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1950 Fiat 1400 Cabriolet - August - October 2023 Cover Story Journey of a Grand Old Lady My restoration journey of what could be described as an “Elegant Old Lady” began on [...]

1951 48-215 Holden - May- July 2023 Cover Story In March 1994, when my late wife Doreen and I lived in Jannali in Sydney, my son Steve showed me an advertisement in [...]

1962 Jaguar E-Type Coupe - February - April 2023 Cover Story The word “iconic” has been so carelessly misapplied and overused that its origins have long been forgotten. Nonetheless if anyone ever [...]

1966 Ford Galaxie Convertible - November 2022 - January 2023 Cover Story Galaxies joined Ford’s large car lineup in 1959, essentially as better-equipped Fairlanes, with four-door sedans, two-door hardtops and convertibles in [...]

1966 Jaguar E-Type Roadster - August 2022 - October 2022 Cover Story A long long time ago, when dinosaurs roamed the earth and loungeroom furniture was covered in a new stuff called [...]

International A-414 Tractor - May 2022 - July 2022 Cover Story In August 2021 I acquired my neighbour’s forlorn and forgotten International A-414 diesel tractor. It was a basket case, with extensive [...]

Ausca MG Australian Special - February 2022 - April 2022 Cover Story A Timeline of the History of the Ausca MG and Some of the People involved in its journey. The Ausca [...]

1966 Ford Mustang - November 2021 - January 2022 Cover Story The Ford Mustang was very much a product of its times. Shrewd marketers in the US in the late 1950s and [...]

1963 Riley One-Plus-Five Mark III - August 2021 - October 2021 Cover Story From a distance the Riley One-Point-Five will look familiar to many Australians of our generation. Until one looks closely [...]

1963 Humber Sceptre - May 2021 - July 2021 Cover Story Lawrie and Jean Bennett own this 1963 Mark I Humber Sceptre. This rare sports saloon was a bare shell restoration in 1993, [...]

1914 Talbot 4CBX Roadster  - February 2021 - April 2021 Cover Story I was manufactured in London by Clement Talbot early last century, and took up residence on a station property near [...]

1939 Series 60 Oldsmobile - November 2020 - January 2021 Cover Story From 1939 to 1948 the Series 60 was Oldsmobile’s entry-level model in the US market. While its trim level reflected its [...]

1951 RMB Riley - August 2020 - October 2020 Cover Story In the May 2020 issue we described Robin Hull’s experience with his first restorations, a 1928 Rugby and two [...]

1931 VX Vauxhall Cadet - May 2020 - July 2020 Cover Story Robin Hull’s first restoration project was a 1928 Rugby, which took him around seven years. He completed it in 1996, having [...]

1974 XB Falcon Sedan - February 2020 - April 2020 Cover Story The XA Falcon, launched in February 1972, was distinctly different in shape to the XW-XY it replaced. The XB revamp in [...]

1966 Ford Corsair GT - November 2019 - January 2020 Cover Story I joined BVRC in 2018 following my purchase of a 1966 Ford Corsair GT V4. I was a member of the [...]

1977 LX Torana SL - August 2019 - October 2019 Cover Story This story tells us how first impressions are usually the correct ones, and that sometimes it’s important to follow our instincts [...]

1986 Toyota Celica - May 2019 - July 2019 Cover Story The 1986 Toyota Celica was the fourth generation of the Celica. Spanning seven generations and 35 years, the Celica’s history is a [...]

1929 Whippet - February 2019 - April 2019 Cover Story Those who take a fancy to a particular vehicle do so for many different reasons. When in his early teens Tony Spinks became [...]

1958 Austin Lancer - November 2018 - January 2019 Cover Story The Morris Minor, launched in 1948, became one of the best-selling and longest-lived British car models. In the 1950s BMC began work [...]

1954 FJ Holden Special Sedan - August-October 2018 Cover Story Some members may become nostalgic reading about Ken Seymour’s superb FJ Special sedan, but my own earliest FJ memories are anything but warm. [...]

May - July 2018 Cover Story In January 2017, while we were at Yamba on a rally with the Veteran Car Club of Australia (Queensland), my friend Mark told me of a 1955 R [...]

February - April 2018 Cover Story It’s fitting that, on the fortieth anniversary of the Bayside Vehicle Restorers Club, our cover car should be a GT40. This fine example started as a kit from [...]

November 17 - January 18 Cover Story In the late 1990's we were living at Norman Park and I was looking for a project. My son James tried talking me into doing up a version of [...]