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Car & Home Insurance Cover from Lancaster

29/1/2021

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Up to 25% off your classic car insurance

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Classic Car Cover

Lancaster Car Club Manager Dave Youngs says:

"Lancaster offers up to 25% discount for club members and can arrange a whole range of policy extras that you'd expect such as agreed value and breakdown cover. We aim to take a realistic view when it comes to modifications, so do give us a try. We welcome feedback - good or bad - to help us to develop the scheme going forward."

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Quote discount code CLUB15 for an additional £15 discount on any new policy with Lancaster

Modern Car cover

We can beat your everyday car insurance quote

If you insure your classic vehicle with us, and providing you fit the scheme criteria, we guarantee to beat your renewal price for your modern daily driver, whether that is from your current provider or a competitor. This means you can enjoy the benefit of having your classic and your modern daily driver under one roof.

Our insurer panel understand your passion for motoring and the care and dedication you put into your classic car and keeping it safe and as such have made this pledge to our classic car insurance customers.
With many of us spending more time in our everyday cars, ensure they have the right cover in place too. Speak to the team today on 01480 400 903 and challenge us to beat your renewal price.

Call 01480 400903

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Quote discount code CLUB15 for an additional £15 discount on any new policy with Lancaster

Home Insurance Cover

Home truly is where the heart is and as we have been spending more time than ever at home this year, it’s as important as ever to make sure it is properly protected!

At Lancaster, the insurance policies we can arrange for Buildings and Contents mean you can be safe in the knowledge that your home and belongings are covered.

All risks are considered and policy benefits may include; buildings cover up to £1m, contents cover up to £100,000, alternative accommodation cover as well as accidental damage cover, bicycle cover and cover for your
possessions whilst away from the home*.

To find out more information and see how we can help you, call the team today on 01480 400903 or visit www.lancasterinsurance.co.uk
*Policy benefits, features and discounts offered may vary between insurance schemes or cover selected and are subject to underwriting criteria. An additional charge may be payable.

Call 01480 400903

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Quote discount code CLUB15 for an additional £15 discount on any new policy with Lancaster

If you do try us for a quote, please use the bespoke telephone number 01480 400903 and let us know that the introduction has come from the club.

We make a payment to the club for each and every policy sold as a result of their introduction which helps keep the club going. I'll stick my head round the door every now and again and pick up any queries that crop up. If you'd like for me to arrange a callback for a quote then i'm happy to sort it - I can be contacted by email dave.youngs@lancasterinsurance.co.uk"

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Enthusiasts Grille Badge Update

17/1/2021

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One of our all-time best-sellers, the Enthusiasts Grille Badge is now held in stock & available for immediate despatch.

New for 2021
For the first time, we can now include on request a stainless steel badge bar clip with fixing screws.

Our Grille badges are a bit special, being manufactured by a West Midlands-based company with 35 years’ experience. Each badge is handmade and finished, the body is steel. After being cut out they are stamped with the logo designed by our own Gar Cole in 2017. The red, blue and white enamel paint is added by hand, then after heat treatment in the furnace they are plated with rose gold. Each badge is then polished using a finishing wheel.

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Modern car and Home insurance

14/1/2021

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New offers from our sponsors, Lancaster Insurance.

Modern car insurance for existing clients

We can beat your everyday car insurance quote

If you insure your classic vehicle with us, and providing you fit the scheme criteria, we guarantee to beat your renewal price for your modern daily driver, whether that is from your current provider or a competitor. This means you can enjoy the benefit of having your classic and your modern daily driver under one roof. Our insurer panel understand your passion for motoring and the care and dedication you put into your classic car and keeping it safe and as such have made this pledge to our classic car insurance customers.

With many of us spending more time in our everyday cars, ensure they have the right cover in place too. Speak to the team today on 01480 400 903 and challenge us to beat your renewal price.

Home insurance

Home truly is where the heart is and as we have been spending more time than ever at home this year, it’s as important as ever to make sure it is properly protected!
At Lancaster, the insurance policies we can arrange for Buildings and Contents mean you can be safe in the knowledge that your home and belongings are covered. All risks are considered and policy benefits may include; buildings cover up to £1m, contents cover up to £100,000, alternative accommodation cover as well as accidental damage cover, bicycle cover and cover for your
possessions whilst away from the home*.

To find out more information and see how we can help you, call the team today on 01480 400903 or visit www.lancasterinsurance.co.uk

*Policy benefits, features and discounts offered may vary between insurance schemes or cover selected and are subject to underwriting criteria. An additional charge may be payable.

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Group Shop Reopens

5/1/2021

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We are pleased to let you know we have today reopened our online shop. A great range of merchandise is available from stock and can be seen here.

Regarding deliveries, Royal Mail advises that both UK Domestic and international mail services have resumed and are operational although for the duration of pandemic restrictions some additional delays on top of usual delivery times are to be expected.

Today's Royal Mail status update:

Tuesday 5 January 2021.
Deliveries and collections should take place across the UK today.
Royal Mail is working hard to deliver the most comprehensive and high quality service we can to all our customers, large and small. The combination of greatly increased uptake of online shopping, and the ongoing COVID restrictions, mean that all delivery companies are experiencing exceptionally high volumes.
Every single parcel and letter is important to us. Despite our best efforts and significant investment in extra resource, some customers may experience slightly longer delivery timescales than our usual service standards. This is due to the exceptionally high volumes we are seeing, exacerbated by the coronavirus-related measures we have put in place in local mail centres and delivery offices to keep our people and customers safe. In such cases, we always work hard to get back to providing our usual level of service as quickly as we can. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

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RIP John H Page

4/1/2021

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Written by Gar Cole.

On behalf of the Admin team I'd like to offer our condolences to the family of long-time member John H Page. John sadly passed away over the Christmas period; he was a lovely chap and very knowledgeable about cars , especially his beloved Rover P4 that he called SBO.

Whilst not lucky enough to have met him I did share many an online laugh with him. John was blessed with a very dry sense of humour peculiar to his generation; for example he posted the picture below of himself one time with the caption ' I'm sure you would all prefer Pamela Anderson, well you'll have to make do with me '

It obviously struck a chord with everyone as the photo received over 600 'likes' and went on to be the most popular post of the year. John expressed his surprise by saying ' I never thought I'd be a pin up at my age '

SBO like all long-term owned classics became part of John's family life, most recently taking his granddaughter to her Prom. Our thoughts are with his wife Carol who he always affectionately referred to as ' she who must be obeyed', his son Andy and the rest of his family, we will miss John but we wont forget him.

A last word from the man

We will give John himself the last word with just a few of his posts in the group over the past year or so. They reflect what mattered most to him - first and foremost his family and of course his lovely Rover, SBO.
Rest In Peace, John.

Got fed up with lockdown today so I took SBO for a spin down a few country lanes. The car had been sitting in the garage since lockdown started but apart from turning over more times than usual she soon settled down to that lovely Rover burble. Had the drive and came back home. The only problem it had was the oil warning light flickering on and off on tick tickover slight adjustment to the tickover speed and it was cured. Let's hope that this lockdown doesn't last much longer. I don't like Rover withdrawal symptoms.

Right then, pin back your lug holes matey peeps.
You have 3 guesses at the next question.
Which dozey plonker put 17 ltrs of of BPs finest diesel fuel in his Rover P4 this afternoon?
Go on, have a guess.

That's SBO all ready for granddaughter number two and her prom tomorrow.

SBO will be celebrating it's 60th birthday on Sunday. Better condition than I am.

Finally got SPO back from the bodyshop. Now has a front wing with no rust in it. All the knocks and dings that old cars pick up over the years have now disappeared. The doors now shut without having to slam them. She almost looks as if she has had a respray. Expensive but well worth it.

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Richard Edmonds 2021 Auctions

3/1/2021

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A message from Richard Edmonds Auctions.

Happy New Year!

We wish you an abundance of blessings this year and success in your collecting.
In terms of sale planning, we're taking each quarter as it comes and so have the following sales diarised for this quarter:

Classic and Vintage Motorcycles: 27th February
Petroliana and Automobilia: 6th March
Vintage and Classic Cars and Spares: 27th March

If you can't wait until then then please take a look at our other saleroom www.chippenhamauctionrooms.co.uk where we're holding an enamel signs and early advertising sale at the end of the month.

Venues and timings tba nearer the time plus any Covid rulings of the time and how we'll be applying them to the sales. We're ploughing ahead and will hold all these sales and will endeavour to ensure the lots can reach you if we're not able to see you in person. We'll also be offering video viewings and whatever is needed to reach as many of you as we can and bring back that auction experience you're used to.

If you're not already, do follow our Instagram or Facebook pages as these are so easy to update and so are the first place we head to when we've items to showcase.

Hoping to see some of you in person this year, it's really part of the whole collecting experience! Back in the office tomorrow, do call us if you have any items you're considering entering for the sales.

All the best
The Edmonds' and team

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Members cars of the month - January

2/1/2021

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Here are the 2021 calendar members' cars of the month for January

Chris Reader - 1967 Austin Mini Super de Luxe
Graeme Fish - 1966 Ford Cortina 1500 Super
Paul Girling - 1966 Triumph Herald 2000
Boonhwee Looi - 1966 Riley Elf MKII

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Happy New Year!

1/1/2021

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The Admin team wishes all our members a very happy New Year with hopefully a return to a full but safe and enjoyable classic car events calendar. The official group events already lined up are shown below.

Confirmed Official Group Events

This summary of all currently confirmed future group events is updated on a monthly basis. Click on an image for details of an event. Only available to members of, "Enthusiasts of British Motor Vehicles Built Before 1985".