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 WORKSHOP • Where the chaps are preparing for winter

Birthday bonanza • Anniversaries galore as many models celebrate a landmark year

THE SHOW IN 5 PICS

Starting HANDLE • We need to ‘out’ misinformation

Best wedding ever • Every guest drove a classic on Owen and Sarah’s big day

NEWS IN 5 PICS • What’s been happening this month

Your Resto Show is go! • New features, 150 clubs and a buzz of activity PLUS meet Team PC

NO SEATBELT? YOU’RE NICKED • AI cameras will issue fines even to non-seatbelt fitted classics

NEWS IN BRIEF…

Classic Car Charity Tours come good for MS Trust • Smiling Mark hands over £1200

BRIDGE CLASSIC CARS COMPLETES 20 GOOD DEEDS • Benevolent restorer raises over £220k for worthy causes

NEWS IN BRIEF

'It all started with Hot Wheels' • Arthur Atkinson ended up running his own restoration business

TIME TO CHOOSE • You have until January 22 to vote for your favourite

Fresh wonders • The latest and greatest new kit to land this month

Fundraiser is a real Triumph • Spitfire resto set to raise big bucks for charity

Where to go this weekend…

MEMORY LANE • It may be the Devonshire Arms, but we’re in Derbyshire

PROPER JOB PART ONE • Once again Team PC is off into the darkness – this time to Cornwall, for holibobs

PROPER JOB • Cornwall welcomes Team PC as the boys are joined by hundreds of enthusiasts for a pop-up winter classic gathering. You simply won’t believe what turned up!

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

Quick posts

YOUR CROSSWORD

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YOUR CARS • The classic you love, drive and restore

SPOTTED • Older cars in everyday use

DR JON MURDEN • The boss at the National Motor Museum talks about the past, the future… and the future of the past

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FAR FROM THE MENDING CROWD • A restoration to factory spec was never on the agenda for speed freak Dean Harley and his bonkers Kawasaki-fied Fiat

Here’s how Dean did it…

‘I like cars almost as much as my bagpipes’ • Alan Plowman rescued this rotten 1983 XR2 and turned it into a show winner

‘Take heed of this tale, dear readers’ • Nick on why we should sort out our classic spares in 2025!

MAKE 2025 A REAL PAGE TURNER!

‘The most rare-groove of production Capris’ • The Capri that wasn’t… plus one that did make it

‘There’s joy to be had in forgotten marques’ • Steph embarks on a journey into the unknown…

RUST IN PEACE • What’s been spotted in the bushes and brambles this month?

MARKET PLACE • Classic values & essential buying advice

TRIUMPH TR6 • How to buy one of the greatest British roadsters of all time…

SUPERSTAR CLASSICS • We choose between the cars that turned us into petrolheads

MODERN WORLD

RANGE ROVER VOGUE (L322) • How Range Rover reached its zenith

YOUR DRIVES • Show us your classic rides

1 LEFT ON UK ROADS • Alfa Romeo corner, now seldom...