Latest news
Welcome to Lancaster Insurance News
Keep up to date with the latest news and events from the world of classic cars.
Our favourite seven-seater classic cars
- 21st December, 2021
There has always been a need to carry larger families around. During the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, these mass-transport duties were carried out by big, sturdy estates, many of them French. Later, people carriers (or MPVs) entered the fray, joined more recently by a new generation of seven-seater SUVs.
10 reasons to visit the British Motor Museum
- 21st December, 2021
In short, the museum is a must-see for anyone interested in the cars that we have produced over the decades – and, of course, for all fans of classic and vintage cars. Which includes us here at Lancaster Classic Car Insurance and, we imagine, many of our customers.
What should you do if your campervan is stolen?
- 21st December, 2021
If you do become the victim of campervan theft, there are several simple steps you need to go through. The essentials include contacting the police and your cover provider.
Discover Portmeirion by classic car
- 17th December, 2021
There’s something genuinely unique about Portmeirion. Nestled into a crook of the rocky coastline of North Wales, with the bleakly impressive Snowdonia just inland and vast grey slate mines within a few minutes’ drive, you would expect Portmeirion to be a classic Welsh fishing village, clinging resolutely to its stretch of shoreline.
A classic road trip to the WWI battlefields and Ypres
- 17th December, 2021
A leisurely weekend drive in your classic car is always a huge pleasure. Sometimes, however, you might long for some more adventurous classic motoring. A tour of the WW1 battlefields of France and Belgium ticks a lot of boxes. For one thing, it makes for a fascinating and incredibly moving experience.
12 of the weirdest UK destinations to visit by campervan
- 16th December, 2021
We’ve aimed for a good geographical selection so, wherever you’re based, there should be something reasonably near at hand. Or, if you’re feeling adventurous, fill up the fuel tank, check the campervan insurance is up to date… and tick them all off the list!
THE MONKEEMOBILE REMEMBERED
- Andrew Roberts |
- 16th December, 2021
The Monkeemobiles had room for seven with bucket seats at the front and a wraparound bench at the rear. Jeffries also extended the nose and tail by foot, installed a taller windscreen and modified tail lamps, augmented the coachwork with side-exit exhaust pipes and even a parachute.
CHRISTMAS GIFTS; DINKY TOYS
- Andrew Roberts |
- 16th December, 2021
Ninety years ago, Meccano Ltd. unveiled their range of ‘Hornby Modelled Miniatures’ as companions to their O Gauge railways. However, by April 1934, the firm branded them as ‘Dinky Toys’, and they dispensed with the suffix was dropped in the following year.
10 of the best road-going rally cars
- 15th December, 2021
Rallying's 1980s and 1990s heyday produced a whole new type of performance car: the homologation special. These were road-going versions of the snarling rally champions that their makers had to produce in sufficient numbers for the latter to qualify for racing.
Classic Hondas we love
- 15th December, 2021
Something similar can be said of Honda, which in its relatively short history (it only properly came into being in 1949) has dedicated itself to some quite brilliant feats of engineering, whether out on the F1 track or in the car showroom.
20 amazing locations for classic car photoshoots
- 15th December, 2021
You love your classic and you want to document – and show off to others – just how beautiful and iconic it is. Beyond presenting it in the metal, some beautiful photos are the next best thing.
THE ROVER 75 REVISITED
- Andrew Roberts |
- 15th December, 2021
The 75 seems to be starting to disappear from our roads; to see one parked outside of the local post office is to perform a slight double-take. It is also too easy to forget that they made their bow twenty-three years ago.
CHRISTINE: BRITISH STYLE
- Andrew Roberts |
- 14th December, 2021
During the first Lockdown, this writer watched many car-related films and too much daytime television. The latter gave me a lifelong aversion to most chat shows, while the former led me to ponder; would the plot have worked in a British production?
THE BEST OF THE CORGI 007 CARS
- Andrew Roberts |
- 14th December, 2021
Or, which of these three die-cast models would you have wished for on Christmas Day?
