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 PC CLUB • Where Team PC has unearthed some classic bargains

jaGUar’s Giant Leap • Jag’s exuberant ‘Copy Nothing’ rebrand sets the car world alight

THE MONTH IN 5 PICS

Starting HANDLE • James Walshe on why Jaguar needed to be blown up…

THIS MONTH WE LOVE…

LUTON VAUXHALL TO CLOSE • 120-year-old plant will cease van production next spring

DANNY’S GRIFFIN GREATS • Our Luton boy shares his top five memories…

Restorer of The Year • It’s time to vote for the one that you think is the most deserving

CHARITY BOXSTER • PC gets behind a Porsche rebuild with a real mission

NEWS IN BRIEF…

Special raises £66k • Helicopter-inspired Caterham gets auction bidders into a whirl…

MINOR GOES FOR A SONG • Opera charity to benefit from sale of classic Moggie

NEWS IN BRIEF…

'I'm inspired by women who race' • Naimh Smith loves her Alvis, her Gasser and motorsport

Great temptations • Our pick of the best new kit on which to splash your cash

Search for a unicorn

A MINOR MIRACLE

Winter fun • Use your classic this festive season

RAISING STANDARDS

ROTARY RARITIES

Where to go this weekend…

MEMORY LANE • It’s brrr in Brum just a few weeks into a new year

NORTHERN LIGHTS • James takes a break from the old routine to join our friends in the north

YOUR SHOUT • Classics emails, letters, tweets, posts & threads

YOUR CROSSWORD

Practical Classics

YOUR CARS • The classics you love, drive and restore

SPOTTED • Older cars in everyday use

FRIENDS UNITED • Magic happened when Phil Smith and best pal Ray Preston joined forces…

GET MORE OF WHAT YOU LOVE WITH A PRACTICAL CLASSICS SUBSCRIPTION • Life is a project, and the project is fun! Practical Classics is the enthusiast’s bible that truly does it all. From inspirational journeys, and adventures to classic buying guides, tales, tech advice and trials from the magazines very own workshop.

‘It needed eight coats of paint’ • Paul Meers, Kevin Hill and the Wythall team have created a gem, but it was no busman’s holiday

‘How things have changed in 35 years’ • Nick has now attended a hundred classic car auctions

‘Truly awestruck at the NEC’ • John gets lost in wonder at the Classic Motor Show

‘Drive safely, my friends’ • Reaching a fork in the road, Charlotte says goodbye

RUST IN PEACE • We hit a yard full of mostly French treasures in the US this month

TUNNEL VISION • The underground sleepers that will soon awake? We choose our top five

OTHER ONES TO WATCH IN 2025 • The PC team chooses eight classics that won’t lose you money

GOING UNDERGROUND • Team PC explores the extraordinary subterranean world of Catesby Tunnel

FANCY A PUNT? • ‘Only two-thirds of movement is downward’

Show fever • Iconic gets some big scores at NEC auction

The Good Auction Guide PC’s pick of the best classic auctions

The National Motor Museum • For more than half a century, it has been our classic...