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 • Where the team celebrates charity heroes

Kop Hill climbs past a million • Hill climb event surpasses the magic £1m mark for local charities

CMS is back! • Seven halls, 3000 classics, 300 clubs, industry experts, and specialist traders

Starting HANDLE • James Walshe says classics should be for everyone

Morris Multivis CST SS 10W-40 £43.55 (5 litres)

NEWS IN 5 PICS • What’s happening this month?

A Great British Car ‘Job’ • Danny heads for Turin on The Italian Job with Richard’s Mini

NEWS IN BRIFF...

WORKER WORKS FOR SALE

‘I started in my dad’s workshop’ • Samantha Gill has dreams and plans for her two classic heroes

The Rust Bucket Rally • Carl’s TV lightbulb moment leads to an incredible £300k of donations in less than a decade

Charity HEROES • Craig Cheetham puts some miles behind him…

No half measures • MiniBar raises £5k for Race for Heroes

LANCASTER INSURANCE

Great temptations • The latest new kit to market for you and your cherished classic to enjoy…

A STAR PURCHASE

PLAY TIME!

NEC Classic Motor Show • All roads lead to Brum for season ending event

BRIGHTON BOUND • GOLDEN OLDIES TO HIT THE ROAD ONCE MORE

SAVING HISTORY

Where to go this weekend...

MEMORY LANE

YOUR SHOUT

YOUR CROSSWORD

'I made most of it myself' • Jeremy Evans’s 1948 CB Jowett Bradford Special is just that, truly special

Stealthy Spitfire • The need to do something different and a love of Ford’s fizzy Puma engine led Mathew Roberts to create this rowdy little roadster

‘She’s a TR6 for the 21st Century’ • 1970 Triumph TR6 Michael Cameron, Dullingham

‘One owner, one driver, one restorer… me!’ • 1968 Wolseley 1300 MkII Tony Cole, Chigwell Row

‘It really has been worth the wait’ • 1958 BMW 600 Ian Parris. Northampton

‘I sold my Fiat 500 to buy this’ • 2005 Ford Mustang Linda Barnes, Norfolk

Rapid Skoda! • 1989 Skoda Estelle 120L5 Mick Rayner, Lincolnshire

‘It makes people smile, especially me’ • 1969 Hillman Imp Super Kevin Nugent, Daventry

‘I work on Citroëns, but I love my Dodge’ • 1978 Dodge Monaco Wagon Eric Fantin, Minnesota

YOUR CARS

‘They are appreciated now’ • 1997 Nissan Micra Stuart Andrews, Northants

‘I bought the Mini for Joe as an X-box deterrent’ • 2005 Alfa Romeo 147 1.6 Twin Spark, 1993 Rover Mini Pete and Joe Bailey, Morecambe

SPOTTED

‘Pieces of history saved for future generations’ • Does anything match the joy of rescuing a classic?

‘It was the rebirth of a strand of auto-culture’ • John picks up a rather special modern classic

‘The burden of driver’s block’ • Forget what you know, follow what you feel…

RUST IN PEACE • This month, we bring you some Antipodean wonders and more

THE 2024 PRICE GUIDE • Every classic, every price - ready for your buying year ahead

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HONDA S2000

JAGUAR XJ8

TOYOTA MR2 MKI

WOLSELEY...