Classic & Sports Car

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.

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UNITED STATES OF ENTERTAINMENT • A new mixture of grids provided scintillating on-track action at the 81st Goodwood Members’ Meeting

THE C&SC TEAM’S MM FAVOURITES

TYRRELL’S SHED FINDS A NEW HOME

RACING GREATS REMEMBERED

ESSEN HOSTS MILESTONES

GALLIC SMALL WONDER

Federation update

DERBYFLIES TO VICTORY

Paddock profile

VAN WITH A VERY SPECIAL CARGO

CRAYFORD WOLSELEY RARITY FINDS A NEW CUSTODIAN

RETIRED TRAM CAR GOES IN SEARCH OF A FRESH START

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ALFREDO DE LA MARIA • This Uruguayan artist captures dramatic moments from motorsport history with a vivid and arresting painting style

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Model of the month

Pick of the month

Mick WALSH

Simon TAYLOR

Martin BUCKLEY

Letter of the month

Pedant of the month • Pedant of the month wins a C&SC baseball cap. Send your observations to alastair.clements@haymarket.com

RAM-RAID REFUGEE • Tracking down a Lotus Carlton that became infamous for its crime spree

2-4-6-8 ain’t never too late • Morgan’s sports-car legacy spans more than a century, with the V-twin three-wheeler, and four-pot, V6 and V8 roadsters

NATIONAL VELVET • As smooth as it is rapid and superbly built, this Vanden Plas tourer reveals how Derby Bentleys set new standards of aspirational motoring

EAST COAST HOME BREW • When ambitious racer Walt Hansgen was unable to buy a new Jaguar C-type, he set out to build his own. How does it measure up?

WALT HANSGEN: ALL-AMERICAN HERO

Leading from the front • In the 1990s coupé boom, Toyota, Rover and Mazda scrabbled for power with race-inspired tuning, turbocharging and a sophisticated V6

NOT SO HACKNEYED CARRIAGE • Never mind today’s bloated Chelsea tractors, for millionaire Nubar Gulbenkian the perfect transport for the streets of ’60s London was a bespoke black cab

African Queen • A 1500-mile road trip has retraced this Morris Minor’s history, from its first owner to its rediscovered remains, 54 years ago

Royal By appointment • The overhauled Middlebridge Scimitar continuation was championed by Princess Anne with this, her eighth and final GTE

VARIATIONSON A LOTUS THEME • Colin Chapman’s cars were famed for innovation and invention, but some clearly felt they could do better

À la mode luggers • These smart wagons from Borgward and Morris prove that practicality doesn’t have to come at the cost of style

From little acorns… • The feisty Visa Trophée was an unlikely Group B rallying candidate, and a stepping stone towards Citroën’s WRC supremacy

FATHER’S DAY 16 June

WHICH BRIGHT SPARK CAN HELP?

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AN OPPORTUNITY FROM A CRISIS

LOUISEBARRETT • Small is most definitely beautiful in the eye of this collector of obscure microcars

FORD RANGERRAPTOR • OTT workhorse is a kid-pleasing head-turner that mixes business with pleasure