I agree about Lucas Despite being (I believe) known as the Prince of Darkness in the States, I find their products to be of very good quality - far far better than some of the new equivalents you can get today, which last until you shut the garage door if you're lucky. If I'm looking for parts a Luc...

My insurance runs out later this month and I don't have a lot of confidence in the company I chose last time. My car is a Daimler 250, value about £20,000. Does anybody have any recommendations? Or general advice? At my age breakdown cover is desirable and we intend taking it at least as far as Fran...

David Manners to the rescue!

Couldn't get any sense from their website so I gave them a ring, spoke to a very helpful man and the problem was sorted in 2 minutes.

They had all the parts I needed on the shelf.

So if anyone's interested, my advice would be to skip the website and speak to a person.

Had my Daimler 250 checked out in good time for it's MOT and the drag link joints are worn. I've been looking for replacements and I'm getting confused. You can buy new pins & bushes (part no. C17099) but with warnings to 'make sure yours are the removable type before you buy' and people saying that...

Hello David.

Where is this section? I can't find it!

Don't be disheartened! I recently bought a 1968 model and despite looking over it the best I could when I got it home I found plenty of rust I had missed, which wasn't cheap to put right. It means that I have effectively paid over the odds for the car, but it's still my pride & joy. He gets admiring...