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Stars of the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show – The Vanden Plas 1800
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 17th October, 2017
Virtually anyone who has read the history of the British Leyland Empire and enjoyed Keith Adams’ indiscernible website AROnline, will have their own favourite car that was destined never to enter full production.
Historic Lotus Resister Makes Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, with Discovery, Debut
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 16th October, 2017
The Historic Lotus Register will be making its first appearance at the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, with Discovery, at Birmingham’s NEC from the 10-12 November with a truly spectacular display.
John Lennon's Original Quarrymen set to recreate the First Meeting of ‘The Beatles’ at NEC Classic
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 16th October, 2017
On the 6th July 1957, The Quarrymen, a skiffle group led by a student named John Lennon, were playing from the back of a flatbed lorry during a village fete in Liverpool. It turned out to be an historic day as it was the first meeting between John and Paul McCartney, and started the journey to the band being renamed The Beatles.
The Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, with Discovery, to Celebrate Automotive Anniversaries
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 13th October, 2017
The Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, with Discovery, is honoured to celebrate many automotive anniversaries when it returns to Birmingham’s NEC from 10-12 November.
Clubs Bring Rare ‘Show Stoppers’ to Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, with Discovery
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 13th October, 2017
The Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, with Discovery, returns to Birmingham’s NEC from 10 - 12 November with some incredible ‘show stopping’ cars curtesy of the exhibiting clubs including four very desirable forms of performance car.
Wheeler Dealers UK Premiere to be Held at Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, with Discovery
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 12th October, 2017
An exclusive UK premiere of the new series of Wheeler Dealers, featuring show stalwart Mike Brewer with his new lead mechanic and co-host Ant Anstead, will be held at the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, with Discovery, on Saturday 11th November.
Vanden Plas Prototype gets First Outing at the NEC
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 12th October, 2017
The name of Vanden Plas is one of the oldest in motoring history and the Owners’ Club is delighted to be showcasing five of its key models at the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, with Discovery - including one of British Leyland’s rarest prototypes.
A Tribute to the Alfa Romeo 158/159 Alfetta
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 11th October, 2017
As #TeamMike is preparing their Ford Escort XR3i, #TeamAnt is engaged in recapturing that glorious period of Alfa Romeo’s Formula One racing during the early 1950s. The original 158 Alfetta (‘Little Alfa’) dates from 1938 with Gioacchino Colombo devising a lightweight eight-cylinder 1,479cc DOHC engine that was fitted with a Roots supercharger.
September #ClassicRumble update from Mike Brewer and Ant Antead
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 11th October, 2017
September #ClassicRumble update from Mike Brewer and Ant Antead. Just over month to go before we all start heading to Birmingham for the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, with Discovery.
Do you Remember – The Ford Escort XR3 and XR3i Mk. III?
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 11th October, 2017
As #TeamMike is hard at work, resorting a 1989 Ford Escort XR3i for this year’s Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, this is the perfect opportunity to remember the original model that caused such a genuine sensation back in August 1980.
First classics - a family affair
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 5th October, 2017
We’ve got just five weeks to go until the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show with its theme of ‘family ties’, so we asked one of our customers and his dad for their classic story.
DVD of the Week – The Fast Lady
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 4th October, 2017
Why in my admittedly biased view, is The Fast Lady one of the greatest pictures in the history of civilisation? Well, this trailer might provide a slight clue.
70 Years of the Citroen H
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 3rd October, 2017
This year marks 70 years of not just one of the greatest Citroens ever made but a true French automotive icon.
50 Years of the Honda N360
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 2nd October, 2017
In March 1967, Honda launched a new car that proved to be a key model in establishing the marque with car buyers around the world.
