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CARS KEEP MOVING DESPITE LOCKDOWN RESTRICTIONS • Major players reveal life in lockdown for the classic car market – and what it might mean for the remainder of the year and beyond
GOODWOOD PLANS DIGITAL SPECTACULAR
Organisers pencil in to start show season
Obituaries
Federation update
THE MAKINGS OF A CLASSIC • Rewinding 30 years to how a group of old cars set the historic racing wheels in motion at Silverstone
JAGUAR JIGSAW PUZZLE RESCUED
One-off mid-engined Mini awaits restoration
G26 SEEKS SALVATION
SAD MORRIS HEADS FOR CUSTOM REVAMP
CHEVY DUO UNEARTHED
History lesson for a handsome saloon
ROADSTER FINALLY HITS ROAD TO REVIVAL
‘Hurg’ project proves irresistible
RARE SURVIVOR TO BE REVIVED
Look familiar?
RUSSELL BROCKBANK • The illustrator who brought humour to the serious business of car magazines
Book of the month
Model of the month
SIGNED BY ‘THE BOY’
Tested this month
Mick WALSH • ‘Orosco talked Lance Reventlow’s brother into selling his Scarab, and searched out the crew to advise on the rebuild’
Simon TAYLOR • ‘Wal left his braking late and skated straight off the road, felling a couple of saplings and coming to rest against a tree’
Martin BUCKLEY • ‘Mower plays a cocksure type that only seemed to exist in the ’70s – a sort of human manifestation of a Mk1 Ford Capri’
Letter of the month
Pedant of the month
Comments & clarif ications
ACCEPTABLE IN THE’80s • It’s back in fashion today, but in the 1980s white was aniche choice for a new supercar. And few conjure the era more effectively than the Ferrari Te starossa, Lamborghini Countach and Porsche 911 turbo
LAMBORGHINI COUNTACH 5000 QV
PORSCHE 911 (930) TURBO
FERRARI TESTAROSSA
GOLDEN ERA OF THE SUPERCAR • In the wake of the Countach, Testarossa and 911 turbo came a host of supercars that captured the hearts of both buyers and children alike
KEEPING THE FAITH • The painstaking restoration of this Duesenberg turned a pile of parts into an award-winning Model SJ, giving both the car and its 92-year-old owner a new lease of life
FULL BLOODED ORANGE • For three decades, Jägermeister brought colour to the racing landscape – and many of the cars have returned home to the small collection of ’72 Stagpower
HOW JÄGERMEISTER AND ’RINGMEISTER STUCK
HIDDEN TREASURES • Paying a visit to one of Britain’s oldest motor clubs and the enviable collection it has quietly built
OPEN FOR BUSINESS • Gorgeous drop-tops such as the Frua-styled A6GCS helped turn Maserati into hot property as it made the life-saving shift from track to road
NEARLY TRACKS • Some of the UK’s top circuits started life as airfields, but there were many more that missed their calling
IS IN THE AIR • Headline power figures don’t mean much in this air-cooled collection: Citroën Ami 8 Break, Volkswagen Beetle and Honda N360
AIR-COOLED ALTERNATIVES
HONDA N360
CITROËN AMI 8
VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE
CIVIC CENTRE • When Honda built its own race track, it was the perfect place to site its fine Collection Hall
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