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 CLUB • Where the chaps are getting wet, but don’t mind a bit!
Time to have your say
PC projects ruined • Readers step in to make something good come from it
Classic Car Charity Tours
Great temptations
Diamond Daimlers gather in Sussex
MEMORY LANE
FIRST CAR FACE - OFF
YOUR FIRST CARS • Some are long gone now, but they’ll never be forgotten
THE PEOPLE’S ASTON • Danny celebrates 30 years of the DB7 with a drive back in time
Well… it is 90! • Ian Tisdale’s ‘Heckmotor’ was made in 1934, so every day is an adventure
YOUR SHOUT • Classic emails, letters, tweets, posts & threads
YOUR CROSSWORD
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YOU Cars • The classics you love, drive and restore
DAD'S CARS • Dad’s classics – YouTubers special
SPOTTED
OUT OF THE DEEP • Having gone from waterlogged, rat-infested wreck to B-road king, this plucky little Clan Crusader is a real survivor…
‘I restored little and large TR4s’ • When Nigel Moss finished his project Triumph, he built another for his grandchildren
You went where?! • Five cars, five inspirational trips, ten horizon-busting pages
‘The Seventies are still part of our daily lives’ • Time has cer tainly moved on as far as Nick is concerned
‘The magazine is a club’s key communication tool’ • John explains his new role in the editor’s chair…
‘Dad, it's over to you this Father's Day’ • Charlotte's dad, Steve, shares his story…
RUST IN PEACE • Just look what Maggie Love has found for us in South Africa!
21st CENTURY TOYS • The hot hatch story didn’t end in the Nineties, and here’s the proof
MARKETPLACE
Lakeland Motor Museum • Curator Chris celebrates 30 years at one of the best UK’s museums
WHAT I BOUGHT THIS MONTH…
Vauxhall Cavalier MkI • They’re hard to find these days – but it’ll be worth the search, says James Walshe
PULLING POWER • But which of these front-drive heroes is coming home with us?
BUYING FEATURE
Modern World
LANCIA DELTA INTEGRALE • Legendary motor that dominated from the start
115 LEFT ON UK ROADS • Once on every corner, now seldom seen
CLEVER MONEY CARS
ALFA ROMEO 156 • It has style like no other – yet look how little it costs! James Walshe explains how to land a beautiful bargain
‘The A4 is 30. Let that sink in…’ • Danny celebrates Audi’s staple with a base model that is a father and son special
‘It was so good that I was tempted to keep it myself’
Spanner Montana • Danny’s MX-5 Montana, 147 and Mondeo get some love
Return to the lake
Take to the track • Matt heads to Curborough for some pre-season testing
Boostie Boy
Making an impact
Skye strips off
A top ten hit
ASK OUR EXPERTS
Refurbish MacPherson struts • Ed shows you how to strip and reassemble this suspension component
Fuel system fettling • Ed Hughes shows you the oftenoverlooked secret of asuccessful classic relaunch
BMC/ Leyland Mini • We show...