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Fire safety when touring in your campervan
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 12th February, 2020
Fires in campervans are extremely rare, but when they do happen they can cause a huge amount of damage. If you have ever lost a campervan to fire or seen one go up in flames, you’ll know just how dramatic, upsetting, and costly it can be.
MEET THE OWNER – MATT DEBBAGE AND HIS TRIUMPH DOLOMITE
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 4th February, 2020
When Matt Debbage takes LLW 911K for a spin, the reactions from members of the public are usually ‘any combination of “nice car, my Dad / Grandad had one” /”I had one - it was so rusty” / “awful cars”/ “ooh look - a ‘Doloshite’” / “Is it a Sprint mate?”’.
THE FORD POPULAR 100E – A CELEBRATION
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 3rd February, 2020
The Ford stand at the 1959 Motor Show famously hosted the new Anglia, but it also featured an old favourite with a fresh set of badges. The 105E did not entirely succeed all of Dagenham’s small cars, for the Prefect was upgraded with the 997cc engine as the 107E while the “New Popular replaced the venerable “sit up and beg” 103E.
DO YOU REMEMBER – THE SUZUKI WHIZZKID?
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 3rd February, 2020
I recently had the pleasure of experiencing the SC100 “Whizzkid” in the metal – and I had forgotten just how small they are. There were moments when I was convinced that it was ankle-height and the Suzuki remains one of the few cars that makes an Austin A35 seem as large as a Ford Granada.
Best classic car shows of 2020
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 3rd February, 2020
The start of a new year means a whole heap of new and exciting car shows to put in your calendar.
FIVE 1970S ENTRY-LEVEL LARGE SALOONS
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 3rd February, 2020
Or, how to achieve style and comfort with a minimum of outlay. Austin/Morris 1800 “Wedge”. When BL unveiled their replacement for the “Landcrab” in March 1975 -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxgdRAuDsTEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxgdRAuDsTE - the focus was inevitably on the flagship Wolseley, but the four-cylinder Austin and Morris was equally important.
ONE FAMILY FROM NEW – MICHAEL WRIGLEY’S RENAULT 20 TS
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 30th January, 2020
‘She’s a 1978 4 speed TS. The 5 speed came out May 1979, much to the chagrin of my father who bought her new’, remarks Michael Wrigley of his utterly magnificent one family Renault 20.
MEET THE OWNER – PETER LINN AND HIS MAZDA 929L ESTATE
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 30th January, 2020
When you see the Mazda belonging to Peter Linn, a certain number by Spandau Ballet inevitably comes to mind. Yet, this is not only one of the most uber-gold cars on the road today but an immaculate example of the very rare 929L Estate.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE SKODA 1000 MB?
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 29th January, 2020
The 1000MB was not the first Skoda marketed in the UK, but it was almost certainly the first to capture the attention of the family motorist on a restricted budget.
CAR OF THE MONTH – MEIRION WOOLF AND HIS AUSTIN 8 CWT “MINOR” PICK-UP
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 29th January, 2020
Two years ago, Meirion Woolf brought himself a rather splendid present for his 40th birthday. ‘My parents owned a 1953 “Split Screen” and ever since then I’ve been a Minor fan’ - and so he acquired LEJ 443 J.
Club of the Month – The XR Owners Club
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 27th January, 2020
To celebrate the launch of our ‘win a 1984 Ford XR3i’ competition, our club of the month goes to The XR Owners Club. Formed in 1983 to bring together XR enthusiasts who share a common passion for the marque, the Club also caters for the Fiesta Supersport and the mk3 Escort 1.6i Cabriolet.
Lancaster Insurance renews sponsorship of the MG Owners’ Club Championship
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 27th January, 2020
Lancaster Insurance is delighted to be continuing its support of the 2020 MG Owners’ Club (MGOC) Race Championship, its 17th year as the headline sponsor.
GEMS FROM THE SAINSBURY’S ARCHIVE - SOUTHAMPTON 1977
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 21st January, 2020
The year is 1977, and the people of Southampton are still amazed by the recently opened Sainsbury’s hypermarket in the Lordshill district. Some say that this is the biggest news to hit the city since the Silver Jubilee celebrations or the FA Cup Victory of the previous year.
DO YOU REMEMBER - THE FIAT CROMA?
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 21st January, 2020
2020 sees the 35th anniversary of one of the rarest cars in Britain – just one Turbo I.E. remains on the road: https://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/vehicle/fiat_croma_turbo_ie - and it is a Fiat that is unfairly overlooked. The Croma is the third member of the “Tipo Quattro” -Type 4 - family, following the Lancia Thema and the Saab 9000, but pre-dating the Alfa Romeo 164.
