Cliff Chambers, Author at Trade Unique Cars

Features

Buicks, Fulvias, Chargers – Ones That Got Away

JULY 1985 – BUICK RIVIERA

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
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Cliff ChambersFebruary 5, 2025, 8:00 amFebruary 5, 2025

News

Trading Places – Market Watch

As we leave this year’s Melbourne Cup in the mirror and ignore wailing from those desperate for an interest-rate cut, has much in the market for older vehicles really changed? Most notable was the
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Cliff ChambersJanuary 15, 2025, 8:00 amJanuary 10, 2025

Features

MG Specials, Camaros, Interceptors and more – Ones That Got Away

NOVEMBER 2003 – MG SPECIAL

Every so often we find a car that perfectly fits the definition of ‘unique’ and defies attempts to discover anything about it. The shape of this
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Cliff ChambersJanuary 10, 2025, 9:00 amJanuary 10, 2025

News

Shelby Mustang – Market Review

Carroll Shelby created the business model, followed in the early 1980s by Peter Brock, for selling modified versions of popular road cars with the blessing of, but no direct involvement from the manufacturer. Shelby
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Cliff ChambersDecember 2, 2024, 8:00 amDecember 4, 2024

Features

Healeys, Buicks, Toranas and more – Ones That Got Away

FEBRUARY 1997 – AUSTIN HEALEY 100S

The most significant car advertised in February 1997 did make the front cover but probably warranted an entire page inside as well. The white over blue
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Cliff ChambersNovember 26, 2024, 8:00 amNovember 29, 2024

News

You Don’t Need to Be a Millionaire – Market Watch

If you pay rent or a mortgage and stare horrified at the bank statement each time an instalment is deducted, you know times are harder than before certain people started wars, which sent the cost of everything
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Cliff ChambersNovember 22, 2024, 8:00 amNovember 25, 2024

Features

Nash Ambassadors, Fairmonts, Lancias and More! Ones That Got Away

JUNE 1990 – NASH AMBASSADOR

Mid-1990, as recession gripped the world and lots of Australians became dole recipients for the first time, was not a great time to be chasing big money for quirky
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Cliff ChambersNovember 11, 2024, 8:00 amNovember 8, 2024

News

Dodge Charger – Market Review

The USA Muscle Car market was well established when, in 1965, the Chrysler Corporation decided to produce a mid-sized performance model to directly challenge Pontiac’s immensely successful GTO. Without
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Cliff ChambersNovember 7, 2024, 8:00 amNovember 6, 2024

News

Eye of the Beholder – Market Watch

Glance through the array of advertised cars at the back of this magazine and you experience a conundrum that has puzzled car enthusiasts for decades. Various models can be totally different in age, performance
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Cliff ChambersOctober 28, 2024, 8:00 amOctober 28, 2024

Feature Cars

Mazda with the most

January 1981 brought dramatic change to the world of international rallying. Nobody in prior years had considered Audi as much of a contender for rally stardom, but that was before the arrival of a conservative
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Cliff ChambersOctober 24, 2024, 8:00 amOctober 21, 2024