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.

WELCOΜΕ ΤΟ THE HIGHLANDS

A classic New Year • 2024 off to a great start with packed shows and smiling faces

Longbridge MGs saved • BMM set to display historic MGs, formerly stored at factory site

£8.50 off with this mag! • Plus a free cuppa! Get yourself down to Ambergate before March 31

CHARITY HEROES

Great temptations

CLUBS EVENTS

MEMORY LANE

THE PC200 West Highland Slingshot • The team heads north in search of great roads, great scenery and a great new route

THE ITALIAN JOB

YOUR SHOUT

YOUR CARS

SPOTTED

MINI MIRACLE • Past saving? Probably, but that didn’t stop Daniel Rooney reviving it to as-new condition

WHAT'S IT LIKE TO DRIVE

NEW YEAR, NEW DRIVE • Get the most from your love of real-world classics with a Practical Classics subscription

‘This is for mum and dad’ • Martin Travis’s mum couldn’t bear to part with his late dad’s car, so he restored it for her

‘There’ll be some great classic times to enjoy’ • Nick embraces 2024 and the many things to celebrate

‘They deprive you of responsibility for yourself’ • John on foregoing sat-navs for a proper map!

‘I worry about what could happen to FSK’ • Charlotte finds hope contemplating the worst

RUST IN PEACE • Rusty discoveries from brambles and barns around the world

MARKETPLACE

Morethanpolish Ltd • Specialists with a great variety of cleaning products and more besides

MERCEDES-BENZ SEC • James Walshe explains why you want this most opulent of Mercedes grand tourers

CHAT WITH AN SEC OWNER • Richard Mason tells us about his 1990 560SEC

TOP CLASS COUPÉS • Bargains no more for the best, but you can still get projects for peanuts. So, which keys would you be grabbing?

Modern World

MASERATI BI-TURBO

MASERATI 3200 GT • James Walshe jumps into the exotic world of this captivating Italian GT

‘Dad’s a Jag man again’ • His X350 lives to fight another day, but Danny’s old man has a svelte new saloon

‘The post-2001 MINIs are most excellent’

Time to get voting! • You choose the shor tlist for the UK’s only home resto competition

Montana movement • Danny and co get his Montana project motoring again

Northern frights • Crumbling metalwork stops play for James and his turbocharged Swede

Mini marvels • Little and of ten approach begins to pay dividends

Honda exhausted • Ian gets wife Kirsten’s Honda sor ted once and for all

Bit of a scrape • Kim goes back to basics with some underbody stripping /repainting

Bad petrol blues • Poor Gracie the Imp has her drink spiked, as Tim explains

ASK OUR EXPERTS • Tech solutions and real world tips

Headlamps and beams • An illuminating topic: bulbs and beams under the spotlight

SERVICE YOUR HEATER • Ed Hughes shows you how to stay mist-free and toasty this winter

Side-window and regulator repairs • Asideways look at cable-type window regulator renewal and adjustment

Use body filler correctly • Discover how to correctly use filler to...