Whatshisname
June 21, 2020
You need Uncle Sam!
Whatever happened to the guy that starred in the Logie award-winning Uncle Sam TV Commercials back in the Seventies? asks Whatshisname.
Category: Memory lane
Whatshisname
June 21, 2020
Riley
June 17, 2020
Peugeot a winner from day one
Peugeot is credited as winner of the very first official motor race way back in 1895. It has backed up this performance with countless victories over the past 125 years, reports CHRIS…
Riley
June 2, 2020
Rolls wanted to build planes, not cars
Charles Rolls of Rolls-Royce fame wanted to build planes, not motor cars . . . but partner Henry Royce wouldn't have a bar of it. Ironically, Rolls was later killed in a…
Conole
April 14, 2020
Apollo 13: It could have ended badly
It was 50 years ago this week that the world held its breath as three men battled for the lives in the depths of space, reports DAVID CONOLE.
Riley
March 8, 2020
Whatever happened to Deadly Earnest?
Hands up who remembers Deadly Earnest, the ghoulish, late night TV host from the 1960s? asks CHRIS RILEY.
Conole
December 29, 2019
Christmas flashback for Apollo astronauts
Christmas is a time when families get together. Apollo astronauts too, reports DAVID CONOLE.
Riley
December 1, 2019
Agro dusted off for a comeback
There's talk Agro could be make a comeback, but in an adult format.
Conole
November 19, 2019
Apollo 12: Lightning does strike twice
It's 50 years today since Apollo 12 touched down on the Moon, reports DAVID CONOLE.
Riley
October 6, 2019
Remember dialing 1194 to get the time?
Hands up if you remember dialling 1194 to get the time. At the third stroke the voice on the other end of the line said it will be nine, thirty-three and forty…
McKay
August 6, 2019
40 years and 337 gates later Peter McKay relives Repco madness
It’s hard to believe. Forty years ago this week, a crazy, crunching, dusty adventure-cum-contest known as the Repco Round Australia Reliability Trial began at the Melbourne Showgrounds. That chilly afternoon, 167 cars…