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ISLE OF MAN FESTIVAL OF MOTORING 2023 AMERICAN EXTRAVAGANZA • Classic American checks out the Isle of Man Festival of Motoring 2023 American Extravaganza...

HAMPTON COURT CONCOURS OF ELEGANCE September 3 and 4, 2022 • Packard fan and Classic American contributor John Bath reports on a very exclusive gathering of Packards at the recent Hampton Court Concours of Elegance…

AUCTION WATCH HISTORICS, MERCEDES BENZ WORLD November 26, 2022 • Historics returns to Mercedes Benz World at Brooklands racing circuit in Weybridge, Surrey on the last Saturday in November with some very tasty Cadillacs and hot rods going under the hammer. Here’s just a flavour of what’s on offer…

GPAINT – TOUCH OF GENIUS • British firm GPaint has come up with an ingenious range of touch-in paints for classic and American cars. Classic American talks with managing director Andy Griffiths about what makes the company’s product unique to the market…

PPG Buick Skyhawk Turbo • Showcasing Buick’s turbo technology in the early Eighties was this one-off model, the PPG Buick Skyhawk Turbo, that was built to pace the Budweiser Cleveland 500 in 1982…

Returning to LA • Evans gets reacquainted with the City of Angels and finds that the more things change, the more they stay the same…

Mail • Email us at: email@classic-american.com or write to: Classic American magazine, PO Box 99, Horncastle, Lincs LN9 6LZ

CHARGING DOUBLE • Seeing one 1968 Dodge Charger in the Scottish countryside is unusual enough, so two of them together certainly gets our attention. Especially when they’re such different cars and different stories.

BLACK BEAUTY • Before Elvis changed everything, Cary Grant and Clark Gable defined American style. Sports coats and fedoras were the fashion, society centred around country clubs and the car to have was a big, luxurious straight-eight. Peter Rickinson is keeping that era alive with a 1948 Chrysler New Yorker…1948 Chrysler New Yorker

Teenage Dream • Lesley Weller never considered herself a car enthusiast, but a Mercury Comet she saw in a TV show made a deep impression on her 13-year-old mind. After years of dreaming, ownership is now a happy reality.1963 Mercury Comet S-22

Tom Frity American artist • Although never scientifically minded, Tom Fritz has become a highly successful automotive artist with more paintings in his head than he has time to paint; and not only that, he’s also a dab hand at working on his own cars too…

REDHILL DREAM CRUISE • Redhill, Surrey August 20, 2022

events&cruises • Classic American Events, Media Centre, Morton Way, Horncastle, Lincs LN9 6JR

NSRA HOT ROD SUPERNATIONALS • Old Warden, Beds August 10-14, 2022

Classic American Christmas Gift Guide • What do you give the Classic American petrolhead in your life for Christmas? (Or what do you ask for if you’re said petrolhead?) Well, we’ve come up with a few ideas to inspire you or even to suggest to your nearest and dearest when they ask you what you would like as a gift…

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