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MEET THE OWNER – ANDREW BADHAM AND HIS JAGUAR 3.4 MK.1
- 23rd December, 2024
“I was looking for a really good Mike Hawthorn Mk.1 for a long time at the beginning of Covid. I found her on M&C Wilkinson’s Sayer Selection website.
RARER THAN RARE – THE FORD ESCORT HUNTSMAN ESTATE
- 23rd December, 2024
Stephen Bradbury is the proud owner of one of the most exclusive members of the Escort Mk.1 and Mk.2 ranges.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE MINI 850
- 23rd December, 2024
Watching old television programmes can give a very distorted view of the 1970s. Not everyone is dressed in the latest Kings Road fashions, not all men had the wardrobe and hairstyle of Roger Moore in The Persauders!
MEET THE OWNER – DAVID LEVAY AND HIS FORD SQUIRE 100E
- 23rd December, 2024
The Squire belonged to my late father, who rescued it from a local scrapyard as the original owner had passed away, and his grandson inherited it. He sent this car and four old Vauxhalls to the scrapyard.
RARER THAN RARE – THE FIAT 124
- 23rd December, 2024
Such is the 124’s fame as one of the world’s most popular car platforms that the original Fiat version is sometimes in danger of being forgotten.
Meet The Club Chair - Alex Sebbinger-Sparks and the Modern Executive Classic Cars Group
- 23rd December, 2024
We decided to found the group at a time when the traditional club structure was based primarily around ‘one make/model’, and we saw a gap in the classic car scene for the overall genre of vehicles that we cover.
MEET THE CLUB CHAIRMAN – JON BENTLEY OF THE SAAB ENTHUSIASTS’ CLUB
- 23rd December, 2024
Put simply, without clubs, the classic car movement would be unrecognisable. It is via the work of volunteers who give their time, expertise, and drive that so many vehicles have been preserved, as well as the legacy of countless brands.
Thank you for helping us celebrate 40 years at the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show!
- 5th December, 2024
We always look forward to meeting fellow classic vehicle enthusiasts at the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show
Introducing our November Bright Young Spark, Niamh Smith!
- 5th December, 2024
How did your interest in cars and classics start? My grandad had owned his Alvis since long before I was born so I grew up with that always being in my life.
Meet Multi-vehicle team member, James Vivash!
- 5th December, 2024
How long have you been working with classic cars? I have been working with Lancaster since January, although I have always been an enthusiast.
Memories of the 2024 Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show by Andrew Roberts
- 5th December, 2024
As always, it is impossible to summarise the experience of the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, which is always a great event. Here are just 30 impressions of the 2024 Show...
Meet The Collector – Peter Frost and his Model Car Fleet
- 5th December, 2024
For many enthusiasts, the seeds of model car collecting are sown at Christmas, with a Corgi 007 Aston Martin DB5 or a Dinky Police Range Rover under the tree.
Lancaster Insurance supports Team at Race of Remembrance 2024
- 5th December, 2024
This month, Lancaster Insurance supported our special three-part 12-hour endurance race in honour of Remembrance weekend.
MEET THE CLUB CHAIR - EDDIE FOSTER OF THE CAMBRIDGE-OXFORD OWNERS’ CLUB
- 18th November, 2024
When I bought my Wolseley 6/99 in 2021, one of my first thoughts was, “I must join the Cambridge-Oxford Owners Club”. This splendid organisation covers not only the 1 ½-litre and 3-litre British Motor Corporation ‘Farinas’ made between 1958 and 1971 but the 1954-1959 A40, A50, A55 Mk.
