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1948 – THE YEAR MODERN MOTORING BEGAN?
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 24th April, 2018
Many of you will have already heard of the first ever production Land-Rover that went on display at the Royal Automobile Club in Pall Mall
MOTORING GEMS FROM THE BFI
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 24th April, 2018
The British Film Institute’s database of free online viewing boasts cars to appeal to almost any enthusiast – and some of the most wonderfully bad acting since the last edition of Holby City.
Lancaster Insurance announces specialist scheme
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 24th April, 2018
Lancaster Insurance has expanded its portfolio and can now arrange insurance for everyday vehicles for customers who also insure their classic car with them.
65 YEARS OF MATCHBOX TOYS
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 24th April, 2018
For me, a Matchbox toy is always to be associated with the display cabinet of the village newsagents and stationers; one situated between the Wavy Line grocers and the gentleman’s tailor with a window display akin to a miniature Are You Being Served?
SIX MORE “FIRSTS”
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 23rd April, 2018
Half a dozen developments that impacted on the British motorists. P.S. After watching the adverts for Green Shield Stamps – don’t have nightmares…
50 YEARS OF THE MERCEDES-BENZ 300SEL 6.3
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 23rd April, 2018
Some of the greatest cars in the history of motoring wear their distinction lightly. You might, for example, have the very good fortune to encounter what looks like a W108 series Mercedes-Benz 300SEL, with every inch of its coachwork exuding discreet good taste.
Sarah Sullivan makes her racing debut!
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 20th April, 2018
I’d been to Rockingham many times before to see the MG Owners’ Club Race Championship in action but it was my debut as a competitor and the feeling was incredible!
BRSCC Mazda Racing – Round 1
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 19th April, 2018
For Round 1 of the BRSCC Mazda Season the team took the 73 mile trip from Haverhill to the world-famous Brands Hatch circuit in Kent on March 23rd and 24th.
CELEBRATING THE TRIUMPH DOLOMITE
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 19th April, 2018
There is something purposeful about a Dolomite; the quad headlamps, the slightly aggressive stance and the wooden veneered dashboard with its ‘All Systems Go’ warning lamp cluster.
TOP TEN 1970S SMALL ESTATE CARS
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 19th April, 2018
Or, ten very individual ways to carry luggage and passengers without spending a monarch’s ransom on fuel -
CAR OF THE MONTH – MORRIS MINOR MM AND SERIES II
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 19th April, 2018
The year is 1948, the month is October and you are one of 562,954 visitors to the London Motor Show at Earl’s Court. Of course, your chance of owning one of the exhibits are pretty slim; the government allocated steel to car manufacturers on the basis on their being able to sell their wares overseas – 75% was the target – and the home market waiting list extends for literally years.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIAT 132 AND THE FIAT ARGENTA?
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 18th April, 2018
In the 1970s when the world was young, Valerie Singleton, John Noakes and Peter Purves were the stars of Blue Peter, and when kipper ties were still in the vanguard of fashion, cars such as the Fiat 132 occupied that strange middle-ground between the Cortina and the Granada markets.
April’s Club of the Month!
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 17th April, 2018
This month goes to Enthusiasts of British Motor Vehicles, a non-subscription Facebook-based group founded in 2014 which is dedicated to the enjoyment and celebration of classic British motoring.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE VAUXHALL FIRENZA?
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 17th April, 2018
There are many of us - i.e. people of an age to remember the time of The Protectors on ITV, Spangles and when crimplene flared slacks were the height of fashion – who regard the Vauxhall Firenza as an underrated coupe.
