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Classic American

Kingstown Shipping-Vintage Tyres Car of the Year Competition Round 2

X-RATED: THE NEW CORVETTE ZR1X

SPRING AUTOJUMBLE • Beaulieu, Hants

GENE WINFIELD MEMORIAL CRUISE • Sunday, April 27

RED LIGHTS A GO-GO! • AMERICAN SUPER STOCK RD 2 May 10/11 Melbourne Raceway, York

Tex Trubshaw

Alfa Romeo TZ3 Stradale • What’s this? An Italian car in Classic American?!?!... Not so fast, all is not as it seems…

Still out there • Evans is encouraged by stumbling across a collection of old cars in the wild…

Mail • Email us at: email@classic-american.com or write to: Classic American magazine, PO Box 99, Horncastle, Lincs LN9 6LZ

Jade green… and no trailer queen! • This was the year that Chevy gave its popular, but long-in-the-tooth, spine-jarring workhorse a major revamp. Old school Vincent Lewis splashed the cash to remodel it some more.

Crazy ’bout a Mercury! • “Crazy ’bout a Mercury!”, or Mercury Blues, was a song written and performed by KC Douglas back in 1948… but what sort of car could inspire such a musical tribute? Keith Harman reckons one like our feature car on these pages right here…

Citrus streak • Rob Marshall needs no excuse to jump into his fully restored Camaro for a spin around his farm, as Jon Cass found out…

Instead of… maybe try? • Ten more options to save £££ on the 70s Yanks you didn’t know existed 10 minutes ago!

CLASSIC AMERICAN PEOPLE Pete Lyons • Steve Havelock meets award-winning motorsport photojournalist and author of 16 books, Pete Lyons, and relives his fascinating life covering motorsport across the globe…

Chrysler cavalcade • We continue our journey with Allan Bedford and Barry Magness around the streets of Kent and London by looking in this instalment at the Mopar products – Chryslers, Dodges and Plymouths – they met and photographed on their travels.

HIGHWAY 63 MEET • MVM Garage, Bridlington April 12

CHELSEA CRUISE 50TH ANNIVERSARY • Chelsea & Battersea May 31, 2025

EVENTS 2025 • Shows highlighted in white are Car of the Year events

BEAULIEU HOT ROD AND CUSTOM DRIVE-IN DAY • Beaulieu, Hampshire June 15

TECH: WHEELS AND GRILLES • Perfect paint and beautiful brightwork do not make for a perfect classic American if it’s let down by poor grilles, wheels and trim. Martin Mumford has a look at tidying these areas up, for the perfect presentation…

CHRYSLERS AT BROOKLANDS • Weybridge, Surrey May 25Derek Carter’s family shared the day as he reported from this year’s Chryslers at Brooklands event…

Will Shier’s DISCOVERIES • Our intrepid salvage yard explorer brings you junkyard jewels from across North America.

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