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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.

Sarah Sullivan Second Season Focus!

  • Lancaster Insurance Services |
  • 3rd May, 2019

Our sponsored driver, Sarah Sullivan, is now in her second season in the MG Owners’ Club Championship.

Meet The Owner - Paul Stevens and his 1960 Citroen ID19

  • Lancaster Insurance Services |
  • 2nd May, 2019

The year is 1960, and the good citizens of Slough are fleeing in terror from what appears to be an alien spacecraft; albeit one that uses four wheels.

Meet The Owner - Adrian Fell and his 1964 Land Rover Fire Engine

  • Lancaster Insurance Services |
  • 1st May, 2019

Today marks the 71st anniversary of the Land-Rover and to celebrate, we have the story of a very distinctive version.