Lancaster Insurance coverage’s annual automotive giveaway has grow to be a long-standing custom, with 2023’s prize – a 1970 Austin-Healey Sprite in fetching Bronze Yellow – handed over to its new proprietor at Lancaster’s Cambridgeshire headquarters on November 29.

The fortunate winner was Les from Ashbourne in Derbyshire. Les has been a basic automotive fan for a few years, having owned Mini Coopers, TVRs, an MGB and a Reliant Scimitar. He presently runs a Collection 3 Land Rover, which has now been joined by the Sprite.

“I get common newsletters from Lancaster, and someday it had the competitors entry field, so I ticked it, crammed every thing in then forgot all about it!” Les remembers. “Then I acquired an e mail out of the blue saying congratulations. I used to be gobsmacked. I by no means gained something like this earlier than!”

Lancaster’s Senior Operations Supervisor, Andrew Evanson, added: “It’s a fantastic automotive, and I’m actually happy to be handing it over to true fanatic.”

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