Welcome to the forum.
I'm afraid you're going to have to bite the bullet and pay for the insurance. There are means and ways of legitimately keeping the premium down. Whatever you do, you must be 100% honest otherwise it WILL bite you on the arse if things go tits-up. When I first got my Astra just over 18 months ago, I was struggling to get a reasonable quote (even at my age - early 40s) because of my lack of no-claims (I'd been using my Triumphs daily on classic car insurance so the Astra was my first modern for quite a few years). It does get better over time. Try getting a few quotes from the various insurers. You should get a discount if you're a member of one of the Triumph clubs. There's plenty of us more than willing to offer useful advice so please ask away.
Good luck in your search.
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Toledo Man
West Yorkshire Area Organiser & forum moderator
Meetings take place on the first Wednesday of the month at 8.00pm at The Old Brickworks, Wakefield Road, Drighlington, Bradford, BD11 1EA
1972 Dolomite 1850 auto (NYE 751L - Now for sale)
2003 Volvo XC90 D5 SE (PX53 OVZ - The daily driver)
2009 Mercedes-Benz W204 C200 CDI Sport (BJ58 NCV - The 2nd car)
1991 Toyota Celica GT (J481 ONB - another project car)
Former stable of SAY 414M (1974 Toledo), GRH 244D (1966 1300fwd), CDB 324L (1973 1500fwd), GGN 573J (1971 1500fwd), DCP 625S (1977 Dolomite 1300) & LCG 367N (1975 Dolomite Sprint) plus 5 Acclaims and that's just the Triumphs!
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http://triumphtoledo.blogspot.com
My
YouTube Channel with a bit of Dolomite content.
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