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‘PEACE AND LOVE’

Classic American

KINGSTOWN TRUCK GIVEAWAY!

Show hopes are rising for next spring and summer

Ace dates

UK LOSES ITS MR MOPAR

Tony Oksien – a Personal View

MUSTANG WON FOR LESS THAN A PONY

CONTESSA’S COUGAR UP FOR SALE • If you’re quick you could get your hands on the actual Mercury that starred in a classic James Bond film. This Cougar will be unleashed by auction house Bonhams…

Avanti AVX • The Studebaker Avanti was universally admired and hailed as a ground-breaking American car when it made its debut; however its history after the demise of Studebaker was a chequered and troubled one, as Richard Heseltine reveals…

EV MADNESS • Evans debates the political rhetoric around forced EV adoption and what could actually result from it.

STAR Letter

BLUES BROTHERS ON A MISSION • We couldn’t let the year end (technically this issue goes on sale mid-December!) without celebrating the 40th anniversary of The Blues Brothers, because it’s not every day you get to drive a Dodge Monaco through a shopping mall…

Did you know?

TOP of the COPS • Ewan Howieson’s 2011 Ford Crown Victoria police car is one of very few that remains completely original and he reckons it’s ideal for everyday use.

Quick Silver • When Patrick Watts went looking for the basis of his new race car he made a novel choice in this 1959 Studebaker Silver Hawk, but it’s worked out rather well…

The restoration begins

BUSINESS PROFILE: CARROT TOWN catch up • Classic American catches up with Carrot Town Garage who have adopted a completely unique approach to buying, selling and owning American cars...

CARROT TOWN GARAGE

Rare Indian • Sedan deliveries are rare in the US due to the hard lives many of them lead, so are even more of a rarity over here, as Paul Bussey discovers...

Doin' the Continental • Few nameplates are as hallowed and iconic as Lincoln’s Continental and although we know where the story starts, we still don’t know where it ends. The moniker is still in use today as one of Lincoln’s halo models and is actually one of its few remaining sedan models…

THE END OF SUMMER BRIGHTON RUN • In his very own words Derek Carter, of UK Mopar group the Mopar Muscle Association, recounts one of the final events of the summer for American car owners that he organised in the south that actually wasn’t cancelled. Take it away Derek…

25TH U.S. CAR REUNION September 19-20, 2020 Lignano Sabbiadoro, Udine, Italy • There were very few American car shows in the UK this year, or elsewhere in Europe; however, over in Italy they had their big knees-up of the year, the U.S. Car Reunion in September. Here’s a little Italian sunshine to warm our bleak lockdown winter…

Top 30 cars of the 25th U.S. Car Reunion

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

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