News - The latest in the classic car world: 600 cars for Norwich Union RAC Classic; dates for C<S S Novice Championship; that Harrah Royale is sold again
Letters - More from the C&S postbag: a reader's pair of Ghia-bodied Chryslers; some fishy business
Worthy - Motoring sleuth Mike Worthington-Williams finds another rotting Cord, languishing Triumph TR3A and Bristol 403, and a V8 Humber hybrid
skulduggery - Offbeat stories from Doug Nye include Ae reasons for the Targa Florio dying, the concours won by a replica, F1's lavish teams of the fifties and more
Four speed - Mick Walsh meets Patricia Britton, owner of the Aston Martin DB4GT which performed the famous publicity stunt, 0-100-0 mph in 20.8secs
Track test - Until the current generation McLarens, the Lotus 72 had won more Grands Prix than any other car. Willie Green reports on John Foulston's beautifully restored example
Short of A legend - Doug Nye tells the Lotus 72's story, and concludes that it wasn't as great as its reputation suggests
Rump stakes - There were sporting baby saloons long before the present crop of hot hatchbacks. Martin Gurdon compares a rear-engined pair - NSU 1200TT versus Sunbeam Stiletto
Wood worked - Featuring a wealth of exposed beams, the Mercury 'woodie' was one of America's motoring eccentricities.
Mike McCarthy looks at one of only three surviving convertibles
RSKAPADES - The Porsche RSK's greatest claim to fame is that it is the smallest-engined car ever to win the Targa Florio. Mike McCarthy drove the very same car
X-CERTIFICATE - It's undoubtedly fun to drive, but is it too fragile to be fun to own? Giles Chapman and Martin Buckley present this Profile of the Fiat X1/9
My Two lives - Anyone who followed motor racing in the sixties will recall fondly the flamboyant driving of Sir John Whitmore. Len Newman discovers the inside stories from Whitmore's racing career, and his extraordinary life since his retirement 20 years ago
Rolls-royce shrine - The Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts Club's HQ contains a remarkable library, workshop, museum and research facility. Richard Sutton paid a visit
Geoffrey perfect - Geoffrey Perfect's fabulous car collection, mainly of Rileys and Bugattis, is revealed by Philip Porter
Yellow peril - Benson and Hedges Champion Roger Rowley explains how he restored and prepared his Reliant Scimitar GTE, the top concours car in Britain
club Focus - News from the owners clubs includes a report in colour of the largest ever gathering of Maseratis, another good Brighton Classic Car Show, a Stratos in the Alps and more
Czech mates - An amusing tale from Dougie Armstrong about a jaunt to Czechoslovakia in 1959 when he found that this Iron Curtain nation's motor industry wasn't as primitive as he thought
Automobilia - Book reviews, model news and two competitions in this monthly helping for the armchair enthusiast
Case histories - An expert's assessment of two cars - Daimler SP250 and Pontiac Chieftain - currently for sale at dealers
10-25-50 - What happened this month in 1977, 1962 and 1937?

Front cover - Fiat's sporting bambino of the seventies, the X1/9, is the subject of this month's Profile on page 66. The X1/9 Centre of Southall provided this car.