Memory lane 1 min read‘Good luck, Mr Gorsky’Remember Neil Armstrong's first words when he stepped on the Moon? How about what he said next?
Memory lane 7 min read40 years and 337 gates later Peter McKay relives Repco madnessIt’s hard to believe. Forty years ago this week, a crazy, crunching, dusty adventure-cum-contest known as the Repco Round Australia...
Wheel life 2 min read8-track ruled road before the cassetteBack in the day motorists listened to magnetic tapes of their favourite music albums in cars, reports DAVID CONOLE.
Wheel life 2 min readA what? A Jerrari? What the hell’s that?American casino owner Bill Harrah wanted a high performance 4x4 wagon, so he asked Enzo Ferrari to build one for him, reports BILL BUYS.
Wheel life 2 min readAlconi turned little Renault into a giant killerNot many people recognise a Gordini, let alone the Alconi version of the racy Renault 8, reports BILL BUYS.
Memory lane 1 min readAmazing TDK was the tape to getAnother amazing TV commercial, this time from TDK in the 1980s. The advertisement for TDK audio cassettes, features model and dancer Sheree Da Costa.
Wheel life 2 min readAstronauts got a Corvette for $1 a yearIf you were an Apollo astronaut, you got to drive a sleek Chevrolet Corvette sports car for just one dollar a year, reports DAVID CONOLE.
Retro autos 1 min readAussie Capri one of rarest in the worldGlenn Bryant’s 1973 Ford Capri RS 3100 is one of the rarest Capris in the world, reports DAVID BURRELL.
Retro autos 2 min readAustralia’s favourite Holden came in a boxAustralia's favourite Holden the EH arrived in a box from the US with a note saying make it like this, reports DAVID BURRELL.
Wheel life 8 min readBack to the future for reborn rotaryMazda is not the only car manufacturer to use a rotary engine, but it has become a defining feature of the brand, spanning not only cars but generations of workers, reports CHRIS RILEY.