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 Team PC gets excited at the Beaulieu Autojumble

Also starring…

FACEBOOK GENIUS

All the fives • Five doors, five gears and now fifty years since launch, the Maxi comes of age

James says…

THE MONTH IN 5 PICTURES

Starting HANDLE • James Walshe tackles cowboy restoration companies

THIS MONTH WE LOVE...

35 years of the NEC • Serving us since 1984 – *now with cheaper parking!

FIVE ANNIVERSARIES • Japanese car clubs will be celebrating plenty of birthdays in Hall 8.

Classic service threatened • Historic bus service may stop thanks to new emissions zone charges

SPECIAL PUBLICATION – SPECIAL REQUEST

NEWS IN BRIEF…

Make it a Classic Autumn • Two great South-West events

JOWETT FUND-RAISER • Assistance sought to restore survivor

Tales of derring-do told at Beaulieu

WHERE WE WENT THIS MONTH… INTER-CLUB TRIUMPH WEEKEND, AUG 16-18

Farina rarities in big gathering

SECRET MEETS

Where to go this weekend…

Austin Counties Car Club • The place to be for Longbridge fans

The temptation pages • Fifteen reasons to splash the cash. Here are the latest goodies for you

BOOKSHELF

SUBSCRIBER COMPETITION!

‘The collection started off with just one lamp’ • Peter started collecting Lucas products, branding and documents during his 32-year career with the company

PETER’S COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS

MEMORY LANE • Avengers assemble! Plus Fords, a Vauxhall and a Simca

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN 1980?

‘I taught myself how to fix things’ • Mark Fishpool explains how he’s spent a lifetime building cars as well as houses

TECH SPEC

TR6 PROJECT

MARK’S MAJOR MILESTONES

MARK’S SAGE ADVICE

A SELECTION OF MARK’S OTHER CLASSICS

MARTYN’S DOSSIER

MARTYN ROBERTS • PC has a chat with the engine design guru behind Cosworth marvels including Ford’s 2.3 DOHC engine and a V10 concept for Volvo

MARTYN’S TAKE ON…

MARTYN’S CAR HISTORY

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

Quick posts

Practical Classics

YOUR CARS • The classics you love, drive and restore

‘I love the feeling of looking forward over the long bonnet’ • 1971 MGB GT Kieran Reid, West Midlands

‘I first heard a lot of the music that I still listen to in my dad's Escort’ • 1985 Ford Escort 1.1 Popular Chris Hillman, London

ME & MY RESTO Even better THAN NEW • Rob Hall’s Astra project had a very special deadline

SPOTTED • Older cars in everyday use

DUCKHAMS’ SPOT OF THE MONTH

‘Imagine if a person had been walking by…’ • Should we expect a police presence at shows?

‘A Lexus was a car of mysterious desirability’ • John offers his thoughts about the Japanese brand

‘It was a week of primal car- touching therapy’ • Sam thrashes a Jag, fixes a Trabant and buys a Simca

RUST IN PEACE • A woodland walk reveals a cache of corroded classics

Kings of the road • We take two British engineering masterpieces back...