Classic World brings together four key ingredients of owning a classic vehicle, from driving it to restoring it, taking you on the full journey through the below.

Classic World Live Stage

The stage saw a host of the UK's best restorers and master mechanics in interview discussing hot topics including restoration vs preservation, MOT Exemptions and electrification.

Our guests included:

Ant Anstead
Car SOS’ Fuzz Townshend
Marc 'Elvis' Priestley and Mike Brewer Wheeler Dealers:
Practical Classics team including Editor Danny Hopkins

PC Staff Car Sagas

The Practical Classics team shared their car sagas with visitors at the show.

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Supercharged Morris Minor - Matt Tomkins Projects Editor

This Morris Minor was Matt’s first car, purchased back in 2010 when he was just sixteen years old. It has been through various iterations in Matt’s ownership with this current evolution being chronicl ...

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Work in Progress

This area is where visitors could watch the ongoing works by the Practial Classics team including the Reliant Rebel, or rather the team’s Rebel with a Cause, which is being restored to raise money for NHS charities. The project is sponsored by Lancaster Insurance.

The other car was a 1990s Honda Accord which is being completely rebuilt by Nick Mackenzie and students from the Macbeth Centre in London.

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Mark Fishpool’s 1956 Hillman Minx Californian

Launched in 1953 as a two-door coupe version of the Minx, the Californian featured some unique styling details such as duotone paintwork and a three-piece rear screen. Rare today, the car here has had ...

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Barn Finds Revisited

Here featured three beautifully restored vehicles that have been previous stars in the Carole Nash Barn Find display.

Visitors could read their journey back from the rusty wrecks they were to the pristine specimens they are now!