This could be the coolest town ever
Buys October 26, 2021 COOL cities? Look no further than Whittier, Alaska, where it snows every day for six months of the…
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Wanderettes find the finish line
Riley October 26, 2021 First time off-road racers Abby Bassett and Beth Bowman have crossed the finish line in the Rebelle…
Ram 1500: Nothing else like it
Ewan October 25, 2021 EWAN KENNEDY comes to grips with the RAM 1500. For the money, he reckons there's nothing else like…
Pretty Suite 4 a Renault
Riley October 25, 2021 The world's first hatchback is turning 60 and to mark the occasion, Renault has taken the wraps off…
History goes with the ICE
Riley October 24, 2021 The International Federation of Historic Vehicles (FIVA) has warned owners against turning their cars into EVs, reports CHRIS…
Vigil: It’s sink or swim
Riley October 22, 2021 You're claustrophobic, you're stuck on a submarine and there's a killer on the loose. How much worse can…
Tailored jacket costs a packet
Riley October 22, 2021 It’s a great bag of fruit, especially when it’s stitched together by Savile Row tailors Norton &…
Simca saved Chrysler from going broke
Burrell October 21, 2021 History shows the Aronde was the model that saved Simca and it was the French company that saved…
Porsche ‘twins’ headline California carfest
Riley October 21, 2021 Porsche enthusiasts will get to rub shoulders with German legends Christian and Ortrun Hartinger later this month at…
Genesis G70: Twin turbo the real deal
Riley October 20, 2021 What is it? Any discussion of the Genesis G70 invites comparisons with its cousin the Kia Stinger. While…
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Wanderettes find the finish line
Riley October 26, 2021 First time off-road racers Abby Bassett and Beth Bowman have crossed the finish line in the Rebelle Rally. The driver and navigator team –…
Sport mad
The Great Waldo was right!
Pig in a poke
Sticks and stones Kona toughs it out
Retro Autos with David Burrell
Simca saved Chrysler from going broke
Burrell October 21, 2021 History shows the Aronde was the model that saved Simca and it was the French company that saved…
The year Ford got it wrong
The 1960s wasa time of change, both socially…
Japanese juggernaut gains momentum
The arrival of the 1960s saw the emergence…
Thunderbirds Are Go!
Back in the 60s the Ford Thunderbird was…
Time out
Vigil: It’s sink or swim
Riley October 22, 2021 You're claustrophobic, you're stuck on a submarine and there's a killer on the loose. How much worse can…
Tracks of Destiny: Idriess brings gold-rush to life
Buys October 19, 2021 HALLS Creek and Tennant Creek are small settlements about 1000km apart, both in univiting, arid conditions, in the…
Cargo: It’s infectious
Riley October 15, 2021 Sometimes you have to look outside the Netflix top 10 to discover little gems such as the Aussie,…
American Graffiti: the stars and their cars
Bennie October 10, 2021 One of my favourite coming of age movies is the iconic American Graffiti, reports BRETT BENNIE.
100 Bloody Acres: Don’t they mean hectares?
Riley October 8, 2021 Picture this. A truck driver comes across the scene of an accident. He finds the driver dead…
The Beautiful Lie: Seeing is believing
Riley October 1, 2021 Life is sweet for tennis great Anna Ivin. Married with a young son, Anna has everything you could…
Kolchak said no to Bermuda shorts
Riley September 24, 2021 The 1970s TV series The Night Stalker spawned one of the great characters of the small screen --…
Godless: Where all the men are dead or dying
Riley September 17, 2021 Welcome to Godless and a small mining town in 1880s New Mexico where all the men died in…
Sweet River: Billins doesn’t want to give up its dead
Riley September 10, 2021 Billins is a town drowning in tragedy in the brooding Aussie thriller Sweet River, reports CHRIS RILEY.
Book captures glory days of York
Buys September 6, 2021 YORK, 97km east of Perth in Western Australia, is a magnet for motoring enthusiasts. The quaint farming town…
Bronson first, then came Easy Rider
Riley September 3, 2021 Before Easy Rider hit the big screen, motorcycle hero Jim Bronson was already plying the highways and byways…
Line of duty: Police refuse to play ball
Riley August 27, 2021 Fans of British crime drama will no doubt have already stumbled on the 2012 series Line of…
Kristensen puts it in print
Riley August 23, 2021 Tom Kristensen is one of motorsport's most successful drivers, with nine wins at Le Mans — six of…
Kung Fu, the Carradine way
Riley August 20, 2021 It is one of the great ironies of the screen that martial arts superstar Bruce Lee was…
Murderous Gucci saga fits the Bill
Buys August 2, 2021 I NEVER imagined I’d ever be interested in a book about Gucci. But a glance at the…
Who was the mysterious L.A. Manwaring?
Burrell May 7, 2021 Before the internet there were books and the got to resource for cars the The Observer's Book of…
The last Wharf Review . . . ever
Riley January 25, 2021 The last Wharf Review . . . ever. After 20 years the crew are pulling the plug on…
Cold Skin lights up the night
Riley January 19, 2021 A young man must fight for his life when he arrives on a desolate island, populated only by…
Scariest cars from the movies
Whatshisname November 23, 2020 Got anything to add to our list of the top 10 scariest cars from the movies? There's always…
Occupied: Big mistake cutting off the oil
Buys November 17, 2020 What happens when Norway decides to stop exporting its oil to Russia. Why, they invade of course, reports…
The Queen’s Gambit: Move it or lose it
Riley November 1, 2020 Chess prodigy Beth Harmon has got it all, but she could blow it all after her step mother…
Fauda: Putting a face on terrorism
Buys September 6, 2020 Fauda brings a human face to the age-old conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians in the Netflix series…
Conversations — talk about interesting!
Riley July 2, 2020 Everyone likes a good story. You can hear one every day on Conversations, broadcast weekdays on ABC local…
Space Force: Carell gets the call up
Conole June 30, 2020 Comedian Steve Carell looks to Donald Trump and the heavens for some laughs in the Netflix series Space…
If Corona doesn’t get you, the zombies will . . .
Riley May 10, 2020 It could be worse. Imagine if victims of the Coronavirus returned to life as flesh-eating zombies like they…
Forget COVID — it’s the end of the f***ing world
Jonesy May 3, 2020 The end of the f***ing world? Well, not quite, but it might seem like that to these two…
Stateless: Image more important than poor refugees?
Jonesy April 26, 2020 At any normal time, Stateless co-created by Cate Blanchett, would have rang alarm bells across the country, reports…
Claude Deane: cars to snake oil salesman
Buys April 21, 2020 Car salesman Claude Deane was one of those larger than life characters that made his fortune later in…
You Cannot Hide
Buys April 19, 2020 You Cannot Hide is an edge of your seat thriller that sees a nurse and her teenage daughter…
Dracula — Bang bares his teeth
Conole April 5, 2020 Danish actor Claes Bang really sinks his teeth into the role of Dracula in the Netflix series of…
The Stranger: Aliens, Rafferty and Reg Livermore too!
Riley March 30, 2020 Back in the early days of Australian television, a young Reg Livermore starred in a sci-fi series that…
Louis Renault built first car in garden shed
Buys March 10, 2020 Louis Renault built his first car in the garden shed more than 120 years ago. You can read…
Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan is back
Conole February 16, 2020 Jack Ryan is back. John Krasinski from The Office brings the character to life in a new Amazon…
A Quiet Place — a frightening future
Riley February 9, 2020 Emily Blunt stars in A Quiet Place, a low key but frightening post apocalyptic horror film, reports CHRIS…
Ricciardo winds it off the clock
Buys November 5, 2019 F1 driver Daniel Ricciardo got more than he bargained for when he took the very first Renault for…
Triple F1 world champion, canny engineer and car developer . . . and pants’ man
McKay September 23, 2019 Is there much we don’t know about Jack Brabham? As it turns out . . . yes, quite…
Funnyman Charlie Chaplin had a darker, sinister side
Jonesy May 5, 2019 Silent movie funnyman Charlie Chaplin had a darker, sinister side, reports TERRY GROSVENOR-JONES.
Buster broke all the rules of movie making
Jonesy March 5, 2019 Buster Keaton was a giant of silent cinema. Many silent-era actors had a trademark look. For example: Harold…
Bright boys know how to light farts
Buys February 3, 2019 THE well-worn cover of book at the opshop caught my eye: 211 Things a Bright Boy Can Do,…
Champion a bright spark
Buys January 30, 2019 CHAMPION spark plugs are among the world’s oldest and most popular. But they’re just a brand name —…
Whoops! Where’s the White-Out?
Buys December 14, 2018 I’D never heard of a car called the Delaunay-Belleville until I saw a colour picture of one in…
Sabotage, a Mini and the 17,000km Marathon
McKay November 16, 2018 A new book about the epic 10,000-mile London to Sydney Marathon opens with sensational claims that the race…
Clara bowed out in suburban anonymity
Jonesy November 11, 2018 Say the words silent movie and the first thing that springs to mind is Charlie Chaplin. Everybody remembers…
Book chronicles Australia’s two-wheel talent
McKay September 20, 2018 Race Across The Great Divide celebrates the decade that saw Australia emerge from a motorcycling backwater to become…
The inside story of Intermeccanica
Riley June 9, 2018 The Story of the Prancing Bull is is the definitive biography of Frank Reisner and his incredible sports…
Mug shots, understeer and rock music
McKay March 31, 2018 Two self-published books with largely motor sporting settings have hit the local market lately, with Brett Murray’s You…
Countdown: top 10 killer games of 2017
Polak January 19, 2018 We count down the top 10 games of the last 12 months, with 2017 well and truly fixed…
The Big Christmas Games Guide
Polak December 15, 2017 Ahh. . . . the fun of buying that perfect gift for the game fan in your life.…
Weighty tome ‘Nye’ on kills him
Buys December 6, 2017 HEARD of Doug Nye? If you have an interest in motorsport, you probably have, since he’s the UK’s…
Age no barrier to this 70 something adventurer
Buys October 2, 2017 WHO would think of riding a little pizza-delivery motorbike from the southern tip of South America, 11,000km all…
Formula Fun with Bill Buys
Max sees red after big British bump
Buys July 21, 2021 Max Verstappen and the Red Bull team want a stiffer penalty for Hamilton's big 288km/h bump that put…
This kid’s a ‘Schu’ in for F1
Buys July 19, 2021 Schumacher is a name known well to Formula 1 fans and it looks like there's another one on…
Golden oldies
1974 Audi Fox
1961 Volkswagen Beetle
1973 Volvo 144 sedan
1983 Redex petrol treatment
1969 Mazda R100 Rotary Coupe
1979 Rover 3500 V8
1971 Ford Falcon XY GT
1967 Datsun 1300 sedan
1972 Mercedes-Benz 280 SE 3.5-litre V8
1989 Genie exhaust headers
1978 Ford Falcon Cobra
1981 Holden Gemini Diesel
1978 Ford Escort RS 2000
1987 Toyota Tarago
1977 Saab GLE
1968 MG Midget
1972 HQ Holden SS V8 sedan
1962 Chrysler Valiant
1963 XL Ford Falcon
1968 Fiat 124 Sports
1955 Morris Minor 1000
1969 HT Holden Monaro GTS 350
1984 Alfa Romeo GTV-6
1969 Rambler Javelin Sport
1971 Chrysler VH Valiant Charger
1960 Harley-Davidson Duo Glide
1965 Honda scooter
1977 BMW 528i
1966 Bolwell Mk 7
1968 Toyota Corolla
1972 Ford XA Falcon Utility
1949 48-215 Holden sedan
1949 48-215 Holden sedan
Daihatsu Hijet Mini Van
1973 Leyland P76
1986 Peugeot 205 GTI
1972 LJ Holden Torana GTR XU-1
1964 EH Holden Special
1965 Honda S600 Coupe
1964 AP5 Chrysler Valiant
1971 Volvo 1800e Coupe
1967 Mini Cooper S
1966 BMC Mini Deluxe
1973 Volvo 144 sedan
1994 Suzuki Swift GTi
1968 Holden HK Taxi
1996 Hyundai Excel
1997 Lada Niva
1979 Chrysler Sigma 2000 Sportspack
1984 Ford KB Laser S
Force of Habit with Mike Monk
Ford’s Model T — Mr Monk drives the car that started it all
Monk October 20, 2020 In a career spanning almost 50 years one car MIKE MONK has never driven…
Amazing Munga could climb a mountain
Monk September 29, 2020 Way back when the company that became Audi produced a thing called the Munga…
Le Mans Jag a tactile time warp
Monk September 15, 2020 Imagine getting behind the wheel of a real Le Mans race car from the…
Hudson had it first (and the Commodore)
Monk September 3, 2020 Though short-lived, the Hudson motor company introduced many automotive firsts, including its impressive post-war…
Art deco Airflow failed to fire imaginations
Monk August 18, 2020 The air flowed but sales failed to follow when Chrysler introduced its ground-breaking, aerodynamic…
Bel Air ruled and Coke didn’t come in cans
Monk August 4, 2020 They were happy days. Chevy's beautiful Bel Air convertible ruled the road and Coke…
Hollywood looks failed to save Auburn
Monk July 20, 2020 Hollywood looks, a powerful straight eight and a charismatic leader failed to save Auburn…
NSU first, but Mazda nailed it with the Cosmo
Monk July 8, 2020 History shows NSU might have been first but it was Mazda that nailed the…
Driving the legend, driving the Ford GT40
Monk June 22, 2020 The Ford GT40 and the showdown with Ferrari in the Sixties is the stuff…
Tipo a diamond in the rough
Monk June 9, 2020 Putting the pieces of an old car together can be a giant jigsaw puzzle.…
Sky the limit for Loco’s Letts and his Olds
Monk May 25, 2020 Before TV and Top Gear came along men like William Malesbury Letts were already…
Harley’s ‘Fugazi’ has the ring of truth
Monk May 11, 2020 If you saw the movie Donny Brasco, you'd know a 'fugazi' is slang for…
Post-war Alfa re-established brand
Monk May 4, 2020 All but wiped out by the Second World War, the Alfa Romeo 6C put…
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Silly stuff
Sometimes words just don’t cut it
Whatshisname April 5, 2018 Sometimes words are not enough. Sometimes a cartoon gets the point across more clearly.…
Get Your Willys Serviced Here
Whatshisname December 27, 2017 Reproduction Willys Jeep advertising sign. You can grab one of these babies online for…
Hi ho! Hi ho! It’s off to find a tree we go!
Whatshisname December 8, 2017 Burlen has produced a cool Chrissy video to get us in the mood for…
Share your love of country music
Whatshisname November 27, 2017 Some people love country music. Some people don’t. Where do you draw the line?…
Car found parked 20 years later
Whatshisname November 23, 2017 Urban myth or a true story? A swedish magazine, Teknikens Värld (World of Technology) reports…
Colouring in not just for kids
Whatshisname November 22, 2017 A new colouring in booklet for kids and adults alike features three classic Volkswagen…
It’s dog eat dog in the parcel business
Whatshisname November 21, 2017 Dog gone. Forgot to shut the door. This is what the unlucky courier found…
Velour and diarrhoea just don’t mix
Whatshisname November 18, 2017 Ah, yes, the good old Sigma. We had one of these, a five-speed manual…
100 balloons and a tankful of gas
Whatshisname November 4, 2017 Did you have a gander at the lunatic who tied 100 helium filled balloons…
I bought a Jeep (bleep)
Whatshisname October 22, 2017 Great ad. Hilarious send up. Troy Kinne is the writer/director/performer/ of his own Sketch Comedy…
World’s biggest train set keeps on growing
Whatshisname October 20, 2017 Has anyone seen this gigantic train set in the flesh? Miniatur Wunderland is a model railway…
It’s beer o’clock in Romania
Whatshisname August 21, 2017 Aussies love a beer and so too it seems do the Romanians. Like us…