When he was a child, Ron Tauranac, who would become one of the most successful designers of production racing cars in the history of motorsport, built a canoe from pieces of scrap iron. “I remember it was towards the …
A sports coupe with a Holden engine? Ron McPherson crafted his dream combination twice. In the late 1960s, young Ron McPherson’s dream was a sports car with a Holden engine. The time was right – Bolwell Cars were producing just such a …
While it started out as the Victorian Governor’s official limousine, the 1959 Austin Princess that Paul O’Halloran drives to weddings and other special events has had a far more significant brush with royalty. For one week in June 1964, it …
In 1966, John Stanley was a university student with a holiday job sampling bore water on farms for the Mines Department. He also had a plan to find and restore a vintage car, so long as it was something unusual. …
There would not be an artist from any time in history, or from any field of endeavour, who hasn’t taken inspiration from what’s gone before them. The car designer is no exception. And while the engineering under the bonnet needs …
In 1958, in Lower Hutt on New Zealand’s North Island, young Bruce McComish followed the career of another Bruce with avid interest. He had seen Bruce McLaren racing at the nearby Levin circuit and became a devoted fan. “In the …
Neville Howell is no stranger to success. In his mid-80s, the rowing champion is still adding to his collection of medals, which includes Olympic bronze and Commonwealth gold. His other passion is MG cars, and he had around two dozen …
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Greg Chiminello traces his addiction to American cars to a Ford Mustang parked in the driveway of a childhood neighbour’s Cape Cod-style house. He spent many boyhood hours sitting on his front fence gazing at this scene. So when he …
Like many teenagers, Joe Šlarko dreamed of having a car, but going for a drive in communist Czechoslovakia in the 1960s was a privilege largely reserved for government officials and their chauffeurs. “Most people couldn’t afford a car,” Joe says. …
Thirty years ago, Braidy Davies was looking for a car to replace the Suzuki Swift she’d been driving. She wanted something with character that would also be fun to drive. Having been born in England, British cars appealed to her. …