Practical Classics - May 2014

[ProgRocker]

Bought this when I was buying some sundries in Morrisons. The cover shows a lot od cars I wouldn't mind owning once I can afford that art deco house on half an acre with a row of garages and lots of parking to the side.

 

Car of the Year 50th anniversary suertest: Citroen CX, XM, NSU Ro80, Renault 16 & 9, Talbot Alpine, Fiat 127, Rover SD1 & P6, Porsche 928. Giggidy giggidy goo!

 

Will try an resist reading it until Tuesday when I'm back at work and on a break.

[Vin]

That Fiat 128 is lovely too. Great CX restoration feature also. Plus Dollywobbler is responsible for the XM write up. :-D

 

The memory lane 1984 motorway picture is great too. Space Cruiser, Renault 20, Imp....

[Skizzer]

Oo - thanks for the 'heads up', as American management types would say. Might have to get this.

 

I still have a sub to Classic & Sports Car but it's getting worse and worse for only having stupidly expensive cars in it. I must get around to cancelling it - Craptical Classics may be more the thing, or just spend the money on 70s and 80s issues of CAR off eBay.

[Split_Pin]

Been getting this since December 1996 after Popular Classics went out of print and it's a particularly grand issue this. Will feast on it Tuesday on the train to work!

[dollywobbler]

Was a great feature to take part in. Typical lack of notice. "Can you turn up at Rockingham next week with an XM?" I don't like to refuse a challenge, and found an absolute corker. Was very impressed with the 2.1-litre engine particularly - far better than a blown XUD. Did have a drive of the Renault 9. Disappointing.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

I still have a sub to Classic & Sports Car but it's getting worse and worse for only having stupidly expensive cars in it. I must get around to cancelling it - Craptical Classics may be more the thing, or just spend the money on 70s and 80s issues of CAR off eBay.

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Great minds think alike. It's all about Mick Walsh wearing goggles, driving a 1938 Maserati that was blessed ny the pope worth about 8 trillion quid. It's still sort of readable but Classic Cars is much better because Phil Bell keeps a handle on things. C&SC seems to be turning into a club magazine for the insanely wealthy, despite the efforts of Buckley.

PC is much better and as you say, old CAR mags with LJKS ramblings and futureshite group tests for 50p each better still.

[HMC]

Just been bought a pc subscription as a present, this issue should be on the front door mat when we get back from Germany. Lolling fwd to th citroen content as I've just bought a BX. Wonder if it gets a look in?

[dollywobbler]

I think you'll find the current issue also has some BX content. A Mk1 GT restoration project no less.

[messerschmitt owner]

I saw a bx sport mk1 on Thursday. Cool thing.

[dollywobbler]

Ah, Hilary's metallic blue one I guess? They sound a lot of fun. That's two or three of them over here now.

[messerschmitt owner]

It was a blue b reg. in Cambridge. No, not that one.

[dollywobbler]

Ah, I think I know that one too. That's an ex-Rugg car I think.

[messerschmitt owner]

Was at tony weston's and it was in then. I thought it was the rug gone.

[Shep Shepherd]

It's nice to see Dolly in magazines that i read, first Car Me

 

Was a great feature to take part in. Typical lack of notice. "Can you turn up at Rockingham next week with an XM?" I don't like to refuse a challenge, and found an absolute corker. Was very impressed with the 2.1-litre engine particularly - far better than a blown XUD. Did have a drive of the Renault 9. Disappointing.

 

It's great to see you in magazines I read regularly; I enjoyed your account of the Sirion in Car Maniacs last month

[carlo]

I was reading this is Tesco today, some good articles.  I refuse to buy car magazines any more though since all the photographs are HDR'd to within an inch of their lives.

[forddeliveryboy]

Was a great feature to take part in. Typical lack of notice. "Can you turn up at Rockingham next week with an XM?" I don't like to refuse a challenge, and found an absolute corker. Was very impressed with the 2.1-litre engine particularly - far better than a blown XUD. Did have a drive of the Renault 9. Disappointing.

 

The Puggy 2.1 is a peach of an engine, tough in the way Citroen engines were. I had a Xantia with one in and it was effortless, quite unlike even the best 1.9, which to me felt as if it needed bigger bearings. Thing was, the cambelt change was a proper pita, so I played roulette. And won. When I decided to sell to the metal collector, I stripped it of it lovely electro-hydraulic valves, spheres, leather seats and other nice bits then washed it to say thanks. It snapped its belt whilst idling, waiting to be moved into position for the hiab!

[dollywobbler]

What impressed me most was the way the turbo cut in smoothly from about 1500rpm. The blown XUD doesn't really wake up until 2000rpm. It's amazing what a difference 500rpm makes. I really must own an XM at some point.

[chaseracer]

I can recommend it.

[dollywobbler]

Was at tony weston's and it was in then. I thought it was the rug gone.

 

Sorry. Getting all confused about the 'wrong' Cambridge. That would have been Hilary's and I think he imported it himself. The ex-Rugg one is still in The East.

[Micrashed]

Kitch and DW in one magazine with more French chod than you can shake a stick at.

 

Im away camping, so I had to buy a copy