Classic Cars February 2005
Overview
Publication Details
| Type | Magazine |
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| Publisher | Classic Cars |
| Published date | 01/02/2005 |
| Pages | 196 |
Articles
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| 41 | Our Cars - Trials and Tribulations of the Classic Cars team and the cars we live with. 1966 Ford Mustang 289GT Coupé, Graeme Hurst - Elvis is alive and living with me. 1951 Bristol 401, Martin Gurdon - Trouble getting started. 1958 Standard Ten, Lloyd McNeill - More power to the Standard's elbow. 1971 Saab 95, Malcolm McKay - Sensible family transport. 1974 BMW 2002, Glen Waddington - Stuck in free-flowing traffic. | General interest | 3 |
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| 50 | All The Glamour of California - Ferrari 250 California Spyder in California - Drop dead gorgeous bodywork and a race-bred chassis make this Ferrari a dream combination. No wonder it’s named after the state where fantasies come true. | Features | 6 |
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| 56 | 50 Most Outrageous Cars Ever! - Whether you’re talking about the fastest, the most opulent, the most exciting or simply the most bizarre, these are the 50 cars that took excess to the max. Read on to find your favourite. | Features | 11 |
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| 68 | Beginners Can Get Lucky - Irish Trial In An Austin A40 - You don’t need an expensive car and lots of experience to have fun in a classic rally. As the Classic Cars team, a Austin A40 and the Irish Trial proved, you can even do quite well. | Features | 3 |
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| 72 | Still Fun at Fifty - MG vs Triumph vs Morgan vs Jowett - In the fifties, these roadsters provided a fun alternative to stuffy saloons. Fifty years on with traffic congestion and speed cameras, they might just offer more fun than their modern equivalents. | Multi vehicle - Reviews | 7 |
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| 80 | 2000 Miles, 36 Cars, 24 Hours, One Man’s Dream - Willhire 24-hour race - What do you get if you take the exotic and glamorous French Le Mans 24-hours race and dream up a British alternative for ordinary cars? You get the Eighties Willhire 24-hours. This is the man responsible. | General interest | 4 |
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| 84 | Me and My Italian Job E-Type - For most classic enthusiasts a dream car is exactly that - a dream, but not for Philip Porter. Meet the life-long Jaguar fan who restored the E-Type he first saw 43 years ago. And it’s a car you’ll recognize from Sixties film The Italian job. | Features | 4 |
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| 90 | Classics Under Threat - Classic cars will be outlawed within 15 years. Nightmare or reality? Here is the Truth. | General interest | 3 |
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| 94 | Missing Teeth - Designs That Changed the World: The Synchromesh Gearbox - Ever wrestled with an old-fashioned crash gearbox? The advent of synchromesh meant no-one need ever crunch those gears again. | General interest | 2 |
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| 100 | Buying Guide - BMW CS (1965-1975) - If you fancy a fast, stylish and practical coupé, the BMW CS could be the car for you. Follow this guide to avoid the pitfalls its sexy but rust-prone bodywork can present. | Single vehicle -Reviews | 4 |
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| 128 | Future Classics - Bentley Continental GT - The Continental GT is the marque’s first all-new car in more than 50 years, but it harks back to the most coverted of all post-war Bentleys. | Features | 2 |
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