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 team helps James prepare for the Alps

Cat out the bag? • Rumours of McGovern exit spark discussion about future

Starting HANDLE • Danny Hopkins, his Spitfire and day one on the magazine

Plan your year here • 2026 is shaping up to be a belter!

2026 IN 5 PICS • More fun than ever in the year ahead

MMOC at 50 • Golden year of celebrations planned for club as it looks forward to 2026

CLASSIC CORRECTION • Motor show dates mix up reversed

NEWS IN BRIEF…

Motorway madness • Soft-top heroes aim to put roofs over heads

SHINE ON • Pink Floyd man’s Golf raises £7875

‘In at the deep end!’ • Olivia Knight has followed her one abiding passion – motorsport

Great temptations • Our pick of the best new kit to market this month…

Sporting Bears needs you! • Legendary club on the lookout for new members

Where to go this weekend…

MEMORY LANE • It’s a true-blue day up in Scotland…

BETTER ZED THAN DEAD • A marketing masterstroke – without them, the reaper would have come much sooner for MGR

DRIVING THE ZEDS • DANNY HEADS FOR THE HILLS FOR THE ULTIMATE SHOWDOWN

MEET THE OWNERS

BEST OF THE ZEDS… WHO’S COMING HOME WITH US?

WHERE TO STAY

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

YOUR CROSSWORD

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YOUR CARS • The classics you love, drive and restore

‘40 degrees was murder for us, but not the car!’ • Richard Tysler tells us why his 1965 Austin-Healey is no museum piece

SPOTTED • Older cars in everyday use

TANGERINE DREAM • What do you do when there are no replacement panels? If you’re Alan Stanyon, you make everything yourself…

Here’s how Alan did it…

Our January sale is LIVE!

‘It sure beats a Range Rover!’ • Keith Davis hadn’t planned on buying a Nash-Healey, let alone restoring one…

‘I’ve smiled on every drive in the ZR’ • Nick adds his personal tributes to the MG Zeds…

‘MG Metro, Maestro and Montego: The Remake’ • John remembers the press launch of the MG Z-cars…

‘It’s a new golden age of classic motoring’ • Steph makes a case for the youngtimers…

RUST IN PEACE • Here’s what we’ve found lurking in barns and bushes across the planet this month

Light fantastic • The PC team drives home for Christmas on the most famous Tarmac in the world

Blade Runner • We pay tribute to the car that saved Ford’s reputation

Pulling Focus • As the Ford Focus bows out, we celebrate the genius behind the design

Driving the Focus RS • Nathan Chadwick drives the first, properly-fast Focus

‘Born in the USA – dying over here?’

The Good Auction Guide PC’s pick of the best classic auctions

Bravo, baby E-type • The GT6 rises well past some modern alternatives

SPAX Performance Ltd • British bespoke manufacturing alive and well

WHAT I BOUGHT THIS MONTH… • 2000 TOYOTA COROLLA: DANNY HOPKINS, EDITOR

THE THREE GRACES • James Walshe looks at these symbols of a carefree...