2019 Show News
The grand final of the Restorer of the Year will make a return to this year’s Practical Classics Classic Car & Restoration Show, with Discovery, held at Birmingham’s NEC from 22-24 March with ...
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The Classic Car Auction (CCA) sale on the 23rd and 24th March, at the Practical Classics Restoration Show, is set to feature four classic Minis marking special moments in the marques 60th anniversary ...
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The finalists for the 2019 National Car Club Awards, in association with Tourism Ireland, have been revealed as the esteemed panel of judges have trawled through the nominations, with more clubs than ...
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Practical Classics Classic Car & Restoration Show, with Discovery is expecting a huge array of lots in Classic Car Auctions first sale of the year and 100% of them are on our list to own. Unfortu...
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Car collector James Warren is bringing four of his most prized possessions to feature in the Carole Nash Barn Find display at the Practical Classics Classic Car & Restoration Show, with Discovery ...
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Some 50 years on from its chart-topping success of the movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is being celebrated on the Practical Classics stand with a virtually perfect recreation of the original car from th...
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The first Lancaster Insurance Pride of Ownership final of 2019 is shaping up to be one of most hotly-contested yet, and as anticipation builds ahead of the Practical Classics Classic Car & Restora...
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The worlds oldest one-make car club are once again returning to the Restoration Show at the NEC with stand that promises to be nothing short of a hive of activity.
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Founded in 1989, Sporting Bears has raised over £2.3 million for children's charities far and wide whilst also providing fantastic experiences to people across the UK.
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SIMCA Club UK plans to bring along an array of classics to the show in March, most of which have some interesting collaborations.
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This year the Morgan Sports Car Club will be celebrating 110 years since HFS Morgan made his first car which was a three wheeled cyclecar in 1909. The following year he made his first commercially a...
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This TR6 has traveled far and wide and will be making its show debut at the show in March - will it run off the Discovery Live Stage?
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Next year’s Practical Classics Classic Car & Restoration Show, with Discovery, is set to be a record breaker as it will be the biggest yet! Another hall is being added, increasing the show by 20...
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2018 Show News
Classic Car Auctions held its biggest sale of the year last weekend at the show, where 130 out of 161 classic cars on offer were sold, resulting in an impressive 81% sales rate.
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This year’s Practical Classics Classic Car and Restoration Show, with Discovery, broke all records – record crowds, record number of cars and clubs, record fundraising and more restoration and rus...
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The final line-up of the spring final of the Lancaster Insurance Pride of Ownership has been revealed ahead of the show, this weekend – and it’s a fantastic mix of marvellous marques!
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The National Street Rod Association will be exhibiting at the Practical Classics Classic Car & Restoration Show, with Discovery, for the first time this year.
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Never buy a car that's just a box of bits, the experts always tell us. All sorts of parts might be missing, and you'll have no feel for what the car was like before it came apart, but that didn’t st...
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Classic Car Auctions (CCA) will hold its biggest sale of the year on 24th and 25th March at the NEC, Birmingham with more than 160 ‘everyman’ classics on offer at the Practical Classics Classic ...
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Classic Car Auctions (CCA) will offer enthusiasts the chance to own some of the rarest classics to be found in the UK at its upcoming sale at the Practical Classics Classic Car & Restoration Show ...
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The UK’s biggest gathering of ‘Barn Finds’ will see 20 classics in various conditions showcased in the Carole Nash Barn Find display at the Practical Classics Classic Car & Restoration Show,...
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When Peter Neumark pulled the covers off this unique Pinin Farina-bodied Jaguar XK120 at Pebble Beach concours in August, it marked the end of a two-year voyage of painstaking research and restoration...
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An iconic rally MGB that contested the 1968 London to Sydney Marathon is to return to the limelight after 50 years thanks to the efforts of volunteers from the MG Car Club’s MGB Register. Rescued fr...
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The next Classic Car Auctions (CCA) sale at the NEC will see twenty-one Fast Fords, ranging from Escorts to Capris to Fiestas to Sierras, go under the hammer.
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The Gay Classic Car Group has set its members a massive challenge as they plan to work on not one car at the Practical Classics Classic Car and Restoration Show, with Discovery, but eight cars, all v...
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An exemplary 1972 Alfa Romeo Montreal, previously sold by Silverstone Auctions in 2013, has emerged from a recent £28,000 restoration and will be offered for sale by Classic Car Auctions (CCA) at the...
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After displaying the fabulous Mercury V8 engine on their stand at the Practical Classics Classic Car and Restoration Show, with Discovery, last year, the Allard Owners Club is going one better this ye...
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The West Berks Classic Vehicle Club will showcase its ongoing project at this year’s Practical Classics Classic Car and restoration Show, with Discovery. The Club plans to not only build a competiti...
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The Spring Final of the Lancaster Insurance Pride of Ownership is looking to be the toughest competition yet as the ‘youngtimers’ face off at the Practical Classics Classic Car & Restoration S...
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You may need to wear sunglasses when you visit the Meguiar’s stand at the Practical Classics Classic Car & Restoration Show, with Discovery, at Birmingham’s NEC, at they bring two stunning shi...
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The one thing guaranteed to be in the Sporting Bears’ Dream Rides Garage at the Practical Classics Classic Car & Restoration Show, with Discovery, is a rare find – with this year’s event off...
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John Webb’s 1962 Rover P4 100 will be dragged out of the run down garage where it was discovered and brought into the bright lights of the NEC and the Carole Nash Barn Find display.
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After rescuing an original 1972 Dolomite from being scrapped after the original owner passed away last year, members of the Triumph Dolomite Club have set themselves quite a challenge as they plan to ...
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A rare Saab 92 prototype, one of three surviving examples left in the world, will make its UK debut at the Practical Classics Classic Car and Restoration Show, with Discovery, at Birmingham’s NEC fr...
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Two cars previously owned by rock star royalty – the Bee Gees’ Barry Gibb and Status Quo’s Francis Rossi – are being sold by Classic Car Auctions (CCA) at the Practical Classics Classic Car an...
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The stars of two brand new motoring TV shows will be joining us at the Practical Classics Classic Car & Restoration Show, with Discovery. Drew Pritchard and Paul Cowland of Salvage Hunters: Classi...
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The first finalists who will be looking to win the hearts and votes of visitors in the Lancaster Insurance Pride of Ownership competition have been confirmed.
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This year’s gathering of rediscovered treasures at the Practical Classics Classic Car and Restoration Show, with Discovery, will be sponsored by Carole Nash Insurance. Featuring around 20 classics t...
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The team from Practical Classics will take on its biggest restoration of a classic to date at the 2018 Practical Classics Classic Car & Restoration Show, with Discovery, when it returns to Birming...
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Following the success of its debut sale at the Practical Classics Car & Restoration Show in 2017, Classic Car Auctions (CCA) will return to the show in 2018 with another two-day classic car auctio...
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2017 Show News
A superb collection of ‘rust and rarities’ brought in a record number of classic motoring enthusiasts in the Birmingham’s NEC for the fourth outing of the Practical Classics Classic Car & Re...
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The winners of the 2017 National Car Club Awards, in association with Tourism Ireland, were announced on Saturday 1 April in an emotionally charged evening where there were tears and standing ovations...
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Lancaster Insurance is thrilled to announce a new initiative for 2017 with two classic car ‘heavyweights’, Mike Brewer and Ant Anstead, going head to head for charity.
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Classic Car Auctions’ (CCA) debut sale at the Practical Classics Classic Car and Restoration Show was a huge success and saw 75 per cent of the cars on offer successfully hammered away for a total s...
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One of the UK’s leading classic car insurance brokers has announced that it will be celebrating the reasons for restoring by displaying a restored 1934 Mark II Aston Martin at the NEC Practical Clas...
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Classic cars of the 1980s are currently undergoing an upsurge in popularity, with enthusiasts unearthing examples wherever they can find them. No wonder then that the Practical Classics Classic Car &a...
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A gleaming MG Y Type will be displayed in pride of place on the Stewart Miller & Peter James Insurance stand at the show to celebrate 70 years since the rare model was launched.
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A 1984 Chevrolet S10 Truck with over 900bhp will be going under the hammer at Classic Car Auctions’ (CCA) sale at the Practical Classics Classic Car and Restoration Show at the NEC, Birmingham on 1s...
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This M1 – registered 255 BMW – on BMW’s press fleet is arguably the most famous roadgoing M1 of all, having been assigned to BMW GB by the factory.
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Classic Car Auctions (CCA) will auction a 1962 Jaguar E-Type Series 1 Fixedhead Coupé barn find, one of the greatest sports cars of all time, at its biggest ever sale taking place at the Practical Cl...
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The Jowett Car Club returns to the NEC with multiple awards for the magnificent live working on its stand – and it looks like it's members still have more room in the trophy cabinet as not only are ...
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This gorgeous little 1959 Austin A35 has been discovered just in time to feature in the UK’s biggest Barn Find display at the Practical Classics Classic Car & Restoration Show.
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Classic Car Auctions (CCA) has consigned a rare 1965 Citroen 2CV Sahara with an unusual, globetrotting past to its biggest ever sale taking place at the NEC, Birmingham.
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A 1980 MG B GT in time-warp condition with an incredibly low mileage will be offered by Classic Car Auctions (CCA) in its biggest sale ever on 1st and 2nd April at the NEC, Birmingham.
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A brand new classic car history file, designed to set a new industry standard in formalising the way in which a cars history is documented, will be launched at the Practical Classics’ Classic Car an...
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There is a common theme amongst the first finalists selected for the Lancaster Insurance Pride of Ownership competition – they all have fantastic restoration stories to share. Ideal then that the co...
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The Practical Classics Classic Car and Restoration Show will welcome more classic car clubs than ever before with over 130 groups attending, including 26 clubs making their show debut at Birmingham’...
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Classic Car Auctions (CCA) is delighted to announce that it will be hosting its first auction of 2017 at the Practical Classics Classic Car and Restoration Show.
Hosting the sale at the event for the...
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