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Getting Started With Classic Cars – Setting Out

Interest in classic cars has never been higher and the classic car scene has never been more exciting, diverse, and busy with a whole plethora of events and tours on offer. It’s a great community to be a part of and the reasons why you might want to dip...

Borrow a classic car for a year with the Classic Car Loan Project

The classic car loan project has a noble aim. Its mission is to encourage future generations of classic car enthusiasts, by giving younger drivers the opportunity to ‘borrow’ a classic car to use for a year. Sounds amazing right? Well, it really is and here at Peter James Insurance...

Queen Elizabeth II’s 1953 Land Rover Series 1 for Sale

This weekend, Silverstone Auctions have another royal vehicle in their sale – Queen Elizabeth II’s 1953 Land Rover Series 1.  The most recent Royal car sold by Silverstone Auctions was Princess Diana’s black Ford Escort RS Turbo which made a world record price of £730,000. This royal 4×4 was...

MG and Triumph Spares Day – The 2023 Return!

The long-standing MG and Triumph Spares Day event has been the season opener in the calendar for MG and Triumph enthusiasts for more than two decades and on 12th February 2023 made a welcome return after three years. The vibrant spares stalls, autojumble, tool specialists, club displays and packed...

The story of the Austin 7 – the little car that hooked Britain on motoring

Every country has its cars of the people – the first models that really got the populous moving. For America it was the Model T, Germany the Beetle, Italy the Cinquecento… the list goes on and on. Here, in good ol’ Blighty, our proletariat popped to the next parish...

Why do I need Classic Car Insurance or Classic Bike Insurance?

Do you cherish your classic car? Treasure your classic motorcycle? Then treat it to a classic car insurance or classic bike insurance policy! We could sit here and debate what makes a classic vehicle, err classic until your policy is due to renew next year, but whatever policy yardsticks your...

The mighty MGB – the sports car for everyone

In 2022, the mighty MGB celebrated its 60th birthday. It was not only MG’s highest selling model, but one of the highest selling sports cars of all time. It continued the MG legacy for building ‘sports cars for the people’ as the Abingdon based company continued to democratise the...

Christmas 2022 Opening Hours

Please see below for our Christmas 2022 opening hours at Peter James Insurance. We hope you enjoy the festive season, and we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Friday 23rd December: 09:00 – 15:30 Monday 26th December: Closed Tuesday 27th December: Closed Wednesday 28th December: 09:00 – 17:00...

Peter James Insurance announces exclusive partnership with the Jaguar Enthusiasts’ Club at the NEC Classic Motor Show

Following our launch of a suite of new insurance initiatives aimed specifically at classic vehicle clubs and their members earlier this year, we announced a new and exclusive partnership with the Jaguar Enthusiasts Club at the NEC Classic Motor Show. We’re well known for the provision of specialist classic...

Top 10 things to see at the Classic Motor Show

Here’s our pick of the top 10 things to see at the Classic Motor Show, taking place this weekend (from the 11th – 13th November) at the NEC in Birmingham. 1. FBHVC Village Green The Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs works to ensure that yesterday’s vehicles have a...