February 2010

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Classic American

UK's No.1 American Car magazine - everything from fins & chrome land yachts to rip-snorting American muscle cars.

24 Best of the Bunch
Hail the conquering hero! Meet this year?s Footman James-Rybec Shipping Car of the Year winner: Tony Wicks? superlative 1962 Chevrolet Corvette

30 The Lincoln Cars Story
Selling American cars in the UK has long been a lucrative business - Geoff Carverhill explores the operation that specialised in Fords

35 Size Matters
If you like your cars by the pound, then you love this 1969 Chrysler 300: big, fast and mean-looking too!

40 Date with a Rocket 88
Hailed by many as America?s first muscle car, the 1950 Oldsmobile 88 shoe-horned a fiery V8 into a relatively compact body... and was an instant legend!

46 Executive Express
How do you attract young buyers into your showroom? Well, if you were Oldsmobile in the Sixties you just built a hairy, scary muscle car: meet the ?69 Hust Olds special

52 Rocket Man
Mid-Sixties Ford Galaxies are one of the most handsome cars of their era; but they were pretty potent out on the race track too. Check out this UK-based beauty...

60 The Long and Short of it
Forget Pomona! We check out the Hi Po Swapmeet which takes place in Long Beach. Smaller, Cheaper and more manageable, it?s a great alternative

65 Bolt from the New
RM Auctions are auctioning a fascinating piece of Automotive history, the 1941 Chrysler Thunderbolt. Hurry and you could place a bid right now!
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