Practical Classics

Practical Classics magazine has a 30-year tradition of delivering the very best, hands-on classic car experiences to its readers. Every staff writer and contributor works on and restores their own classics. Each issue is packed with: * Rigorous buying advice * Real-world product tests * Inspirational classic driving features * Fascinating historical insight Practical Classics is also a campaigning title, taking the concerns of classic car owners to Parliament and keeping its readers' classics where they belong - on the road. So come and join PC in the workshop - the kettle's on.

WELCOME TO THE WORKSHOP

Iconic Allegro shots rescued • Former employee shares the prints he ‘rescued from a skip’

CLARKE 1.8 TONNE ALUMINIUM RACING TROLLEY JACK £239.98

TR25 – the Jabbeke tribute • First new TR for more than 40 years goes on display at Gaydon

Charity HOROES

Great temptations • Improve your classic or your workshop with these fourteen new releases

CLUBS EVENTS

MEMORY LANE

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK • The PC team rewinds a quarter of a century to mark some silver anniversary superstars

YOUR SHOUT

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YOUR CARS

SPOTTED

SOUTHERN BEAUTY • Max Willcox restored an Alfasud with all the passion and flair of Italy… in the heart of England

Isle of Capri • Manx resident Martin West restored his Ford Capri 2.8i and isn't afraid to use it

Jowett a journey through time • Danny Hopkins throws a Javelin north and lands in a record breaking 100th birthday celebration

‘Whatever happened to the car and humans’

‘Larger cars are now in the majority’

‘Listen to me, not the man with the mic’

RUST IN PEACE

MARKETPLACE

DOLOMITE SPRINT • The ultimate driving machine? This is definitely one of them, reckons James Walshe

FABULOUS FIFTIES • The PC writers choose their favourite Fifties classics

Modern World

VOLVO C30 2006-2013 • If ever there was a future classic, Volvo’s little Swede is one of them, says James Walshe

BANGERNOMICS

‘Long story short, the Focus was just brilliant’

New path found • Danny’s big Riley moves across the yard to new owners and a resto reset

The Smart of Zen • James marks 30 years of driving by trying to fix a car

They see me rollin' • At last, some meaningful progress on Matt's Seven

Undercover op • Nigel fits a new gearbox tunnel cover to the TR6

ASK OUR EXPERTS

Now winter is less unpleasant • Matt Tomkins fits a heated windscreen to his Landy

Buy and use a MIG welding set • How to choose a welding set and start repairing your classic

Spark plugs explained • The humble spark plug is essential to every petrol engine: Nigel Clark debunks the myths

The Singer Motor Club

NEXT ISSUE • Forty years since Fiat, Ford, Peugeot and Vauxhall launched their supermini battlewagons

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