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.
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STUTTGART SHOWCASE • Home favourites aplenty as Retro Classics draws thousands to Mercedes and Porsche’s home town
COGMAN’S SHOW FAVOURITES
AMELIA CROWNS DUESY AND 917
Fundraising offer
Shows, sales and racing put the brakes on
BMM BAGS RECORD-SETTING TRIUMPH
Dealers laud London Classic show
Aston revival
DOUBLE KENT SHOWCASE
BRITS LEAD GLEN MEET-UP
HOLES TO BE PLUGGED
ON THE PILGRIM TRAIL
PALACE VISIT FOR McLAREN
Residents combine to benefit injured pair
Retro rides by the sea
SECRET PLANS LIFT THE LID ON HARDTOP ALPINE
RANGE ROVERS GO WEST
ASTONS AT THE ARSENAL
MARQUE CLUB SIGNS UP
JOHN WARBURTON 1941-2020
Seven-figure sum raised by club
Drive-It Day defiance
PROJECT’S DARK BACKSTORY
Federation update
BENTLEY OUTRUNS 911S ON SAFARI
Island circuit is a worldwide draw
Old is gold in Peaks trial
BLUE OVAL BAGS CHESHIRE
Paddock profile • BEN STILES
RALLY REMEMBERS McRAE
NEW HILLCLIMB UP NORTH
WOOD-PANELLED ROYCE ON OFFER
The original Allard on journey to completion
SIMCA INFO SOUGHT
FIREFLY TO FLY AGAIN WITH SECOND OWNER
Swiss-French survivor crosses the Channel
ANADOL IN NEED OF EXTRA CARE
Triumph among Florida treasures
CONTINENT-CROSSING OLYMPIA SURVIVOR
Look familiar?
BERLINETTA AERODINAMICA TECNICA
Book of the month
Model of the month
GARAGE GEAR
Tested this month
Mick WALSH • ‘McQueen insisted on driving, and Dunaway’s reactions didn’t require any acting beause her squeals were genuine’
Simon TAYLOR • ‘It used the Ford 10’s humble sidevalve – which, because the car weighed nearly a ton, meant that it was desperately slow’
Martin BUCKLEY • ‘Yes, he was eccentric and sometimes difficult, but those who worked for Tony Crook’s Bristol Cars remain hugely loyal’
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
Comments & clarif ications
‘Let’s race all the way to Dead Man’s Curve…’ • Reviving a bitter transatlantic rivalry that played out on the streets – and in the charts – of ’60s America
Ray Lewis CHEVROLET CORVETTE
Sandor Mayuga JAGUAR E-TYPE
A WEALTH OF SUCCESS • Behind the wheel of the privateer Alfa Romeo Monza that took the fight to the factories in brilliant blue – in all weathers
‘PHI-PHI’: FROM WOOL TO GRAND PRIX WINNER
LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON • Built in memory of his late dad, the fire-breathing Volvo 123GT of Declan Burke comes face to face with the humble saloon that inspired it
FRAMING THE SHOP • Supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has been recording its history for more than half a century, inadvertently charting the rise and fall of the British car industry as it goes
A CUNNINGHAM PLAN • The originals are in a museum, but these cult-hero privateer Cadillacs are now running again thanks to a diligent enthusiast
STRANGER THINGS • ‘Le Monstre’ wasn’t the only oddity to contest the 24 Hours. These racers give Cunningham’s Caddy a run for its money
WHISPERING GIANT • The Green Goddess...