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

Bye bye boxy

On stage!

Farewell to design legend

North East Restoration Club self-help • Blythe-based charity members support each other

Temptations abound…

MG celebrates 100 years at Beaulieu • Great British marque to celebrate centenary at NMM

MEMORY LANE

Beaulieu or Bust 2023 • Team PC heads to rust heaven in three magnificent takes on a camping theme

Missed chances and poor politics

FIVE ALIVE • This future of this car was looking bleak, until resto hero Gary Needs took on the challenge

YOUR CARS

SPOTTED

ROVER REBORN • Gareth Whiting's P5B has evolved somewhat since its Nineties revival

Super mini skirmish • The Metro had its own way until 1983, when it faced the biggest challenge of its life

Mile-munching Moggie • Hubert Fingerle dreamt of owning a British classic in Germany, but first he had to drive it there

Sending a Swede to Greece • Rupert Holmes only paid £800 for his Saab, but it’s still devouring huge trips around Europe

A continental Jag cruise • Stuart Dodman wanted to visit Münster’s tank museum, and he happened to have just the vehicle for the job

THE CLAY WAY • Paul Clay’s son decided to visit AA phone boxes – all of them

A Model A through Motown • Guy Loveridge rediscovers Detroit from the best seat in the house

Scots to the Arctic • Alan, Stephen and Archie take a Volvo 240 home and back!

CHRIS GOFFEY • We stop by for a chat with the legendary motoring journalist, programme maker and longest serving presenter of Top Gear

‘The Six-Eighty is my all-time favourite’ • A great new book has really got Nick thinking

OPINION

RUST IN PEACE • It’s all about the brambles and bushes of the USA this month!

Bittersweet • Mixed fortunes of the market at H&H sale

AUSTIN ALLEGRO • The time has come to take this little car seriously, says James Walshe

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THE BEST BRITS • Which of these legends marks our finest hour?

AUDI’S WONDER WAGON • Under the radar estate with supercar performance

VAUXHALL VX220 • 2000-2005 This is one of the greatest griffins of them all, reckons James Walshe

It’s a Civic duty • Danny takes his finished project on its maiden voyage to FOTU

‘Maybe it's time to reset your classic blinkers’

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Quiet please! • Danny and Jon fit some CTK sound deadening ready for the long haul east to Latitude festival

Chevron nuts • On the snail trail of the Citroën bug in Wales

Advertisement • Matt turns his attention to subtle lighting on his Austin Seven

In search of stability • Nigel firms up the rear end of his GT6

An international affair all round • Kirsten introduces an exotic new purchase…

Align in the sand • A year on from its front-end faux pas, JJ’s S124 has been dispensing daily drives with distinction

Let the graft begin! • ‘Grasshopper’ receives long-overdue bodywork

Travelling down the mountain… • Andy’s Minor project is...