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 PC CLUB • Where the guys are starting to feel their age

Showtime again! • The PC Resto Show is back… and it’s friendlier than ever!

THE MONTH IN 5 PICS

Staring HANDLE • Matt Tomkins on coming to a heart versus head decision…

PC Show stoppers • Your top five restorers set to compete for the Golden Theo

MY MONTH IN 5 PICS • Danny shows us what’s in his camera

‘Borrow a Classic’ launch • Project relaunched for 2025 to get more youngsters into classics

FORD FAMILY REUNION • Hendy’s buys back a car that it first sold new decades ago in 1950

NEWS IN BRIEF…

MG fans donate appearance fee to RNLI • Dunbar lifeboat station gets car club support from local enthusiasts

CLASSIC HOTCHKISS M201 TO BE SOLD FOR AIR AMBULANCE • Donation could be a chirpy, chirpy, cheap Jeep

‘I started fixing the family car’ • Jess found that family necessity led to a passion for classic racing

Great temptations • Revealing the latest and greatest new kit to market this month

CLUBS EVENTS

MEMORY LANE • Things once green are turning blue in Wigan

THIS IS THE POINT PART TWO • Team PC heads to the far west of Cornwall to meet the people who really matter: you!

CORNISH CLUBBING

YOUR CARS • WINTER WARMERS MEET

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

YOUR CROSSWORD

Practical Classics

YOUR CARS • The Classic you love, drive and restore

SPOTTED • Older cars in everday use

TAKING IT BACK • Richard loved the movie, wanted the car, but wanted a good one. No-one can call him ‘chicken’

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‘It’s made out of a bathtub and a bedsheet’ • Vince Moore needed a new car, so he built one himself using whatever he had to hand

‘The clubs deserve our greatest support’ • Will the Metro and others really be ‘extinct’ by 2030?

‘It was a real surprise-and-delight moment’ • John makes his annual New Year pilgrimage to Brooklands

‘Are poor quality parts a threat to our hobby?’ • A breakdown in a ‘live’ lane gets Steph thinking…

RUST IN PEACE • Quite the mix of motors found in the brambles this month!

Half Century Heroes • John Simister gets under the skin of five great Brits from 1975 and describes how the results matched the ambition

FANCY A PUNTY? WITH RUSS SMITH • ‘Their magic moment of zero road tax’

VW BEETLE (1965-1978) • Sturdy, easy to own and a great community of owners, here’s how to buy a Bug

YOUNG GUNS • Once a common sight in towns across the land, five of us choose our favourite modern classic masterpiece. But which of these gems would you pick?

Modern World WITH JOHN-JOE VOLLANS • ‘Are motoring events dying?’

TOYOTA MR2 • Values of the ultimate Eighties sports car are rising, so here’s how to bag one now!

Swede Temptation • Bargain Volvo 740 gives Eighties family holiday vibes with a 1500-mile Highlands to Land’s End road trip

‘It was a fertile period in automotive design’

And then there were two… •...