I can only find one article on modified stuff in my copy. It's about
Austins. The rest of the mag is about standard classics. Modified
stuff is not really my thing, but the Austin thing was quite
interesting. If you don't buy this mag anymore, what others do
reccomend? Being new to this, I can't get enough of it at the moment!
Jimmy Page


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Yes, May 1980, Issue No. 1 had a picture of a AH 3000 and a Frog eyed
Sprite
IIRC

....on the cover.

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[1] who remembers who started Practical Classics ?

Paul Skilleter was pretty high profile when I started buying it mid 80s.


He was indeed, he invented the format and owned the title IIRC !

On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 16:47:03 +0100, Willy Eckerslyke
wrote:

Jimmy Page wrote:
I'm new to this scene having recently bought a Mk I Golf GTI. I bought
Practical Classics magazine (the one with the Jag E-type and the Mini
on the front). I must say, I thought it was excellent. The people who
do it seem very friendly and genuine enthusiasts. Maybe I'm just
niave!

I've defended them on occasion in the past. If you asked everyone which
articles they disliked the most, you'd probably get completely different
answers from everyone, suggesting that they haven't actually hit a bad
balance. Obviously when you've been reading the mag for a few years, you
see the same stuff coming around now and again, but on the whole, I'm
still happy enough to subscribe. I tend to see their technical articles
merely as pointers and then delve deeper on the net or here if I need to
know more.
And yes, I've found them pretty friendly when I've met any of them at
shows or contacted them.

I think you take it in the right spirit - they're a bunch of enthusiasts
like us and for the most part they have no more technical knowledge that
we do (they usually ask other people).
I've not met any of them personally but their emails are always friendly
(which is how I know Will Holman has been reading this thread!)
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I think you take it in the right spirit - they're a bunch of enthusiasts
like us and for the most part they have no more technical knowledge that
we do (they usually ask other people).

Purely personally, IMHO and all the rest of it, I cannot see the point of
spending good money on a magazine of this type that is written by people who
do not know more about their subject matter than their readers do.

I've not met any of them personally but their emails are always friendly
(which is how I know Will Holman has been reading this thread!)


In that case I would be very grateful if he would have a look under the back
of his Peugeot 505 Family Estate and tell us what sort of rear suspension it
has.

Ron Robinson
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Purely personally, IMHO and all the rest of it, I cannot see the point of
spending good money on a magazine of this type that is written by people
who
do not know more about their subject matter than their readers do.

I've been exposes to both Classics and Practical Classics recently - and
while I agree they're not mags to be picked up regularly, I believe they can
be useful as a "shot in the arm" to get motivated. Especially if the reader
isn't fortunate enough to be able to network locally with like-minded
classics nuts.

In that case I would be very grateful if he would have a look under the
back
of his Peugeot 505 Family Estate and tell us what sort of rear suspension
it
has.

An annoying trend: I noted in the last 12 months of Classics that the
so-called running reports of staff cars got no more involved than replacing
bulbs or "getting a local well-regarded garage to do the job for me". Also,
I suspect we don't need reviews of a range of car washing sponges. Sheeesh.

Flying against the wind, I actually quite like this new Retro thing but then
I'm a sacriligious type who doesn't mind sensible modifications of classics.

--
Ken Davidson


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R. N. Robinson wrote:

Purely personally, IMHO and all the rest of it, I cannot see the point of
spending good money on a magazine of this type that is written by people who
do not know more about their subject matter than their readers do.

Because they have _access_ to vehicles that their readers don't?
Personally, I don't see nearly enough classics on the road and don't get
to that many shows. Any introduction to something unfamiliar is welcome,
with or without in-depth technical detail.
This is also why I sit through foreign language satellite telly
programmes like Motorvision Classic where I can only make out about one
word in five (and can never remember how to convert PS to BHP).

I don't know if anyone else suffers from this, BTW, but I can read an
article in PC about just about any car (the Allegro aside, but only
because I've already experienced the horror) and end up wanting one. I
first noticed this when reading about the Renault 8. Nasty,
underpowered, plain looking, square box, who'd ever want one of those?
By the end of the article it had become an interesting, quirky,
endangered species crying out to be saved and relished by any free
thinking enthusiast.
The current 2CV restoration is another case in point. I'd never in a
million years want to buy a 2CV. But show me a few pictures of an early
example in its original grey, with corrugated panels and I'm measuring
up the garage to see if I could fit three cars in after all.