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DO YOU REMEMBER – THE ORIGINAL FORD ESCORT?
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 20th November, 2018
This year saw the 50th anniversary of the Escort as most of us know it, but back in early 1968, many British drivers would have been very familiar with the name.
THE BOND BUG REVISITED
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 19th November, 2018
You never forget the sight of the Bond Bug, one of the very few British three-wheelers to be aimed at the youth market.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE VAUXHALL WYVERN/VELOX/CRESTA E?
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 16th November, 2018
To look at this 1955 cinema commercial is to witness a world that is akin to an Enid Blyton story - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySGUiv4PIA4 .
The 2018 Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show – Part 2
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 15th November, 2018
How can you possibly hope to select a personal Car of The Show out of 3,000 vehicles and 300 club stands?
The 2018 Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show – Part 1
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 15th November, 2018
My first impression of the 2018 Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show was merely this – any Austin Maxi will now turn heads, but a Maxi with a fawn vinyl roof and a Webasto is not so much eye-catching as utterly decadent.
STARS OF THE LANCASTER INSURANCE CLASSIC MOTOR SHOW – ANTHONY ELLIS AND HIS POLICE MAESTRO CLUBMAN
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 15th November, 2018
The name of the 1992 Maestro 1.3 Clubman that belongs to Anthony Ellis is the wholly appropriate “Juliet Maestro’.
MEET THE OWNERS – STEPHEN AND SUSAN ROSE AND THEIR 1969 AUSTIN MAXI
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 13th November, 2018
If you are devotee of archive television (which I certainly am) one of the major fascinations is the street scenes.
A LANDMARK YEAR FOR THE LANCASTER INSURANCE CLASSIC MOTOR SHOW, WITH DISCOVERY
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 13th November, 2018
There were so many landmarks to celebrate at this year’s Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, with Discovery.
70 YEARS OF THE 2CV - AND THE 2CV FAMILY
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 6th November, 2018
The design brief was ‘A car capable of driving across a ploughed field with a sheep in the back and a pile of eggs on the front seat’.
SIX SPLENDID SPECIAL EDITIONS
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 2nd November, 2018
Or, half a dozen limited edition models that created a stir on their launch
FINAL LINE-UP REVEALED FOR LANCASTER INSURANCE PRIDE OF OWNERSHIP AUTUMN AWARDS
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 1st November, 2018
With a fantastic selection of classics already announced, the final six cars have now been chosen to compete for the Lancaster Insurance Pride of Ownership autumn title.
Club of the Month - The Wolseley Owners Club
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 30th October, 2018
The Wolseley Owners Club, a not for profit organisation, was launched in May 2011.
CAR OF THE MONTH – RICHARD THORN’S LOTUS ESPRIT V8
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 30th October, 2018
‘It sounds just awesome’. This is just one of the reasons why Richard Thorn enjoys his 1996 Esprit V8.
70 Years of the Holden
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 29th October, 2018
On Monday 29th November 1948, Ben Chifley, the then Prime Minister of Australia, unveiled the first ever Holden car – the mighty 48-215.
