Livin’ the Dream

My wife and I were avid readers of Classic American magazine way back when it first started and the inspiration it gave us to pursue a life in America is remarkable. We have now lived in the States for 24 years and a family member who came out for a visit this past Christmas brought with them a copy of Classic American for us to see – and the memories of the magazine and our classic American car life we had in England before we moved over here came flooding back to us as we read through it.

My interest in American cars started in 1975 when I was seven years old growing up in Brackley, Northamptonshire, which was near to the Upper Heyford US air base. Our next door neighbours (who were American) were based at Heyford and had what could only be described by any seven-year-old boy as a ‘gargantuan’ car in the form of a blue 1972