This Mustang Coupe is a rare find, an original factory manual with incredibly low mileage that is untouched and unmodified.
Recently the car has undergone a meticulous refurbishment with new brakes, wheel
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HDT VL Group A leads new Unique Cars mag
Out today: Unique Cars number 499 filled to the brim with great gear!
For example…
HDT VL Group A
A big feature on HDT’s stylish VL Group A;
Hot Volvos
Hot Volvos – V60R and 850R;
Datsun
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2017 Tickford Mustang – today’s tempter
With the local relaunch of Mustang in 2014, there was a flurry of renewed interest in the series. It coincided with a model revision that put the nameplate back on track when it came to a combination of
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Legend in a Pack, Repro Panels, Brocky’s Back + more – Gearbox
1. LEGEND IN A PACK
Remember the halcyon days of Bathurst with 60 cars on the grid of all makes, models, shapes and sizes? When Bathurst parties were as wild as the race? Relive those
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Drive to Survive – Our Cars
Remember a few issues ago I mentioned the concept of ‘backdating’? Where some car enthusiasts fit earlier-model panels, lights and other bits to their project car to make it look older than it is?
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Great Aussie Road Trip – What Do You Reckon?
Recently I attended the fantastic Leyburn Street Sprints. Billed as the ‘Race Around the Houses’. This event is held in the tiny town of Leyburn, a few hours west of Brisbane. This year, the event
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Street Glide – Unique Bikes
In case you missed it, the whole ‘bagger’ look has become big business in the USA market, and arguably across the globe.
So what’s a bagger? It applies to a semi-stripped-back touring bike with some
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Chryslers, Escorts, Mustangs and more – Uncle Phil’s Picks
1974 CHRYSLER REGAL HARDTOP $85,000
This limelight Val will stand out like a glow-worm among the flocks of dull coloured modern vehicles on the road. While everyone goes gaga aboutRead More
In the Detail – Model Mania
1:24 – Inferno 1969 XW Ford. Fully detailed, with opening doors and boot ($110) DDA2490
1:32 – ford XC Panel Van. Dark blue with white stripes ($69.95) DDA32851-1
1:32 –
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1964 Plymouth Belvedere – today’s tempter
Chrysler’s Belvedere, under the Plymouth brand, enjoyed a relatively long run – from 1954 through to 1970.
Over that time it became the mid-sized offering in the range, with the Fury taking over the
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Falcons, Fiats, Sunbeams and more – Auction Action
1975 FALCON XB-GT SEDAN
A cosmetic overhaul has this Apollo Blue XB-GT sedan looking fabulous. It sports the 351ci V8, and in this example it’s tied to a three-speed auto. The odo displaysRead More
1960 Austin Healey Sprite – today’s tempter
Austin Healey’s ‘bug-eyed’ Sprite was the epitome of cheap and cheerful, with its happy looks and modest pricing – roughly the same money as a Ford Prefect.
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Vale Bruno Sacco
Bruno Sacco, one of the best-known designers in automotive history, passed away recently at the age of 90. Born in Italy with German citizenship, he commenced work at Mercedes-Benz in 1958 and was chief
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2001 Plymouth Prowler – Reader Rides
They built it? Really? The Hot Wheels-made-real Plymouth Prowler has you asking the same question in 2024 as it did when the first of these retro roadsters prowled American streets in 1997.
Paying homage
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GM’s Jewel – Blackbourn
It’s interesting that for a long time the prestigious British automotive brand ‘ROLLS-ROYCE’ has appeared in everyday usage as a tongue-in-cheek praise-tag for any old product – as in: “You
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Old Tools and Wheel Nuts – Mick’s Workshop
Every action has a reaction. Lately, we’ve been working on a Subaru and the job is one you could tackle at home. The biggest problem we have with parts, is the people we purchase them from simply don’t
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Under the Weather – Our Cars
My Holden Commodore’s appearance is the result of 45 hot Aussie summers baking the original paint. Back in 1979 when this base-model but V8 optioned VB Commodore sedan was built in Holden’s Pagewood,
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2018 Bentley Continental GT
There’s arguably nothing else quite like a late-model Bentley Continental GT: big, very fast and ultra-luxurious coupes that at times seem to defy the laws of physics.
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Classic Clubman – Reader Resto
There was never any plan to own a Mini, though I did lust after a Cooper S, or maybe an MGB when I was learning to drive in my mother’s Morris 1100. Decades later, my cousins were over for Christmas,
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2012 Holden VE SS – today’s tempter
These days it’s all too easy to forget that we used to produce some very unique utilities that were in effect two-door sports cars with a giant boot.
Holden’s VE SS series is as good an example as
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