Classic American

Welcome to our May issue – I don’t know about you, but it feels like this year is flying by; maybe it’s the contrast with the last two years’ glacial pace caused by lockdowns and Covid. This month’s magazine features not one, but two purple muscle ca

Ford have released a new ‘California Special’ Mustang in Europe for the first time. Taking its cue from the Sixties original, it’s more of a styling package in reality and is based on the Mustang GT convertible. Buyers can expect Carbonised Grey 19-i

It’s not often one stumbles upon classic American cars these days which have been left in a barn or field or otherwise placed at the mercy of the elements, but that’s exactly what happened to a brace of Ford Mustang II Ghias which have just surfaced

The Sixties witnessed all manner of experiments with alternative methods of propulsion away from the internal combustion engine. Chevrolet, for its part, produced umpteen prototypes based on the Corvair including one that, bizarrely, employed peroxid

Recently I tuned into a press conference regarding electric vehicle (EV) adoption. It focused on the path of progress to 2035, a year that, for some reason, a number of political leaders and legislators have declared will be the moment in time when t

Sometimes a particular trade or profession can be useful when owning an American car. Think mechanic, petrol station owner… marriage counsellor (we’ve all been there!)… or even electrician. The owner of this superb 1967 Pontiac GTO is the latter and

Richard Brezinski is certainly no stranger to the pages of Classic American, though it’s now a few years since we featured his stunning ’72 Dodge Dart, along with his fine example of a ’68 Plymouth Roadrunner. Both cars were fully restored to an extr

Heading east out of Edmonton, Alberta, on Highway 21, the lights of the gas towers recede in your rear-view mirror. Soon the highway is just a single lane of asphalt in each direction. Under a wide, open sky, fields of grain and pasture stretch out t

Like most rod and custom-based events, the NSRA Southern Swapmeet starts early and finishes early… and they’re a hardy bunch, queuing up patiently well before the event opens, as the freezing cold winds blow across the unprotected old airfield that p

They don’t make them like ‘TV’ Tommy Ivo any more. He was a successful movie actor and TV star who became one of America’s top and most popular drag racers in a stellar career which spanned some 30 years from the Fifties to the Eighties. He was a bor

American car-owning folk seem to be divided into two categories: those that change their car like their underwear and those that cling on to the same car for years, lifetimes even. I think I fall firmly into the latter category, as I’ve owned the car

The Practical Classics Restoration Show is perhaps not the first to spring to mind when thinking of events that would appeal to American car enthusiasts. Sure, we’ve all got soft spots for American-engined (if I can term it thus) British cars such as

Rockabilly weekender in sin city, Orleans Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada. 25th year. See www.vivalasvegas.netfor tickets or more info. Surrey Street Rodders' annual season-opening extravaganza to raise money for charity and kick off the UK car show season