Classics World

Each issue is packed with the best down-to-earth advice, useful specialist information and news based on realistically priced classic cars, which will inspire you to buy, repair and restore your own classic cars. Please note: This digital version of the magazine does not currently include the covermount items or content you would find on printed newsstand copies

Classics World

Editorial

THE RESTORATION SHOW • Rusty wrecks and long-term projects share the limelight with gleaming cars in perfect condition at the Practical Classics Classic Car and Restoration Show.

AUSTIN AND MORRIS AT WORK

PRODUCTS

MOTORING EXPERIENCES FROM THE 1950s AND 1960s

MEMORIES OF A POSTGRAD CAR ENTHUSIAST 1967-1972

A MINI MYSTERY SOLVED!

MY MOTORING MEMORIES

OUR PRINCESS MEMORIES

IAIN AYRE PEOPLE'S MOSQUITO

PHIL WHITE THE WRITE STUFF

ROBIN FLETCHER SHORT BACK AND SIDES

A MOMENT IN TIME • This 1957 Austin A35 has seen a few changes over the years, but it is now settled into its original persona and likely to stay that way for some time to come.

FIVE ALIVE • John Metcalfe’s 1981 Cortina Ghia is a rare example of a classic car that looked worse than it was when he began restoring it, but it still took him a lot of time and effort.

PEOPLE AND PLACES COUNTY CLASSICS MUSEUM • Against the odds, Taunton’s all-new attraction opened to the public late last November. We pay it a visit, and find a cornucopia of motoring treasures.

FIRST AND LAST • What you see here is the first Triumph model to be built under Standard ownership, and the last to carry the Triumph name before it was laid to rest by Austin Rover. They top and tail the post-war era, and could really not be more different – so naturally we thought it would be a good idea to bring them together for a road test with a difference!

Preparations for the spring

Hjalpe mig!

One gets better and one gets worse

Lowlight Tourer progress

Banishing the misfire at long last

MORRIS TRAVELLER PROJECT • This month Peter Simpson looks at stopping the driver’s door from flying open, and also adds some much-needed soundproofing.

FIAT 500 • A complex repair is completed on the nearside front of the Fiat’s cabin, but it has taken some serious investment in new tools and equipment!

PROJECT VW JETTA GTI • After discovering we had no fuel getting to the injectors, Will Holman overhauls the fuel pump assembly with a new pump, filter and hoses.

The Swirl Pot

MG T-TYPE • The T-Type was born into troubled times at MG, and when it was first unveiled in 1936, few could have predicted the phenomenal success it would bring to the marque. Much sought-after today on the classic scene, T-Type prices have risen steadily in recent years before levelling off, so now more than ever it pays to do your homework carefully before buying.

YOU MIGHT ALSO CONSIDER… • Classics World editor Simon Goldsworthy and Senior Operations Manager at Lancaster Andrew Evanson each choose one car that they would recommend as an alternative.

HAVING THE LAST LAUGH • The Cavalier was exactly the car that Vauxhall needed to turn its fortunes around in the 1970s and through the 1980s, pushing the company up the sales charts and establishing a superb reputation for itself.

THE COVER STARS • This issue we pick a random mix of brochures from through the decades. It certainly makes you wish for a time machine!

The TRUTH about… the Gordon Keeble. • Fast, spacious, high quality and beautiful – why was such a wonderful car such a commercial failure?

FUTURE Classics • Welcome to the section of the magazine that focuses on cars from the 1990s and 2000s, cars which are often accepted as classics already, or which...