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STEVEN MYATT, 1952-2025

AUCTION WATCH • H&H AUCTIONS

AUCTION WATCH • BONHAMS CARS ONLINE

GENE WINFIELD, 1927-2024 • Mike Renaut remembers car customising icon Gene Winfield, who has died aged 97.

TENGTOOLS FITS PERFECTLY WITH TATTON PARK CLASSIC CAR SHOWS

Ford 24.7 Concept • Ah, the millennium… the technological possibilities seemed endless and the Ford Motor Company stepped up to the plate with this multilingual ‘voice commanded’ concept vehicle that would assist with owners’ daily lives. However, its unveiling in 2000 was met with a mixed reaction, as Richard Heseltine explains…

The rollback begins • Evans looks at the sweeping changes taking place under the new Trump administration and what it could mean for the motor industry stateside…

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

Catalina Street • If you’d just bought a classic Pontiac, you might suppose it would be the only one for a few miles around. Mick Elliott and Adrian Ball thought so too, until they met one day and discovered they both had old Ponchos stashed a few doors away from each other…

Silhouette • Imported into the UK and subsequently customised, this ’67 Chevrolet Camaro RSSS350, known to many as Silhouette, quickly became a major player on the custom scene back in the day. Although cherished by its previous custodians, a major mechanical uplift was long overdue and serial American car restorer Dave Evans was more than happy to take on this unique project…

Puttin’ on the style • Bob Smith fell in love with American cars when he noticed a Pontiac turning heads in his childhood village. He finally realised his dream to own one when a rare ’46 Hudson became available, but it needed a lot of care and attention before it was fit to drive, as Zack Stiling discovered…

Retrographic

Safe Flight • One of the leading businesses of the resto-mod movement, ICON, has created a top-down modern reinterpretation of a legendary classic Jeep with its latest Reformer model: a 1975 Cherokee christened Safe Flight…

Brands Hatch and abroad • Zack Stiling has uncovered a treasure trove of photographs of American cars from the Fifties and Sixties that had fled their homeland. Kicking things off are beauties spotted at Brands Hatch…

Selling the Dream 1955 Imperial

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

TECH: VIN DECODING – PART TWO • Let’s get into the numbers game again and see what you’ve got parked on your drive. Yes, mate, it’s a numbers-matching car!

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Readers’ Rides • Classic American readers tell us all about their American vehicles in their own words…

Scale autos

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

Reviews

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