owner of a classic car will have experienced being approached at a show or in a petrol station with the opening gambit ‘my dad/mum/aunt/uncle/headmaster had one of those.
The Autoism Charitable Car Meet
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 3rd May, 2019
You know that you are definitely middle-aged when not only police officers, but DJs, actors and even politicians start to look young.
