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FORD FAIRLANE/LTD ZA-ZH

FOUR CHANGES of shape in the space of 10 years, plus some serious weight gains didn’t harm the local Fairlane’s ability to gain and retain customers; many of whom would be emulating its expanding beltline.

JAGUAR XJ SERIES I-III

JAGUAR’S E TYPE ranks as its most visually compelling model, but the XJ6 Series I was without doubt the brand’s most important.

CAN-AM-INSPIRED BRITISH SUPERCAR

STEVE NICHOLS, founder of Nichols Cars has created the N1A, a featherweight Can-Aminspired, road-going British supercar that pays homage to an iconic '60s-era race car, the original McLaren M1A.

CHEVROLET NOVA

LEFT STARRY EYED BY TOURING CAR LEGEND NORM BEECHEY'S CHEVY NOVA JIM ADDED ONE TO HIS SHED FIVE DECADES ON

HI HO SILVER LADY

NEWS OF THE AUCTION OF A CLASSIC 1970S ROLLS-ROYCE HAS ROB THINKING ABOUT THE MARQUE'S HISTORY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A WHILE.

FOREIGN TERRITORY

LIKE OLD SOCKS IN A WASHING MACHINE, WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM ALL?

EURO VISION!

BEDROOM WALL POSTER CARS OFTEN REMAIN JUST THAT. BUT THIS 911 SC WAS A CASE OF WHEN, NOT IF, ONE WOULD BE ACQUIRED.

RACE WINNER

STUNG BY FORD'S WIN IN 1967 GMH WANTED A CAR TO COMPETE AT BATHURST. THEY CREATED ONE THAT DID JUST THAT AND MORE

LION'S PRIDE!

MONARO GTS 327 WAS A PIONEER OF AUSTRALIA'S MUSCLECAR SCENE THAT GAVE THE GENERAL SUCCESS IN MANY WAYS

KS ARE THE KILLER

THE NUMBERS ON THE ODOMETER CAN ADD OR DETRACT VALUE DEPENDING ON AGE

FESTIVAL OF THE UNEXCEPTIONAL

THE RECENT Hagerty Festival of the Unexceptional had another sell-out success at Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire with a record attendance of 1200 cars, 3000 guests and the Concours winner driving from Sweden to take part.

BEACH PARTY

NOOSA CONCOURS BRINGS A SLICE OF PEBBLE BEACH ELEGANCE TO QUEENSLAND, WITH EXOTIC CAR QUALITY TO SUIT.

PISTON BROKE

GLENN TORRENS SILENCES A SINISTER SOUND FROM HIS RESURRECTED 1981 HOLDEN COMMODORE'S SIX-CYLINDER ENGINE

1979 LOTUS ECLAT

COLIN CHAPMAN’S Lotus marque was famous for many things, but there was nevertheless an underlying theme of light and nimble cars.

1972 RAMBLER JAVELIN

BILLED of AMC's entries into AS one of two the pony car market, the Javelin was effectively the corporation's answer to giants of the sector such as Mustang and Camaro.

1956 FORD CUSTOMLINE

FORD’S locally-assembled Customline range became something of a legend among Australian customers keen to have something with plenty of room and decent power.

1966 HOLDEN HR

WHILE THE 1960s is a very long time ago, a lot of the cars out of that era are still doing good service, mostly as weekend toys.

1974 FORD XB GT

THERE'S ONE guaranteed way to get local can enthusiasts worked up: Go and unearth a desirable car that's been hidden in a shed for decades.

1966 LOTUS TRIBUTE

SHOULD THE mood take you to get a sixties car with a strong motorsport connection, a MkI Ford Cortina would be a good choice.

1956 AUSTIN HEALEY 100M

THERE SEEMS to be a period in the fifties and early sixties (last century) when the Brits were producing some eye-popping sports cars.

1992 CORVETTE C4

LONG, LOW and sleek - the vast majority of Corvette generations have made a visual statement that's impossible to miss.

2004 LAMBO MURCIELAGO

LAMBORGHINI’S flagship Murcielago had an extraordinary nine-year model life, selling 4099 units.

MODERN CLASSICS GUZZI RACER

MOTO GUZZI'S SHORT-LIVED 4-VALVE DAYTONA WAS TRACK-BRED

BUICK RIVIERA

MARKETING A two-door ‘personal’ car wasn’t new territory for Buick, but within three years of reviving the Riviera name, its stunning new design was selling 45,000 cars a year into a sector dominated by Ford’s Thunderbird.

FERRARI 348/355/360

THE EARLIEST of these midengined Ferraris now rate as historic cars and are eligible for serious savings on registration. Not that the prospect of saving a few hundred bucks is going to make much difference to someone about to outlay $200K on two seats and a Prancing Horse.

LOOKING TO THE WORLD

IT IS HARD TO GO PAST THE PRANCING HORSE AS A ROCK SOLID INVESTMENT

ONE MAN'S TRASH...

THIS WRECK sold for a staggering A$2,913,934 by renowned auction house RM Sotheby’s at the Monterey Car Week last month.

MOFFAT MUSTANG BIBLE

THE MOST comprehensive book about arguably the greatest car in Australian motorsport history, Allan Moffat’s TransAm Mustang, is ready for preordering.

Steve Coleman 1994 FORD CAPRI XR2

THE LAST GENERATION CAPRI MIGHT NOT BE FOR EVERYONE, BUT IT CERTAINLY HAS A CULT FOLLOWING

CADDY SHACK

A SHARED PASSION FOR CLASSIC AMERICAN AUTOMOBILES LED TO THE CREATION OF AN ECLECTIC COLLECTION OF SHOW-STOPPING CARS COVERING THREE DECADES OF DESIGN BRILLIANCE