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
Classic & Sports Car
CLUBS STEAL THE NEC SHOW • The UK’s biggest indoor classic event returned with a bang, and C&SC was there to hand out the trophies
NEWS & EVENTS
Federation update
SPORT
Paddock profile
LOST & FOUND
Look familiar?
PETE SHEPHERD • A lifelong passion for classic slot-cars has led to a full-time job building bespoke miniature racers
Book of the month
Model of the month
Product of the month
Tested this month
Mick WALSH • ‘He drove the Special into the City, complete with bowler hat, then roared across the river at lunchtime for practice’
Simon TAYLOR • ‘Audi made the V16’s complex crankshaft itself in its high-tech facility. Gardiner rejected it at once as not good enough’
Martin BUCKLEY • ‘Overtaking was a horn-blaring, gear-crunching national sport and totem of male pride for newly mass-mobile Italians’
How a Shadow added Spice to the lives of two enthusiasts
Bridging the Gulf
Pedant of the month • Pedant of the month wins a C&SC baseball cap. Send your observations to alastair.clements@haymarket.com
Comments & clarif ications
BETTER BY THE DOZEN • The V12 engine has long represented a statement of intent. How better to enjoy it than to sample three disparate takes on this multi-cylinder theme?
THE MIDAS TOUCH • Despite, or perhaps even because of, its rather glitzy hue, this celebrated Derby Bentley has enjoyed a lifetime of service and has rarely been out of the spotlight
CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION • The Mini spawned all manner of unusual low-volume creations. This rarefied quartet represents four diverse takes on a common theme
SEVEN DECADES OF DEVOTION • Beloved by Specials builders and the driving force of the world’s most famous car, the A-series engine shows off its myriad suits
SIX & PIECES • The MkVI signalled the start of production proper for Lotus, but owners had to complete their cars using whatever came to hand. This enduring example embodies that ethos
“He’d be up on his feet, jabbing at the screen. It was absolutely wonderful. You could sell tickets for it” • A former colleague and friends remember Murray Walker, whose passing in March left a generation of Formula One fans with unforgettable memories
RAISING THE SALOON BAR • BMW’s 326 democratised driving for many in Europe, and Frazer Nash-prepared examples gained a following in Britain, too. This storied survivor reveals why
STRANGER THINGS • Nashville, Tennessee, is the unlikely location for a world-class collection of eclectic machinery that celebrates the weird and wonderful
The knowledge
MAHARAJA OF THE ROAD • Meet Yohan Poonawalla, whose collection of regal machines went from Indian royalty to taking the concours scene by storm last summer
QUALITY, DISTILLED • Far from austerity motoring, these classy Continental compacts offered big-car class on a smaller scale
ROT SETS IN TO THE RED HORROR
MEET THE FLEET
THE LANDIE AND LOCKDOWN LIFE
ALEX RILEY • The TV presenter and sartorial iconoclast reveals what inspires his period look
KICKING UP A STORM • This Cotswolds-based restorer is serving the growing interest in ’80s BMWs – and business is booming
RARE HYPERCAR TOPS VETERAN RUN SALE
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