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CELEBRATING 70 YEARS!

Classic American

KINGSTOWN SHIPPING CAR OF THE YEAR, HEAT FIVE

Wildest Cats In Town 21st Reunion!

EVENT REPORT • 2023 BEAULIEU INTERNATIONAL AUTOJUMBLEBeaulieu, Hampshire September 2-3, 2023

IS THIS SOUTH AFRICAN CORVETTE THE RAREST IN THE WORLD?

PRINCELY PACKARD • John Bath discovers a rare Packard from India during the recent Salon Privé Concours at Blenheim Palace…

OBITUARY: BOB RIGGLE 1935-2023 • Mike Renaut remembers drag racer Bob Riggle, pilot of the legendary Hemi Under Glass Plymouth Barracuda wheelstander.

Blast from the Past? • Ford’s Godzilla V8 is a throwback concept with modern technology

Templeton Saturn • What in the heavens is this out-of-space looking vehicle? Why, the Templeton Saturn of course. Never heard of it? Richard Heseltine reveals all…

Mail • Email us at: email@classic-american.com or write to: Classic American magazine, PO Box 99, Horncastle, Lincs LN9 6LZ

1962 Corvette Flower of SCOTLAND • This 4000-mile ’62 Corvette is a remarkable survivor: despite being 61 years old, it looked virtually brand new when we went to see it on the banks of Loch Lomond…

CLASSIC AMERICAN PEOPLE Dave MacDonald ‘00’ Corvette Recreation • Dave MacDonald was a young American race car driver who shot to prominence and stardom in the early Sixties, racing Corvettes and then Cobras for Carroll Shelby.

Red Letter Day • Mick Greaves’s story of an early car passion being shelved for family life will be a familiar one to many on the classic American car scene; but as is so often the case, it had a happy ending when the perfect dream of a little red Corvette C3 entered his life…

MID-ENGINE MUSCLE • A radical departure from its predecessors, the C8 represents a new chapter for America’s original sports car, as our man in North America, Huw Evans discovers…

Head Honcho • Vigilante 4x4’s Historical Restoration Division JeepHeritage unveils an Eighties-era Jeep with plenty of attitude – we take a closer look…

HOT ROD HUDSON • From the outside, the Hudson Hornet was elegant and unassuming – but on a race track it was virtually unbeatable. Ultimately developed to produce 210bhp, this ultra-rare 1954 Special coupe is exactly what’s meant by the phrase ‘factory hot rod’, as Zack Stiling finds out…

Corvette Dreams 1953-1963 • Editor Ben Klemenzson reflects on the first dreamy decade in the world of Corvette advertising and marketing, where everyone was young, rich and beautiful (a bit like Salford then…)

EVENT REPORT

CLASSIC AMERICAN TRAVEL American classics at the Rahmi M. Koç Museum • Going on holiday to Turkey? You might be surprised to learn that Istanbul is home to a museum with one of the region’s largest collections of American classic cars…

Classic American Reviews

BLUE PAGES • Shows highlighted in white are Car of the Year events

Scale autos

Will Shiers' DISCOVERIES • Our intrepid salvage yard explorer brings you junkyard jewels from across North America.

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