Practical Classics

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 says farewell to the Rebel with a cause

Friendly and fabulous • PC Show breaks the funk and sets new records

Going for gold • Golden Spanner goes to our Restorer of the Year

Real world classics defy slump • PC Resto Show auction sees growth in demand

Prostate Cancer Panda • Fiat fans’ fundraising defies lockdown challenges

Auto Lass to restore Midget for veterans • ‘MG Marshall’ to raise thousands for Help for Heroes

Great temptations • We’ve brought together the best new kit on the market for you...

CLUB EVENTS

MEMORY LANE • Time for some fun and games in Blackpool!

Escape from ULEZ • ULEZ expansion is coming, so Team PC heads straight into the zone

YOUR SHOUT

Practical Classics

YOUR CARS

SPOTTED

‘I’ve now started to remember how to drive the Mini’ • Restoring this ex-racer has taken Ken Atkinson right back to his youth

Officer Class • No registration and full of holes, David Cole knew this was one special P5B saloon

ROVERLUTION

‘An interesting reg no. can be an investment’

‘The bond between you and a car can be deep’

‘Is petroliana the latest luxury asset?’

RUST IN PEACE

MARKETPLACE

MG T TYPE • James Walshe on why this sporty vintage MG still makes sense

WHEN SIZE MATTERS • Built when bigger really did mean better – our writers choose their favourites

Modern World

Peugeot 106 • 1991-2003 James Walshe explains how to buy an example of this sparkling supermini

BANGERNOMICS

‘I generally buy the person, not the car’

Unfinished business

Strange escargot

Wax in, wax on…

Swede dreams

Hand polishing the Scimitar’s wheels

Out and about in our Gracie

Ask Our Experts

The four-stroke cycle explained • The most prolific prime mover, we explain the theory

My engine feels sluggish & reluctant • David Thompson wants to know why his Rover's get-up-and-go has gone

Overhaul your trolley jack • Belligerent? Incontinent? Unable to get it up? Then it’s time to overhaul your jack, says Theo

COMING UP… • The most epic classic adventure we have ever undertaken, James Walshe and pals go coast to coast

THE 2023 PRICE GUIDE • Every classic, every price - ready for your buying year ahead

2023 PRICE GUIDE