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Keep up to date with the latest news and events from the world of classic cars.

Car Of The Month - Paul Clappison's MGB GT

  • Lancaster Insurance Services |
  • 25th April, 2019

‘I’ve always liked MGs but never thought I would ever own one’. However, two years ago – and ‘after a three-year search’ – Paul Clappison became the owner of a white GT.

Do You Remember - The Renault Dauphine Minicabs

  • Lancaster Insurance Services |
  • 24th April, 2019

The Renault Dauphine was not the first minicab to operate in the UK, for that honour goes to the Ford Anglia 105Es used by Carline Cabs, but they almost certainly enjoyed the highest profile.

Lancaster Insurance Breakdown Cover

  • Lancaster Insurance Services |
  • 23rd April, 2019

We love hearing back from our customers and wanted to share the great feedback we’ve had from one of our valued customers, Mike Dean. Mike is a member of the Morris Minor Owners Club and insures his Morris Traveller with us.

Meet The Owner - David Brooks and his Ford Prefect 107E

  • Lancaster Insurance Services |
  • 18th April, 2019

When David Brooks takes his Ford Prefect 107E for a spin it inevitably attracts a great deal of attention – ‘it’s amazing the interest it gets. Quite often it’ is “my Dad had one” or “my Grandad had one”’.

Meet The Owner - Sam Spinks and his 1960 Austin "Seven" Mini

  • Lancaster Insurance Services |
  • 17th April, 2019

Mr. Sam Spinks often finds that his 1960-vintage classic is a frequent cause of confusion for members of the public – ‘they go “ah, look it's a Mini and then they walk to the back and see the “Seven” and then start to question “is it a Mini?”’.

Easter 2019 Opening Hours

  • Lancaster Insurance Services |
  • 16th April, 2019

Lancaster Insurance would like to wish you and your families a Happy Easter. Our opening times will be slightly different over the Easter weekend, please click here to view.

Lancaster Insurance gears up for Tatton Park classic car shows

  • Lancaster Insurance Services |
  • 16th April, 2019

Lancaster Insurance is thrilled to be reinforcing its commitment to the industry by supporting three classic car events at Tatton Park this year as headline sponsor.

50 Years Of The Mini Clubman

  • Lancaster Insurance Services |
  • 12th April, 2019

2019 is a year of so many automotive anniversaries, including 50 years of a Mini variant that practically defined the formative years of anyone who grew up in the 1970s.

Do You Remember - The Peugeot 204 and 304?

  • Lancaster Insurance Services |
  • 11th April, 2019

Today, if you ask the average classic enthusiast to name a FWD Peugeot with a three-digit number commencing with “2”, the odds are he or she will name the 205.

Meet The Owner - Charlie Wakeford-Mahy and His Vauxhall Chevette E

  • Lancaster Insurance Services |
  • 11th April, 2019

From time to time you might encounter a once popular family car that prompts the question ‘when did I last see one of those?’.

Cars That Changed History - The Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing

  • Lancaster Insurance Services |
  • 11th April, 2019

Picture the scene – it is 1955, and you are travelling westwards along the A36 in your Standard Vanguard Phase for a Sunday afternoon in the New Forest.

50 Years of The Bedford CF

  • Lancaster Insurance Services |
  • 5th April, 2019

This year is, as any classic enthusiast knows, one packed to the gunnels with significant motoring anniversaries, including 50 years one of Britain’s most familiar vehicles.

Carrying On - With The London Vintage Taxi Association

  • Lancaster Insurance Services |
  • 4th April, 2019

On Sunday 31st March, Windsor was visited by an icon of British cinema. To a casual observer, the Austin 12/4 Low-Loader with Strachan coachwork was a wonderfully preserved example of the sort of taxi that you so often see in newsreels of London.

Meet The Owner - Elliot Dunn and "Black Bess"

  • Lancaster Insurance Services |
  • 4th April, 2019

This is the tale of a rather significant Vauxhall Wyvern, one that goes by the name of “Black Bess”.