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SEVEN BANK HOLIDAY TRAVEL MEMORIES
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 3rd May, 2018
This 1955-vintage photograph of North Woolwich, with the trolley buses and side valve Fords baking in the sun, put me in mind of so many past Bank Holiday journeys.
The First Time I Drove A Classic - Dave Youngs
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 3rd May, 2018
I was fortunate enough to pass my driving test in 1990 as this was a great time to be a new driver. The 80’s produced a number of great hot hatches and even teenage newly qualified drivers could find insurance on these cars for a reasonable amount.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE JOWETT JAVELIN?
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 3rd May, 2018
Today, we often see such words as ‘bold’ and ‘innovative’ being all too readily hurled at any number of vehicles, but 72 years ago a sports saloon from Bradford truly deserved these descriptions.
Lancaster Insurance to make Stanford Hall VW show debut
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 2nd May, 2018
On Sunday 6th May, Volkswagens will be out in full force for the annual Stanford Hall VW Show. Celebrating its 42nd year, Lancaster Insurance will be attending the event for the first time, which is organised by the Volkswagen Owners’ Club.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE FORD CONSUL CLASSIC 315?
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 1st May, 2018
There are two ways of regarding the Ford Consul Classic 315. The first is that it is the British equivalent of US suburban family transport - the sort of car that would appear in one of those early 1960s Technicolor Disney comedies where a Fedora-wearing dad really would say ‘Hi honey, I’m home!’
TOP FIVE “EURO-BARGES”
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 1st May, 2018
Put simply, a Euro-Barge is a large saloon of the 1950s and the 1960s that you might see in such fine pictures as From Russia with Love or Topkapi.
HAPPY 70TH BIRTHDAY LAND ROVER!
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 30th April, 2018
On 30th April 1948, visitors to the Amsterdam Motor Show were able to appreciate a new Rover product, one that was far removed from the marque’s image of providing transport for bank managers, doctors and solicitors.
BRSCC Mazda Racing – Round 2
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 30th April, 2018
For Round 2 of the BRSCC Mazda Season the team took the 55 mile trip from Haverhill to our Home Circuit of Snetterton in Norfolk on April 14th and 15th.
60 YEARS OF THE RENAULT FLORIDE/CARAVELLE
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 27th April, 2018
You will almost certainly see the term ‘import duties’ widely used in any book or article about foreign vehicles in the UK prior to the 1970s, for they did have a major impact on the car market.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE DATSUN 140J VIOLET?
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 27th April, 2018
In my early years, I was initially convinced that the Datsun 140J Violet was an American car and looking at the brochure photos, it is easy to understand the confusion of my younger self.
Paddy Hopkirk MBE to attend Lancaster Insurance Classic & Supercars Show
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 25th April, 2018
Organisers of the Lancaster Insurance Classic & Supercars Show are absolutely thrilled to announce Paddy Hopkirk will be attending this year’s show. Taking place on 15th July at Sherborne Castle, Paddy will be welcomed by the team following an invitation from his close friend and ex-team mate, patron of the show and fellow rally driver, Brian Culcheth.
THE 1967 MORRIS MINOR 1000 WITH ONE OWNER FROM NEW
- Lancaster Insurance Services |
- 24th April, 2018
Of the many stars taking part in Drive It Day 2018 at the Mini Plant near Oxford – more of which this week – my favourite was a Trafalgar Blue 1967 two-door Morris Minor 1000.
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.
