Lancaster Car Club Manager Dave Youngs says:
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"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

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. Quote discount code DISC15 for an additional £15 discount on any new policy with Lancaster

​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"

by Admin

We are accepting orders from now until Midnight Saturday 11 July - our order will then be placed with the manufacturer and we anticipate receiving the finished badges ready to despatch to you approximately 7-9 weeks after that, so around mid September - but hopefully sooner. 

by Richard Edmonds Auctions ​

Having not emailed for some weeks now we thought we'd like to get in touch and update you on how we are currently operating. We are still, sadly, online-only for our sales but are open to revising this on a daily basis! Any whiff of change from the government and we'll do an about-turn for any of our sales.

With regards to cars and bikes, we're incredibly frustrated as have the best entries we've ever had in both of these fields all lined up. Behind the scenes we've prepared these sales ready to press the button, but for both buyers and sellers, we're holding off, believing that these are purchases that are best advised to be seen. We now feel capable of offering in-the-room viewing by appointment but not bidding. We couldn't select a number of bidders, we're not elitist and opening to a first-come-first-in is grossly unfair to those that live afar (most of you!) So, we'll wait on these sales but please keep an eye on emails as we've a 1929 Alfa-Romeo 6C Supercharged with Zagato coachwork, several Veteran and Edwardian cars from a significant collection, over 60 motorcycles including a Vincent Black Shadow, a Manx Norton and so much more but that's, as we say, for some time soon.

On a very positive note, what on earth has happened to our Petroliana hobby/obsession since lockdown? Boom! Well, we're never in short supply and have some cracking lots lined up for the 11th July sale including a Power garage forecourt clock, the BP Winner pictured above, a pair of Shell lantern lightboxes, several rare globes, enamel signs... keep looking at Instagram and Facebook, we're not quiet about it!

​Our exciting news is that the Covid-19 delay in building our new premises has been lifted and things are underway. Last week the land was cleared, this week we've another architect's meeting and we'll be diverting you over there asap.

Please scrap the 2020 calendar issued in January we're staying flexible until lockdown is over. Please stay safe (obviously alert ;) ) and do call us if you have anything you're considering entering for auction. We'll not see you at Beaulieu this year sadly but do hope we'll meet again in person at auction very soon.
We'll post as soon as the catalogue is online. Do remember we will offer phone lines on all lots and bids can be left, online bidding is not the only choice.

Kindest regards from us all at Richard Edmonds Auctions

Group members Graham Adams and Sue Clamp invite everyone to join them on a tour they have planned and designed for the group.

Day 1 on Saturday the convoy will leave base camp www.haleshallcaravanandcampingpark.com based in Cheadle and head north onto the moorlands with a first coffee stop in Flash, the highest village in England. From Flash we head across country to the town of Buxton before heading towards Macclesfield on the Cat & Fiddle road. Lunch stop will be at the newly refurbished Cat & Fiddle Inn, recently reopened with it's own whiskey distillery, suitably fed and watered the tour will continue back towards the campsite stopping off at Oakamoor to give our cars a blast up the Speed Hill climb course located there.

Sunday's tour takes a gentle turn south to the National Memorial Arboretum, with time to explore this thought provoking place, from here onto the National Brewery Museum in Burton on Trent, this organised visit will allow us to park in the museums inner courtyard, sample the brews on offer , have lunch and check out their collection of vintage brewery vans and their beautiful Shire horses and carriages, returning to base camp around 4pm.

This tour is open to all members of this group and the Pre Millennial Motors group.

Base camp and start of the drive will be Brynowen holiday park near Aberystwyth. From here we take the scenic coastal route on the A465 to the Internal Fire museum of power, just outside of Cardigan at Tany Y Groes featuring huge diesel and steam engines from the industrial and maritime past. From the museum we will head inland passing through remote villages and towns such as Newcastle Emlyn as we meander north back towards our second stop of the day at Rheidol hydro electric power station. Set in stunning scenery the group will be allowed to park up and explore the reservoir and dam itself before going inside on a pre-arranged tour of the inner workings of the power station including the huge water turbines; hot and cold refreshments are available at the visitor centre.

From Admin

Group sponsors Lancaster Insurance are giving away a fabulous 1984 Ford Escort XR3i and YOU could be the new owner! Lancaster will be taking the Ford Escort XR3i around numerous shows this year where you can enter the free prize draw, alternatively – simply click on the button below, and fill out the entry form!

Everyone involved in putting the show together is extremely disappointed that the ultimate restoration experience will not be brought to the community this year. However, the health and well-being of our visitors, exhibitors, partners, contractors and staff is of the upmost importance. With the government’s roadmap suggesting that restrictions on movement will still be in place for some time, it is therefore the right decision for us to cease planning for an event of this size and importance in August.

We will now be putting all our efforts into delivering an extra special restoration show in 2021 and a fantastic meeting of the community for our flagship event, the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, with Discovery, in November. Clarion Events is working with other event organisers, venues and government to develop guidelines on how to deliver the best versions of our events while ensuring the health and safety of all involved. We will update you further on the measures we are putting in place in due course.

We really appreciate the ongoing support that so many clubs give to the show and it is with great regret that the current situation necessitates another change of plan. We look forwards to the time when we can enjoy our classics again without concern or disruption.

All car clubs which had stands confirmed for the March 2020 event will be offered space at the 2021 edition if they wish to attend.

We understand that it will be disappointing not to be viewing in person however we invite you to book live FaceTime or Zoom calls with us where we can show you the lots by video link. We've added many more photographs than usual for each lot which we hope will satisfy most of your questions.
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We have 650 lots for your perusal ranging from petrol pumps and globes, light boxes and clocks, over 100 enamel signs, a number of show cards, a huge array of rare and unusual tins and lots more.