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
SPEED ICONS STAR IN SUSSEX • Le Mans Porsches and V10-era F1 cars punctuated heated historic racing at Goodwood’s glorious Members’ Meeting
THE C&SC TEAM’S 79 MM FAVOURITES
79 MM RACE WINNERS
PRIVÉ RETURNS TO THE CAPITAL
PLANES, TRAINS AND THREE-WHEELER AUTOMOBILES
Classics join the party in Bengal
EASTERN PROMISE
NEW YEAR IN SPRING
FIRST T-SERIES REVIVED
ART OF THE AUTOMOBILE
COOPER REUNION
MIDLANDS MUSTANG MEET
Bentley workers’ wheels
Obituary
Federation update
LAKES RALLY KEEPS IT IN THE FAMILY
Winning formulae
HSCC stars battle for Brands honours
HAT-TRICK HERO
Paddock profile
SWISS RACER REDISCOVERED
Rare baby Allard to be restored
TARGETING AN EARLY DART
LIGHTLY USED COMMERCIAL
No time like the present for Turner gift
HUSBAND FINDS A NEW PARTNER
Former racer restored for a new life on the road
STRIPPED SUIZA SOLD
Look familiar?
NIGEL HARNIMAN • Top advertising photographer captures some amazing Goodwood groups
Book of the month
Model of the month
Pick of the month
Tested this month
Mick WALSH
Simon TAYLOR
Martin BUCKLEY • ‘The A2 was created with an attention to detail that had all the hallmarks of a project led by engineering rather than marketing’
LETTERS
STORMING DOWN TO BEAULIEU IN THE YEAR OF C&SC’S BIRTH
Pedant of the month
Comments & clarif ications
MAXIMUM AT TACK • The M3 brought Motorsport pedigree to the masses, but for some that wasn’t enough; these limited editions were BMWs turned up to 11
LITTLE RED ROADSTER • With an incredible history in some of the world’s greatest road races, this tiny Osca MT4 is ready to take on its next competitive challenge
FORGOTTEN GIANT • Marking the beginning of the end for the once-great Belsize Motors of Manchester, the ill-fated ‘15’ is now an obscure piece of automotive history
WHAT’S IN A NAME?
BELSIZE ‘15’
“It was 90 hours hell of ” • Few today realise how tough the Spa-Sofia-Liège rally was, yet Erik Carlsson and Gunnar Palm twice made the podium in a Saab 96 Sport
STAGE FRIGHTS • Rallying has had its fair share of flops and, as this selection goes to show, sometimes even the greats have an off day
THE SKY IS THE LIMIT • From an age of optimistic consumption, the Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud III Drophead Coupé and Cadillac Series 62 Convertible Coupe were the pinnacle of open-top luxury
GOING AROUND AGAIN • First thrashed on a lap of the Mediterranean, then taken apart in the name of science, this Mk1 Mini’s recent restoration marks its third lease of life
THE FAMILY WORKS • Carrying his father’s racing spirit, Ray Mallock’s life in motorsport as a driver, engineer and constructor has stretched from Clubmans to Le Mans
MALLOCK’S FIRST RACING GENERATION
A QUEST FOR PERFECTION • The 30-year saga of one man’s obsessive mission to return an early Jaguar E-type to factory-fresh condition
RACY HILLMAN JOINS THE TEAM
MEET THE FLEET
THE GODDESS OF KANDAHAR
WIN! A BESPOKE HURTLE PRINT
JOHN JARRETT • It’s a two-wheeled takeover for this VW...