Classic & Sports Car is the world's best-selling classic car magazine and the undisputed authority for all owners and enthusiasts. Whether your interest is Italian Exotica, British sports cars of the 1950s and 1960s or modern classics, every issue of Classic & Sports Car perfectly complements the sheer joy and nostalgia of owning a classic car.
THE BIG PICTURE
Welcome
Classic & Sports Car
THE GREAT AND GOOD OF RACING • Goodwood capped its historic motor-racing season with a resplendent Revival
CAR PARK CLASSICS APLENTY
WINNERS & QUICKEST
ROYCE LANDS HAMPTON HONOURS
CLUBS SHOW THEIR CLASS
JUMBLERS RETURN TO BEAULIEU
DON’T MISS THE DEADLINE!
CLASSIC CHROME TURNS 30
GHOST LIGHT GLEAMS
MANX MINI MEET
FRANKFURT’S CLASSICS
Variety thrills at 16th Caramulo
BUG GOES ELECTRIC
Clark honoured at Bo’ness
PONIES PERFORM
GROSSER ON TOP
INSIDE ENZO’S UNIVERSE
CENTENARY SCHMALTZ
‘Zipper King’ crowned at Palace
RECORD BENTLEYS
INSURER BUYS CONCOURS
SAMBA MADNESS
HONOUR RETURNS
MOKES ON THE MOVE
Funds raised by Kiama Rod run
Obituaries
Federation update
CLASSIC DIARY • All the shows, festivals, tours, meets and races that matter
Pick of the month October
MIGHTY MINI IS THE HERO IN ICELAND
No keeping up with Jones Williams
Bs best in big Equipe field
Paddock profile FRANK LYONS
SIMPSON IS KING OF THE HILL
Imports tackle American muscle
THE SHERE BRILLIANCE
Brits bolster Flanders’ field
DANE RETAINS F3 TITLE
INDOOR COURSE FOR HERO
FORD FEST GOES LIVE
SILVER McRAE MEET
EARLY JAGUAR RISES DOWN UNDER
Porsche’s half century in a shed
RESTING PLACE FOR LANDIES
Motoring pioneer emerges
Look familiar? • Want to track down a lost love or looking for history on your current classic? Send details and pictures to the p14 address or email your requests to alastair.clements@haymarket.com
Charity benefits from low-mileage Shelby
Is far-flung Morris the oldest survivor?
Gray is out of the shade
Inheritance includes a forgotten Ford
Jaguar fixed by the boss
Barn-find Seven sees the light at last
Book of the month
Model of the month
SIGN OF THE OLD TIMES
Tested this month
Mick WALSH • ‘Preserving any historic vehicle takes vision, and much more time than a straightforward rebuild’
Simon TAYLOR • ‘Touring’s effortlessly artistic Superleggera design was trendsetting and much copied, and the Berlinetta is a jewel’
Martin BUCKLEY • ‘He was an irritating man, not someone you’d spend time with unless they knew the whereabouts of a cheap supercharged Merc’
Letter of the month
Pedant of the month • Pedant of the month wins a C&SC baseball cap. Send your observations to alastair.clements@haymarket.com
NO MR BOND, I EXPECT YOU TO DRIVE! • Ahead of James Bond’s return, this is the story of 007 and Aston Martin, celluloid’s most enduring partners in crime-fighting
FIVE TOP BOND BADDIES’ CARS
DRIVING THE DB BUILT FOR BOND
WHEN CORGI STRUCK GOLD • Behind the scenes of the making of the most famous toy car, Bond’s Aston Martin DB5 from Goldfinger
LIFE IMITATES ART • The AC Aceca and Aston Martin DB MkIII are bound not only by their hatchbacks, but by the creator of 007 himself
AC ACECA 2.6
ASTON MARTIN DB MkIII
SPINNING ITS OWN YARN • The Renault 5 Turbo 2 and its Gordini ancestor were both born out of competition, and soon won far more than just...