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 WORKSHOP • Where the team is rolling a Multipla in glitter…
The Maltese collection • Remarkable exotic stash unearthed from a garage on Mediterranean island
THE STASH IN 5 PICS
Starting HANDLE • Danny Hopkins breaks down in the middle of the death zone
Criminals turn to scamming • Craig falls victim to the nastiest classic crime yet
THIS MONTH WE LOVE...
DULL BUT IMPORTANT • AoHE’s new sustainable skills initiative set for launch
MONTH IN 5 PICTURES • Classic goings on this month...
Back to the future • Demand for Eighties and Nineties cars grows
EU EXIT IMPACT • The classic motor industry and Brexit…
NEWS IN BRIEF…
PC Show is still go! • June 2021 event will be worth the wait
BIG, AND GETTING EVEN BIGGER! • We’re good for the planet, too
The temptatipn page • The best new kit on the market, ready to fill your workshop. Get geared up for that winter project!
BOOKSHELF
CLUBS EVENTS
SECRET MEETS
Have a good old Ogle at this…
MEMORY LANE • A quartet of MGs return to where they were born
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN 1967?
Real racing PEDIGREE • The most extraordinary story of survival. How a father and son gave a dead cat another life
Here’s how they did it
WHAT’S IT LIKE TO DRIVE
A CUP OF TEA WITH... DAVID SADDINGTON • Now retired from a senior design role at JLR, it’s the humble Rover R3 that remains favourite for one of the UK’s car design visionaries
YOUR SHOUT • Classic emails, letters, tweets, posts & threads
Quick posts
YOUR CROSSWORD
I THINK YOU’LL FIND…
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YOUR CARS • The classics you love, drive and restore
SPOTTED • Older cars in everyday use
NICK LARKIN • Nick recalls the golden days of diecast models
JOHN SIMISTER • John explains how humble cars become classics
THEODORE J. GILLAM • My weapons-grade imagination, confesses Theo
RUST IN PEACE • Your barn finds and driveway discoveries
STYLE OVER SUBSTANCE? • John Simister assesses four extraordinary cars that dared to be different and decides if the initial shock leaves a long-lasting awe…
GRIDLOCK DISCO • Team PC’s Christmas party... at the world’s most enjoyable traffic jam
LAP LAND EVOLUTION • Lapland Evo - PC talks to Stuart Pringle, MD.
MARKETPLACE • Classic values & essential buying advice
FANCY A PUNT?
Auction Guide • Information is correct at time of going to press
PRACTICALLY CLASSIC • Emerging classic at bottom of its price curve
TRENDING AND ENDING? • What’s hot and what’s not in the market
If l had the money… • Russ Smith’s pick of cars offered through ClassicCarsForSale
FCA • Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Invites us to look round its extraordinary workshop
WHAT I BOUGHT THIS MONTH... • DANNY HOPKINS 2003 FIAT MULTIPLA 115 SX JTD
BUYER’S BRIEF MG RV8 • How to buy the exclusive and luxurious reborn MGB
CHAT WITH AN MG RV8 OWNER • Lee Rose tells us...