what's happened to Custom Car magazine?

Oh dear God no - next month it'll have a ratted Corsa on banded steels with a spotty 18yo lass standing next to it.

I'm a subscriber and mine came on Tuesday and mine does not say that on the front cover mmmmm very strange I have just renewed my subscription as well

That's the first I've seen of that version of the mag. It seems the subscriber copies don't have the Fast Car branding. I hope it doesn't bode badly for the magazine. I would have thought that Retro Cars, also from the same publisher would be a better title to link to. At least they're both concerned with old(er) vehicles and RC often features cars that I'd call custom. If they had to merge for economic reasons then it could end up as something close to Street Machine (RIP) which would be no bad thing, even if it annoyed some of the traditional hot rodders.

CC has been on the wane for years. To me it appears they honestly don't know who they're trying to sell the magazine to. It's bitty, disjointed, doesn't reflect the UK hot rod scene accurately, and tries to cover too many totally unrelated bases. That's before you get to the actual journalism. Anybody who is into any of the niches within the scene will tend to buy a specialist publication instead(usually a U.S. import) as CC tend to gloss over the details so people go elsewhere looking for more depth. as they're very available these days- there's many 'traditional' publications available, plus street rodder, drag racing and truck mags. All of which offer much better quality and quantity of articles for your money.

I think they will really be in trouble once the current paper based generation who don't use the internet start to die off/ pack it in, as what CC tries to offer is done so much better by forums.

Retro cars and practical performance car seem the 2 best mags our there in the UK in my opinion I was very happy when retro cars come back and defo rip street machine why did they turn it into at the time American car world .

Practical Performance Car is about the only magazine in this sector actually written by true car enthusuiasts who know what they're talking about - they could do with a decent proof reader though . . . .

True, a good if short read. Originates from 'Cars and car conversions'' which was a great read, Walkers world etc.
Coincidentally I walked past the old IPC building in Croydon yesterday, once the home of Volksworld, super bike, C,C&C, street machine etc, there was always a great selection of bikes/cars outside. Now just an empty run down office block and car park.

Same here, been a subscriber for the last fifteen years.

I started buying CC in the early 70's but gave up in the 80's when it shifted its focus to body kitted rubbish instead of 'proper' customs. Never bothered going back to it after that.