Classic & Sports Car is the world's best-selling classic car magazine and the undisputed authority for all owners and enthusiasts. Whether your interest is Italian Exotica, British sports cars of the 1950s and 1960s or modern classics, every issue of Classic & Sports Car perfectly complements the sheer joy and nostalgia of owning a classic car.
THE BIG PICTURE
Welcome
WHERE TO PICK UP THE NEXT ISSUE OF C&SC
Classic & Sport Car
HAPPY RETURNS FOR CAR EVENTS • After the most difficult of 12 months, classic gatherings big and small prepare to open their doors
ESSENTIAL DIARY DATES
INDUSTRY REACHES OUT TO NEXT GENERATION
Cadillac heads Oz drive-out
BECOMING A SCRAMBLER
BACK ON TRACK IN LONDON
CLASSIC BRITS ON TOUR
PORSCHE CHECK-UP
BENTLEYS AT BROOKLANDS
REMEMBERING MOSS
Car Journey museum arrives
ALPINE REVIVAL
Safari winner hits Shelsley
GLAMOUR IN LUXEMBOURG
INSIDE THE MOTOR MUSEUM
CHARITABLE ARTWORK
RADFORD TURNS TO LOTUS
Industry trade body launched
Obituaries
Federation update
FULL FESTIVAL BILL DELIGHTS
Lyons rules the Monaco streets
RILEY’S RAINDANCE
CANNONS ON TOP IN TRIALS
Paddock profile
CHAMPION’S NEW ROLE
VOICE OF F1 REMEMBERED
TRAGIC RACER SET TO RETURN
Sale finds a saviour for forgotten saloon
TIME MACHINES IN A TIMEWARP
Deep dive into rare Sanderson’s history
MG DISCOVERY REVEALS A MINOR MYSTERY
FOUR GOES INTO THREE
Change of use helped Crossley keep on trucking
RACING MEMORIES REVIVED
Look familiar? • Want to track down a lost love or looking for history on your current classic? Send details and pictures to the p9 address or email your requests to alastair.clements@haymarket.com
PAUL HOWSE • The supercar designer who took up watercolours for relaxation
Book of the month
Model of the month
Product of the month
Tested this month
Mick WALSH • ‘Lindsay’s pace was no fluke and, masterfully controlling the dreaded side-slip, he took a Herculean second’
Simon TAYLOR • ‘Jack Warner had called Dean “a little bastard” for being difficult on set, so Little Bastard was painted on the 550’s tail’
Martin BUCKLEY • ‘The engineering folly of its cantilever roof was confirmed by the fact that it was never attempted again. By anyone’
Letter of the month
Matching experiences with an unsung Torinese great
Pedant of the month
Comments & clarif ications
UNIVERSL APPEAL • Adoration for the long-lived R107 still only grows as it turns 50 – here 300, 350 and 500SL come together to show exactly why
THE R107’S PLACE IN THE CLASSIC MARKET
HARDTOP’S HARD ACT TO FOLLOW
MERCEDES-BENZ R107 SL
“I won many a race behind the wheel of that car, just sitting in the garage” • Time spent in this driver’s seat set one grandchild on a path to America’s most celebrated racing team – and back to behind that very Jaguar XK140’s wheel
FAMILY FORTUNES • Vastly costly new, the four-seater Lamborghini Espada, Ferrari 400GT, Maserati Indy and Iso Lele now lie at the affordable end of the GT spectrum
WINDOW ON THE PAST • Tucked away on a side street in a sleepy French town lies a garage that has barely altered since 1917, but all that is about to change…
BUILDING THE ULTIMATE MULTIPLA • Dreams of driving back from Turin nearly turned into a nightmare, but the resulting project has added engineering fizz to this Fiat 600 Multipla
MODENA, BOLOGNA, STUTTGART… & WOKING? • Taking on the supercar establishment is tough...