Classic American - January 2010

24 BLOCK OF GOLD
This award-winning ’Cuda scooped Best of Show at this year’s Mopar Euro Nats. Here’s why...

31 BACK TO THE SEVENTIES
Owning a Trans Am has been the lifetime ambition of this American enthusiast and it’s been worth the wait

36 SEXY ’66 CAPRICE
This Caprice has options that would make a Cadillac blush; check out this lovely, loaded California coupe

40 AMBASSADOR TO DISNEYLAND
The intention was never to make this a concours restoration, but this Nash looks factory fresh

46 SEASON IN THE SUN
Ford adopted this distinctive style for one year only, making the 1960 model super-rare

52 NEVER TOO OLD TO RACE
Take one ’65 Corvette and some balls of steel and you have the perfect historic racing combination

56 VANISHING POINT REVISITED
We retrace Kowalski’s route in cult classic Vanishing Point in a pair of Challengers

64 SHOW REPORT: SEMA
Come to ’Vegas for the American automotive aftermarket’s show of shows: SEMA

67 SHOW REPORT: CLASSIC MOTOR SHOW, NEC
It’s the UK’s biggest indoor classic motor show and also the finals of the Car of the Year competition

76 WHEN GIANTS ROAMED THE EARTH
Nigel Boothman ponders the fate of the four-wheeled giants which used to roam America’s freeways

88 TECH: LEAKDOWN TEST
How do you test the health of your engine? Huw Evans finds out using a leakdown test. All is revealed...

92 EXCLUSIVE EXPRESS
Behold the Super Chief, Ford’s bold new vision of the future of pick-up trucks. More hydrogen please!