Glenn torrens shares the ups and downs of screwing together a Salt Lake racer
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1954 – 67 VW Beetle: Buyers Guide
The ‘people’s car’ is an automotive institution, with more than 20 million built. So how do the early, pre-1968 models fare today?
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Volkswagen Hillclimb Beetle: Our Shed
Our shed: Hillclimb Beetle - Glenn Torrens gets caught up in the endless pursuit of horsepower
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Volkswagen Beetle: Our Shed
Our shed: Ponch gives his much-loved (and sometimes neglected!) Beetle some TLC.
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Volkswagen Beetle (1969) Review
Billet Beetle: VW hot rod. Professor Ferdinand Porsche could never have imagined what Sydney's Peter Huckstepp has done to his 'people's car'.
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VW 1951 Beetle & 1954 VW Microbus
Vintage VWs: Rod Farrell's split-window Vee-dubs represent the ultimate dream garage for many Volkswagen enthusiasts.
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Volkswagen Beetle Buyers Guide
Old Beetles - are they what they're cracked up to be? Join us for a quick drive to find out...
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Volkswagen Beetle (1960s) Review
Aussie original: VW Beetle. Flagging local sales led to a unique Aussie version of the iconic Bug
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1959 VW Kombi – today’s tempter
Go Westy – 1965 Volkswagen Westfalia Kombi
Has a socially significant cult car ever had such a dull name? Volkswagen dubbed it the Type 2, but history’s added far more colour to the model we Aussies affectionately call the Kombi.
Since its 1950
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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 thisRead More
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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A moving experience at the Brisbane Motor Museum
Eclectic, unusual, full of surprises and a delightful place to feed the passion for automobiles of the past, present and future, is one way I’d describe the Brisbane Motor Museum, which only opened its
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Turn Back Time! – Our Cars
Don’t tell anyone, but I’ve bought another Holden. Yes, as if I don’t already own enough Commodores squeezed between a handful of VW Beetles… now I own another one…
It’s a VN Holden Calais
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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 quirkyRead More
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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Red Dirt Demon – Our Cars
I’ve been keeping a bit of a secret for a while but as you can see, this 1986 XF Ford Falcon, rescued from Flynn’s Wreckers in Cooma NSW, is being built into a cheap ’n cheerful charity trek
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The backdating predicament – What Do You Reckon?
BACKDATING. It’s a ‘car’ thing but one that remains unknown to many Aussie car enthusiasts. It means making a car look older than it is – and hence more ‘classic’ – by fitting earlier-model
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1954 Volkswagen Type 2 Kombi – The Toybox
The humble Kombi is an iconic classic. Here is your chance to own one of the first Australian delivered cars.
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1985 Volkswagen Golf – today’s tempter
Karmann-built
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