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 PC SHOW • Where Matt and his team just built himself a little car

PC Resto show is 10! • Our show notches up a decade as 26,912 come through the doors

RUSTIVAL ROARS • Sell-out debut for YouTuber’s celebration

Herbert’s office move • Austin’s workplace goes on display alongside Morris’s at BMM

NEWS IN BRIEF...

BLUEBIRD COMES HOME • Engineers assemble to bring iconic craft back to life after legal dispute

Saving the North East Restoration Club • Classic car charity in crisis needs our help

Great temptations • The latest and greatest new releases for both you and your cherished classic…

Back on track for 2024 • Donington Historic promises excitement aplenty

Where to go this weekend...

MEMORY LANE • Coastal Hants, and cars from over the Channel

TAKE THE HIGH ROAD • The PC team attack the loftiest lane in the UK and have the drive of their lives

YOUR SHOUT

SLOW LANE, RIGHT ENOUGH

I’M OK WITH ‘OLD MAN’

Got a classic car stereo?

YOUR CROSSWORD

BACK IN FOCUS

Honestly, what’s the rush…?

The fuel story

Best small family car of 1988?

I THINK YOU'LL FIND...

Ally Pally MGA is still out there

A HIGHLAND FLING

More exemption, please

LEAVE EXEMPTION ALONE

Got a front-hinged bonnet?

LEYLAND DOWN UNDER

YOUR CARS • The classics you love, drive and restore

SPOTTED

‘Shed to church in six weeks’ • Gordon Corrieri got his Golf back on the road in quick time, ready for a special day!

‘We simply can’t lose this one’ • Decayed roof surely can’t mean the end for a unique club

‘It turned out that there was nothing to be afraid of’ • John takes some brave pills and gets stuck in…

‘Don’t blow a gasket over electric classics’ • Offer EV adopters an olive branch, urges Charlotte

RUST IN PEACE • We’re off to the USA to see what’s lurking in the undergrowth

FASTER, CHEAPER! • The Ferrari Testarossa is 40, so we are having a birthday party without it

MARKETPLACE • Classic values & essential buying advice

TRIUMPH TR7 • The TR7 has come of age. It’s the Triumph to buy right now, suggests James Walshe

THE SPICE OF LIFE • Classics come in all shapes and sizes – we choose a variety of them

BUYING FEATURE

Modern World

FORD SIERRA RS COSWORTH • 1986 -1992 James Walshe explains why Cossies aren’t just for hooligans

Pandamonium! • Danny’s newly arrived hot-ish hatch is the very definition of Noughties Italian fun

‘Take a deep breath and make a list’

Fleet survey • Kettle on... time for some tall tales from the PC workshop

Smart move! • James’s office is ever y where now – even Normandy

Wagons roll • Wheels on, it's time for a date with the paint shop

ASK OUR EXPERTS

How to touch up your classic • Rich March demonstrates how to repair ugly stone chips

Basics of electrical safety • You might not work on your classic's wiring – but you need to be aware of it, says Ed

My fuel...