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 Monthly
Editorial
RESTO SHOW RETURNS • Barn finds and restoration projects take pride of place at Birmingham's NEC
THE ROOTES ARCHIVE CENTRE LAUNCHES ROOTES HERITAGE DAY
BEAULIEU SPRING AUTOJUMBLE
TV AD REUNITES THIS VAUXHALL CADET WITH AN OLD FRIEND
WELCOME TO THE SOUTH WEST 660!
PEEL OFF THE READIES
IT'S TIME TO POLISH YOUR PROTON…
CLASSICS WHEELS
THE MASERATI BOOMERANG HITS 50
PRODUCTS • DO YOU HAVE A PRODUCT OR SERVICE YOU’D LIKE FELLOW CLASSIC CAR ENTHUSIASTS TO KNOW ABOUT? GET IN TOUCH BY EMAILING: CLASSICS.ED@KELSEY.CO.UK
LETTERS
IAIN AYRE PART OF THE FAMILY
ROD KER A HA'PORTH OF TAR
PHIL WHITE THE LUST FOR LIFE
FIVE ALIVE! • The Austin A90 Atlantic prototype no.5 was shipped to Australia in 1949 to fill a gaping hole at the Melbourne International Motor Show. Seven decades on, it is still there and looks better than ever.
A VERY SPECIAL BGT • There were not many special editions in the MGB's long life, but this vision in green and gold was designed with just 750 examples in mind to celebrate a Golden Jubilee for the marque.
THE ULTIMATE RARITY? • Budget models rarely survive in significant numbers, not least because few owners were willing or able to invest money in maintenance and repair. Ian Macaulay's Yugo 513 has beaten the odds though, and is believed to be one of only two survivors in the UK.
10 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT… THE JAGUAR E-TYPE • Jaguar’s awesome E-type has been a darling of the classic car scene for decades, and its popularity shows no sign of waning. Here is our tribute as we dig out some of the more trivial details behind this icon of an era.
FORD CORTINA MK3 PROJECT PART 8 • We tackle the final – and by far the most complex – of the structural repairs required on our ex-South African Cortina, and as usual what starts out as a small hole soon grows into a large one!
The final hurdle?
The good and the bad
A ‘Heinz 57’ Triumph Stag
Troubleshooting with Steve Rothwell • Our helpful Q&A hotline may be able to solve your classic-related problems, so why not email us at classics.ed@kelsey.co.uk and we’ll do our best to help.
PROJECT PANDA • It is time to sign off on Project Panda, but having grown so fond of it over the past year that I shall be keeping it on the Goldsworthy fleet.
Pick a gear; any gear… • Our voyage of discovery begins as we investigate why the gear stick feels like it is stirring a bowl of porridge.
PROJECT ROVER 95 • Last issue we introduced our P4 project – a 1964 Rover 95 model that had been retro-fitted with overdrive from a Rover 110. This issue, we ask various experts to help us assess the car and start compiling a list of jobs to do.
KIT CAR CLASSICS • There has always been a gap between kit cars and classic cars, but what happens when older kit cars become classic cars in their own right? We reveal some of the industry’s more collectible offerings.
Gentry
Lotus Seven lookalikes
Marcos
Lomax and Citroën specials
Midas
Aristocat
GTM
Royale
Tifosi
JBA Falcon
Marlin
Beetle-based exotica
Popular kits of the past
BODY PREPARATION AND PAINT EQUIPMENT • Having looked at structural repairs in Part 4, our attention now turns to...