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As well as cars the forward-thinking Henry Ford built an entire town in the Amazon jungle, described as one of the world’s strangest lost cities, reports BILL BUYS.
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Bill Buys, probably Australia’s longest-serving motoring writer, has been at his craft for more than six decades.
Athough motoring has always been in his DNA, he was also night crime reporter, foreign page editor and later chief reporter of the famed Rand Daily Mail.
He’s twice been shot at, attacked by a rhinoceros and had several chilling experiences in aircraft.
His experience includes stints in traffic law enforcement, motor racing and rallying and writing for a variety of local and international publications.
He has covered countless events, ranging from world motor shows and Formula 1 Grands Prix to Targa tarmac and round-the-houses meetings.
A motoring tragic, he has owned more than 90 cars. Somewhat of a nostalgic, he has a special interest in classic cars.
He is the father of Targa star Robert Buys, who often adds his expertise to Bill’s reviews.
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From being the toast of society, to being branded a Nazi collaborator, to being destitute and stealing milk from a cat's bowl, BILL BUYS tells the remarkable story of the famous female racing driver Hellé Nice.
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The last of the great racing drivers from the 1950s Tony Brooks has died in England, reports BILL BUYS.
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BILL BUYS recalls the last time he met the renowned American F1 driver Brett Lunger
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In many ways Ilario Bandini was one of Italy's more important race car manufacturers and respected by Ferrari whom he knew well, reports BILL BUYS.
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So advanced and powerful was the early Scott motorcycles that it became the victim of official discrimination in competitive events, reports BILL BUYS.
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A new Ferrari EV, thought to be worth a little over $1 million, has fetched an eye-popping $40 million at auction in the US, reports BILL BUYS.
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Among surviving brass-era American cars, few have a story as rich as that of the 1911 Oldsmobile Autocrat known as Yellow Peril, reports BILL BUYS.
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Benz built a Beetle long before Volkswagen thought of the idea and it went to court, reports BILL BUYS.
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BILL BUYS has unearthed another intriguing story about a car you have probably never heard of known as the Bucciali.