Classic American

30 YEARS OF CLASSIC AMERICAN

Dear Classic American, Congratulations on 30 years of continuous publication! I remember well the Saturday when my mother returned from W H Smith with issue number one of Classic American, back in 1988 when I was 16 years old. I was thrilled at last there was a regular publication in the UK devoted to American iron only, even if it was initially planned to be quarterly.

My father had plunged head first into classic American car ownership in the spring of 1987 with

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