Being a hands-on car enthusiast, I’m often looking for car parts. The fun and frustration of buying bits is a subject I mentioned a few issues ago – when I discussed the loose use of terms such as Read More
We’ve reached a milestone with Guido’s Project VK – it now has fluids in it and they seem to be staying on the inside! Very happy with that.
Just prior to that I did all the cabling for the battery, Read More
Ford’s XA-XC Falcon range represented a golden era for the local branch of the global giant, which enjoyed huge success on the track and in the showroom.
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ORIGINAL CAR: 1970 Mk2 Cortina
Owner: David Evans
Length of restoration: Four years
In theory, I was never supposed to have this car. I was in Singapore Read More
How’s this for a cool photo? The last time I was up on The Speaker’s family farm, I took the time out to pull a few more bits of my late father-in-law’s Model T that he left to me.
Not for the sake Read More
Don’t know about you, but I find one-marque car collections to be a bit, er, mentally limiting. Which is not to say I wouldn’t love a shed full of Porsches or Jags or whatever floats yer boat, but Read More
In the packed new issue out now:
Hit the road in the ultimate VW split-window freedom bus;
Great galloping gullwings! The DeLorean is here!
Auction action – Boss 429 Mustang;
Market watch – how Read More
Elegant with advanced underpinnings, Jaguar’s E-type was a ground-breaking design for its time that has since gone on to become a much-loved classic.
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All these years down the track – 50 to be exact – it’s difficult to overstate just how bold and perhaps even bizarre the arrival of Honda’s first Gold Wing truly was.
It might as well have been Read More
At a glance you’d bet your house you were looking at a Mk II Jag. That’s because the swoopy four-door sedan body is shared by Daimler, so you Read More
A list of significant cars needs a contender from the largest car-making country on Earth and what better to carry the Stars and Stripes than Buick’s iconic 1964 Read More
Once a major player in the USA, Packard found itself in trouble during the late 1950s thanks to a variety of internal and external factors and didn’t survive to see 1963.
However the marque was for a Read More
1. BATHURST HERO
Holden launched the HK Monaro in 1968 as the counter-attack on Ford, after Henry’s mob took the Bathurst chocolates the year before with the XR GT Falcon. Bruce McPhee Read More
The Monaro swansong until 2001, was the LE of which 480 were produced. Based on the HX series this example has a 5.0lt V8 bolted to a Turbo 400 auto. It has been resprayed Read More
Ford’s small but mighty Escort series in Mk1 and Mk2 forms are genuine motoring legends and it seems many owners can’t stop at just one in the shed.
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Classics for a Cause has celebrated the holiday season in style, holding its annual Christmas Toy Drive in December, helping bring cheer to families who may need it a little bit more.
The Classics team Read More
RIPPONLEA CONCOURS
The prestigious Ripponlea Concours promises something for every car enthusiast with a mouth-watering line-up of headline grabbing and noteworthy vehicles that graced Read More