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Practical Classics is Britain's biggest selling classic car magazine, with a 43-year tradition of delivering the very best hands-on advice and classic car experiences to its readers.

James: Which petrolhead crime-fighters are you choosing to beat the baddies?
29/01/2025

James: Which petrolhead crime-fighters are you choosing to beat the baddies?

Any love for an MGF? Can you believe the little car's 30 this year?
28/01/2025

Any love for an MGF? Can you believe the little car's 30 this year?

MT: It's Tinkering Tuesday once again. Show us what's in your workshop this week.
28/01/2025

MT: It's Tinkering Tuesday once again. Show us what's in your workshop this week.

DH: Mishap at the Barrett-Jackson auctions at Scottsdale last week... it looks like the four-post display lift collapsed...
27/01/2025

DH: Mishap at the Barrett-Jackson auctions at Scottsdale last week... it looks like the four-post display lift collapsed. No one was injured.

26/01/2025
Why do people come to the Practical Classics Classic Car & Restoration Show? The CARS! And of course, the people. Friend...
26/01/2025

Why do people come to the Practical Classics Classic Car & Restoration Show? The CARS! And of course, the people. Friends, fellow club members, enthusiasts and specialists (amateur and professional alike) engaged in live restoration demos on their project cars. It’s a place where friends are made and new ideas are hatched. Hope you can join us at the NEC on March 21-23.
The Practical Classics team will be there all weekend with the classics you read about each month in the mag. Come join us for a cuppa!

26/01/2025

The PC January Sale ends soon! ⏳
Get 3 issues for just £3 (an 82% saving)! But hurry, offer ends at 11:59pm on the 2nd of February.
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James: Who loves a car with patina? This Vauxhall had a bit… but the car is still a daily driver up in the far north of ...
25/01/2025

James: Who loves a car with patina? This Vauxhall had a bit… but the car is still a daily driver up in the far north of Scotland!

James: We bumped into these two lovely fellas at Pembrokeshire Classic Car Club’s annual show last year. Do you have a f...
25/01/2025

James: We bumped into these two lovely fellas at Pembrokeshire Classic Car Club’s annual show last year. Do you have a furry friend who enjoys your classic as much as you do?

Danny: Back on the drive after a bit of a break my Rover 75 1.8 connoisseur... and very lovely it is too! Which Classic ...
24/01/2025

Danny: Back on the drive after a bit of a break my Rover 75 1.8 connoisseur... and very lovely it is too! Which Classic is going to be back in your life soon or have you just resurrected something over special Christmas - we would like to see it.

Danny: Throwback Thursday... early noughties PC. The Morris Marina Owners club prepared for us a fabulous 1.3 L coupe an...
23/01/2025

Danny: Throwback Thursday... early noughties PC. The Morris Marina Owners club prepared for us a fabulous 1.3 L coupe and we surmised what a British Dukes of Hazzard might look like. This was it - the Dukes of Wisbech!!! Not so much General Lee as Generally. And yes, that's me on the far left doing my best Boss Hogg impersonation.

Danny: New jaG ventures outside... good, bad, ugly....?
23/01/2025

Danny: New jaG ventures outside... good, bad, ugly....?

22/01/2025

James: Just us playing with the 1930s Helicron cherished by Jeff Lane of the astonishing Lane Museum, Nashville, USA. Here’s my mate Chris having a go in the car park. The car was found in a barn in 2000 and restored using a flat-four Citroën GS engine to power the propellor. It’s road legal (in France, at least) and will apparently do 75mph. Not that we tried…

James: Practical Classics past! This was 18 years ago, when our ‘07 line-up of fabulous writers hit the road from the PC...
22/01/2025

James: Practical Classics past! This was 18 years ago, when our ‘07 line-up of fabulous writers hit the road from the PC workshop to Germany in their project cars.

MT: How about a bit of forced induction for you all. Show us your modified classics.
21/01/2025

MT: How about a bit of forced induction for you all. Show us your modified classics.

MT: It's Tinkering Tuesday! What are you working on this week?
21/01/2025

MT: It's Tinkering Tuesday! What are you working on this week?

20/01/2025

James: Happy Monday! Show us your fast Ford! We travelled to Thurso in Scotland for an outstanding Fiesta XR2 restoration, which is featured in the current issue of Practical Classics.

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The PC January Sale ends soon! ⏳ Get 3 issues for just £3 (an 82% saving)! But hurry, offer ends at 11:59pm on the 2nd of February. Shop now ➡️ http://bit.ly/41JE8Q6

James: Just us playing with the 1930s Helicron cherished by Jeff Lane of the astonishing Lane Museum, Nashville, USA. Here’s my mate Chris having a go in the car park. The car was found in a barn in 2000 and restored using a flat-four Citroën GS engine to power the propellor. It’s road legal (in France, at least) and will apparently do 75mph. Not that we tried…

James: Happy Monday! Show us your fast Ford! We travelled to Thurso in Scotland for an outstanding Fiesta XR2 restoration, which is featured in the current issue of Practical Classics.

James: Just an old Fiat with a motorcycle engine? Absolutely not. This 128 is a precision piece of engineering - the creation of one man in his shed. Full story in the current issue of the magazine!

MT: Behind the scenes of your March issue cover shoot, in which we test drive our projects to deepest Cornwall! Where have you taken your classic this winter?

New tech vs old tech!

James: Merry Christmas from 1983! Which of these cars unveiled in that year do you want for Christmas? Alfa Romeo 33 Alfa Romeo Arna Austin Maestro Fiat Regata Fiat Uno Ford Fiesta Mk2 Ford Orion Honda CR-X Hyundai Stellar Nissan 300ZX Peugeot 205 Renault 25 Toyota Corolla VW Golf Mk2

James: The short-lived 1973 Michelotti styled Leyland P76 - built in Australia with bits of suspension also found on the (then soon to be unveiled) Rover SD1 and a 4.4-litre version of the Rover V8. Project 76 was dead by ‘76 but it’s something of a cult car these days. This one lives in West Yorkshire.

Noise of the year... ERA GP2 without silencer. Never was 1500cc so uncouth.

James: In 1956, Mike Hawthorn took us all on a little jaunt around Le Mans in a D-Type.

MT: Show us your drop-top classics. Here's what I'll be lapping up the winter rays in this year. Full story coming soon in the magazine.

Silverstone! In the current issue of the magazine we take our classics to the circuit to support our Tomkins, who took to the track in the Austin 7 special he built himself at home in his shed. It’s a cracking story - hope you like it!

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Practical Classics is Britain's biggest selling classic car magazine with a 40-year tradition of delivering the very best hands-on advice and classic car experiences to its readers.