The April issue of Classic & Sports Car goes on sale in the UK today (5 March), and it's stuffed to the gunwales with great features, including a wonderfully original MGB, a stunningly well preserved Ferrari Testa Rossa and a bonkers – yet beautiful – Iso A3/C. Jaguar's MkV rubs shoulders with the Bentley MkVI, while our expert eye falls on the Ford Escort Mk2.
This month's cover star is one that will resonate with many of us – a 1964 MGB finished in Iris Blue. The quintessential British roadster from the model's early years is presented in its purest form, and reminds James Page what a wonderful sports car the B was when new. But the story doesn't end there; an extended tour around a series of twisting country lanes shows that there's plenty of life left in the old campaigner.
You'll find it hard to miss the incredible Mela Verde Iso, which makes as much of an impact on the pages of C&SC as it did when it was first unveiled at the 1963 Turin Salon. In total, 7000 rivets hold together the spectacular aluminium bodywork, while at its heart lies a thumping Yank V8. As fascinating as this most outrageous road racer is, the story of how it came to production is every bit as interesting. Richard Heseltine delves into the Italian beauty's fascinating past.
For fans of 1950s sports cars, it doesn't get much better than the Ferrari Testa Rossa 0704. Mick Walsh gets reacquainted with a car he first discovered in a Detroit museum, and tells the incredible story about how this legendary ex-works Ferrari came within a hair of having its precious patina wiped away forever, only to be saved by a British specialist.
