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Advice, News

Your Questions and Mick’s Answers – Mick’s Workshop – Issue 509

Get a Sniper

I would just like to give a different perspective to your carby answer to Damien in issue 507. I have installed a Holley Sniper in place of a worn-out Quadrajet on a 305
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Unique Cars mag1 day agoNovember 2, 2025

Features, News

100 Not Out – Numbers Man – Rob Blackbourn

Compared with the early-1960s, there are now around seven times as many vehicles competing for space on Australia’s roads. So, no surprise, some stuff had to change …

Yes Eddie,
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Rob Blackbourn1 day agoNovember 2, 2025

News

2000 Jaguar XKR – today’s tempter

Classic lines and a feature role as the ride for the lead henchman in the James Bond flick Die Another Day should be a pretty good start for a model intended to make the owner feel special. With
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Guy Allen at Unique Cars magazine2 days agoNovember 7, 2025

Advice, News

Lotus Life – Mick’s Workshop

One of the long-term residents in our workshop has been a lovely Lotus Elan. It came from another workshop where it never got finished and it wasn’t right, so it came to me. We’ve had to wait for lots
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Mick McCrudden2 days agoNovember 2, 2025

Market Watch, News

Honda CRX 1987-92

From the mid-1970s until the late 1980s, Honda based its success on a sequence of conservative car designs, giving no hint of what was to come. It arrived in 1986, designated CRX and destined to inspire
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Cliff Chambers2 days agoNovember 2, 2025

News

2007 Holden Commodore SS – today’s tempter

There was an era where Australian-made utes crossed over from being workhorses to performance cars, and the VE represents the latter. Read More

Guy Allen at Unique Cars magazine3 days agoNovember 6, 2025

Feature Cars, News, Reader Rides

Living Legend – VY Commodore Brock tribute – Reader’s Ride

It’s pretty hard to miss – a road going Commodore in V8 Supercar trim, and a grinning owner in the driver seat. This build is truly one-of-a-kind.

For owner Carmine Vescio, building
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Guy Allen and Carmine Vescio3 days agoNovember 2, 2025

Market Watch, News

BMW M5 E39 – Market Watch

The first M5 to offer V8 power set new standards in design and performance delivery. This was a car not vastly different in size or concept from the E34 model it replaced, yet as a driving experience it
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Cliff Chambers3 days agoNovember 2, 2025

News

1991 Ford Falcon XR8 – today’s tempter

Locally-designed V8s have traditionally offered new buyers a good value package with a little excitement. Over time they’ve become appreciated as classics or future classics. Ford’s revival of the
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Guy Allen at Unique Cars magazine4 days agoNovember 5, 2025