Laid Up Car Insurance For Cars That Are Not Roadworthy – Enthusiast
At Enthusiast Insurance it is common to hear from car owners wanting to insure their partially restored vehicle ‘once it’s finished’. Some are quite shocked to learn they can insure practically any vehicle, even dismantled and unpainted, so long as it’s properly stored and protected against storm or malicious damage. Enthusiast’s ‘Laid Up’ cover is […]
Insuring a Hot Rod or Street machine – Enthusiast
What do you do when older brothers or neighbours return from fighting a war in Europe and bring with them a nifty sports machine that makes your hand-me-down Model A look very old and sad? If you lived in late-1940s USA you lowered your Ford as far as the ancient chassis would allow, acquired a […]
Unique and Rare Cars in Australia – Enthusiast
Being a long way from anywhere turned Aussies into a resourceful bunch. We invented things that (at one time) we could sell to the world and produced cars to suit our own very specialised market. The early 20th Century saw Australia devise an often bizarre range of automotive designs, but as World War 1 ended […]
Should I Let Someone Drive Who Is Not Insured – Car Insurance From Enthusiast
Consider this. Just last week the car that has occupied every spare hour of your life for the past few years and most of a year’s salary finally acquired its registration plates. Today you’re headed off on a run that will include showing the finished product to a cousin who has been hankering for a […]
What is a Muscle Car – Car Insurance From Enthusiast
In Classic Vehicle terms a ‘muscle’ car was most likely built in the United States between 1964 and 1972. It would have been clad in a mid-size or even ‘compact’ body with the biggest V8 engine under its ‘hood’ that its manufacturer could sneak past the regulators. As a hint of what rumbled beneath, most […]
Cars from the 1980’s – Where Are They All – Car Insurance From Enthusiast
At Enthusiast we subscribe to a service that lists (almost) every passenger vehicle that has been officially sold in Australia since 1960. Among the earliest listings are a lot of familiar names; cars like the Holden EH, XR Fairmont, Jaguar XJ6, Mini Cooper S etc that you can rely on to appear at one or […]