Classic & Sports Car

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Classic & Sports Car • MAY 2024 VOLUME 43, NO 2

THE AMELIA BRINGS OUT THE BEST • A few raindrops and a major rival concours failed to deter car lovers as record crowds turned out for this Florida favourite

C&SC’S AMELIA FAVOURITES

RUSTIVAL CELEBRATES WARTBURGS AND ALL

Miami welcomes new show success

HCVA establishes standards for EV conversions

Updates and exhibits for UK motor museums

Navigating by braille

Gerhard Berger’s Ferrari found – 29 years later

Federation update

OBITUARY

FOUR OF GANDINI’S GRAND DESIGNS

SOUTH-EAST ASIANEPIC

LOST & FOUND

Look familiar?

JEN ORPIN • This innovator produces remarkably emotive paintings that are a contrast with the monotony of the motorway

Book of the month

Model of the month

Pick of the month

Tested this month

Mick WALSH

Simon TAYLOR

Martin BUCKLEY

Letter of the month

HANSGEN SPECIAL • American Walt Hansgen’s racing take on the XK120 meets Jaguar’s own

INTO THE GREAT WIDE OPEN • The Ford Mustang broke all sales records when it arrived 60 years ago, in April 1964. An epic, cross-Californian drive along Route 66 reveals why

THOROUGHBREDS: MUSTANG ON TRACK

SHELBY: THE TEXAS CONNECTION

PRIZE PONIES Mustang hits

PONY AND TRAP Mustang misses

THE MAN WHO REACHED FOR THE SKYLINE • Andy Middlehurst has done more for the UK success of Nissan’s Skyline GT-R than anyone else. This is his story

Keeping it real • This time-capsule MGA Twin Cam is the perfect antidote to restomod racers chasing performance over provenance, as a trip to Castle Combe proves

Return of the Saint • Fresh from a restoration by its maker, this Volvo 144E is thought to be the UK’s only survivor and boasts a famous novelist among its former keepers

STOP-GAP TREASURE • The Aston Martin Virage’s damp-squib start prompted the heavy-hitting 6.3 conversion that bridged the gap to a brighter future. The prototype still packs a punch

VIRAGES IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES

PUBLIC IMAGE LIMITED • In the 1980s and ’90s, an unfairly maligned Škoda let its competition cars speak for themselves. Three survivors show how it was done

VW GROUP’S CZECH MATES • The Škoda Muzeum is home to a remarkable collection of exhibits that charts the marque’s history

Kaiser’s chief • Novelty doors and unorthodox looks couldn’t save the compact straight-six Kaiser-Darrin, as America turned to ever more ostentatious V8s

A roll of the dice • The Vignale-built Fiat Samantha’s career was short-lived, and we might not have seen it at all but for the colourful owner of a London casino

KICK-STARTING THE PASSION • Relics of a bygone age, or history worth saving? Meet the charity that’s introducing classic cars to the next generation

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RETURN TO THE HILLS BECKONS

MEET THE FLEET

EMBRACING A GENTLER PACE

DOMINIC CHINEA • A passion for old crafts has led to this repairer’s resurrection of a lost name

McLAREN GT • This comfortable supercar isn’t for poseurs, but is brilliant for real-world drivers