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Practical Classics

Spring 2023
Magazine

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 we say well done to Aaron and his dad

Big show fever is here! • Birthday events galore in 2023, as we take a look back to 1983

ULEZ - taking a stand against it • Enthusiasts trying to save as many cars as possible

Restorer of the Year • Watch the final five video stories and then cast your vote

Charity HEROES • Craig Cheetham on going topless for charity…

Temptations abound • The best new kit on the market for you and your classic

CLUBS EVENTS

MEMORY LANE • A fine view, should anything unexpected turn up

The Classic Pound STRETCHER

MUMS’ CARS • For Mother’s Day, the PC team celebrates the memory motors that our mums loved

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

Practical Classics

YOUR CARS • The classics you love, drive and restore

SPOTTED • older cars in everydau use

Cortina TIMEWARP • Mike Jordan and friend Craig Watton have brought England's oldest example back to glittering life

A Bonding EXERCISE • Paul Nicholas bought it as a teaching aid to help his son Tom learn about mechanics

REBEL, REBEL!

‘Now is possibly not the time to make demands’

‘The dizzy was just one that happened to fit’

‘Take me back to when ignorance was bliss’

RUST IN PEACE

MARKETPLACE

Jowett Car Club Spares • Jowett died 69 years ago, here’s how the club keep the cars going

Wolseley 1500 • This Brit classic mixes elegance with ease of ownership, says James Walshe

SIX APPEAL • We choose our favourite highly desirable six-cylinder classic sports cars

BETTER THAN BOND’S BEEMER • This breathed-on E38 ticks all the boxes

‘Women love classics too’

CLEVER MONEY CARS

Renault Megane (first-generation)

TOYOTA MR2 MK2 • 1989-1999 This one high-performance, mid-engine spor ts car you can afford to run, says James Walshe

‘30 years of the 306, 26 since I visited Ryton’ • Danny heads back to find out if there is anything left of the plant

‘Getting cars ready for a great year of shows’

Rust protection, plus the rest… • Danny gets a more than he bargained for at Mike’s place

Shell shocker • The 2CV's body shell gets its first paint job in 38 years

Smooth as silk • Matt’s Traveller experiences project creep

Boarding school • Nigel gets round to a job he’d been putting off for years

Mini problems • Andy bags himself a modern classic for his new commute

ASK YOUR EXPERTS

Why does my steering wheel wibble wobble?

Time for a much-needed brake...

LIGHT NOT-SO-FANTASTIC

Any advance?

KNOCKING ON

Old banger?

BACK ON TRACK

Prime example

PUTTING A DAMPER ON THINGS

Wake up your classic from winter storage • Now winter is over, Nigel shows how to wake your classic from hibernation

CJ AUTOS LTD

INSURANCE RENEWAL • Please use this section to record and compare quotations from our advertisers in this magazine

ROVERLUTION! • Celebrating 60 years of the...


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Frequency: Monthly Pages: 162 Publisher: H BAUER PUBLISHING LIMITED Edition: Spring 2023

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  • Release date: March 15, 2023

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OverDrive Magazine

Languages

English

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 we say well done to Aaron and his dad

Big show fever is here! • Birthday events galore in 2023, as we take a look back to 1983

ULEZ - taking a stand against it • Enthusiasts trying to save as many cars as possible

Restorer of the Year • Watch the final five video stories and then cast your vote

Charity HEROES • Craig Cheetham on going topless for charity…

Temptations abound • The best new kit on the market for you and your classic

CLUBS EVENTS

MEMORY LANE • A fine view, should anything unexpected turn up

The Classic Pound STRETCHER

MUMS’ CARS • For Mother’s Day, the PC team celebrates the memory motors that our mums loved

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

Practical Classics

YOUR CARS • The classics you love, drive and restore

SPOTTED • older cars in everydau use

Cortina TIMEWARP • Mike Jordan and friend Craig Watton have brought England's oldest example back to glittering life

A Bonding EXERCISE • Paul Nicholas bought it as a teaching aid to help his son Tom learn about mechanics

REBEL, REBEL!

‘Now is possibly not the time to make demands’

‘The dizzy was just one that happened to fit’

‘Take me back to when ignorance was bliss’

RUST IN PEACE

MARKETPLACE

Jowett Car Club Spares • Jowett died 69 years ago, here’s how the club keep the cars going

Wolseley 1500 • This Brit classic mixes elegance with ease of ownership, says James Walshe

SIX APPEAL • We choose our favourite highly desirable six-cylinder classic sports cars

BETTER THAN BOND’S BEEMER • This breathed-on E38 ticks all the boxes

‘Women love classics too’

CLEVER MONEY CARS

Renault Megane (first-generation)

TOYOTA MR2 MK2 • 1989-1999 This one high-performance, mid-engine spor ts car you can afford to run, says James Walshe

‘30 years of the 306, 26 since I visited Ryton’ • Danny heads back to find out if there is anything left of the plant

‘Getting cars ready for a great year of shows’

Rust protection, plus the rest… • Danny gets a more than he bargained for at Mike’s place

Shell shocker • The 2CV's body shell gets its first paint job in 38 years

Smooth as silk • Matt’s Traveller experiences project creep

Boarding school • Nigel gets round to a job he’d been putting off for years

Mini problems • Andy bags himself a modern classic for his new commute

ASK YOUR EXPERTS

Why does my steering wheel wibble wobble?

Time for a much-needed brake...

LIGHT NOT-SO-FANTASTIC

Any advance?

KNOCKING ON

Old banger?

BACK ON TRACK

Prime example

PUTTING A DAMPER ON THINGS

Wake up your classic from winter storage • Now winter is over, Nigel shows how to wake your classic from hibernation

CJ AUTOS LTD

INSURANCE RENEWAL • Please use this section to record and compare quotations from our advertisers in this magazine

ROVERLUTION! • Celebrating 60 years of the...


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