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Aussie Company to Solve Classic Car Electrical Gremlins With New Online Resource
Classic car enthusiasts who’ve ever faced the frustration of being unable to repair or replace a crucial electrical component will celebrate the arrival of a new Australian online parts resource.
Holdens Everywhere but Not Too Many Sales
Holdens have been prolific at recent auction sales and remained flavour of the month at Lloyd’s Classic and Barn Finds Auction in late August. However, on the hottest Queensland winter’s day in 20 years, many bidders had seemingly headed for the beach.
Extraordinary Engines: Ford Barra Turbo
How Ford’s adoption of turbocharging for its inline six-cylinder engine created one of the fastest four-doors on the planet. It may have ended up with an aquatic moniker, but Ford’s turbocharged 4.0-litre inline-six – colloquially known as the ‘Barra’ – initially carried a more avian title.
Unicorn: 2002 HRT 427
In the early-2000s the Australian car industry was riding the crest of a wave. Ford was bidding farewell to the AU error, sorry, era, with the launch of the BA Falcon and the revival of a dedicated performance division, Ford Performance Vehicles.
Classic TV: Going Ford is the Going Thing (1960s)
This classic psychedelic pop jingle helped cement the Falcon GT as one of Australia's most iconic muscle cars.
Auction Action - Results from the latest Aussie Auctions
High-Flying Holdens Hit New Auction Highs It is common to hear the term ‘two speed economy’ uttered when comparing personal earnings or the trade deficit, but not when considering car auctions held a few suburbs apart on the same day in the same city.
Top Five: Road Cars Peter Brock Built
Top Five: Road Cars Peter Brock Built
Extraordinary Engines: Why the Gen III V8 Engine was a performance hero
How the US-sourced Gen III V8 put a cracker under the bonnet of Holden’s mid-1999 VT2 Commodore. IN 2024, IT WILL BE 25 years since Holden unleashed its new all-alloy, 5.7-litre GM V8 onto the Australian market, immediately making the 5.0-litre V8 powering its arch-rival the Ford Falcon look old hat.
Top Tips for Buying a Used Chrysler VG Pacer
Chrysler’s budget-priced Pacer appeared in 1969 with bright colours, distinctive ‘Tombstone’ seats and a three-speed floor-shift. A year after the original VF model was launched came a restyled and more refined VG. This was the Adelaide-built car that Chrysler believed had the right combination of power, equipment and pricing to do battle with the rival Holden Torana and Ford Falcon V8.
Newly Classic - How Holden’s staunch EFI V8 received an extra serve of cubes for the 1994 VR HSV GTS
Holden’s EFI V8 received extra cubes for the 1994 VR HSV GTS For around a decade, GTS was the badge on Holden’s top-grade full-size sporting cars; first exclusively on the two-door HK Monaro and, from 1973 on two- and four-door HQ models.