Features Final Curtain – Blackbourn Rob reckons that even before the floods hit Victoria, this Spring wasn't turning out as all it's cracked up to beRead More Rob BlackbournDecember 25, 2022, 12:30 amDecember 25, 2022
Features Renault’s early classics – Blackbourn 466 For fine wines, haute cuisine, and interesting automotive engineering, you need to no further than France. Submarines? Perhaps not...Read More Rob BlackbournJuly 17, 2022, 6:00 amJuly 17, 2022
Features Contradictions – Blackbourn 465 If you see Rob at a classic-car auction stabbing away in confusion at his calculator, please sit him down and buy him a coffeeRead More Rob BlackbournJuly 9, 2022, 6:00 amJuly 9, 2022
Features Merry Oldsmobiles – Blackbourn 462 Rob seems to think that fortune favoured the brave at Oldsmobile. Well, for a lot of time at leastRead More Rob BlackbournApril 18, 2022, 6:00 amApril 18, 2022
Features That Williams lad – Blackbourn 461 While a few snapshots of the life of a man don’t tell us much, they do tell us somethingRead More Rob BlackbournMarch 21, 2022, 12:41 pmMarch 21, 2022
Features Cross-country Holdens – Blackbourn 460 It seems that you don’t actually need a 4x4 when you’re packing your guitar and swag and heading for the bush – a classic Holden sedan can do the jobRead More Rob BlackbournFebruary 8, 2022, 10:39 amFebruary 8, 2022
Features Engine numbers – Blackbourn 459 Survival of internal combustion car engines in the EV-era is pushing designers toward a common internal templateRead More Rob BlackbournJanuary 4, 2022, 12:00 pmJanuary 4, 2022
Features Thrills ‘n’ spills – Blackbourn 458 Although he’s a bit fussy about oil spills these days, there was a moment when Rob was up there with the Exxon ValdezRead More Rob BlackbournNovember 18, 2021, 9:19 amNovember 18, 2021
Features Whacko Tacho – Blackbourn 446 Rob reckons having a rev-counter in a knockabout ute comes under the heading of 'too much information'Read More Rob BlackbournDecember 6, 2020, 9:30 amDecember 6, 2020
Features Warming up your engine – Blackbourn 440 Warming up your engine properly is a waiting game. Or maybe it's notRead More Rob BlackbournJuly 4, 2020, 12:30 pmJuly 4, 2020