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British F1 team BRM celebrates 70th anniversary with three recreations

November 4, 2020 murrellp@bigpond.com Classic car news, Motor sport

MANY PEOPLE CONSIDER THE Type 15 Mk1 BRM V16 racing car to be the best-sounding racing car ever. However, it’s been 70 years since new BRMs were on the track, so many of us have

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Iconic Vanwall name and cars to be revived

October 20, 2020 murrellp@bigpond.com Classic car news, Motor sport

SIXTY-TWO YEARS AGO, the world first Constructors Championship Trophy was claimed by British manufacturer Vanwall. Apart from those of us of “a certain age”, today the name is almost forgotten. However, that may be about

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Holden (remember them?) celebrates 70 years of the Ute

October 9, 2020 murrellp@bigpond.com Classic car news, Need to know

IS IT JUST US OR DO OTHERS find it ironic that after killing off the Holden brand, General Motors is celebrating Holden history – the end of the Holden Race Team earlier this week, and

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End of an era. 2020 Bathurst will be the last appearance of Holden Racing Team

October 9, 2020 murrellp@bigpond.com Classic car news, Motor sport, Need to know

FOR MANY OF US, THE Holden Dealer/Racing Team has been part of our lives for as long as we can remember. But that all comes to an end, fittingly at Mt Panorama, on 18 October

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Nissan honours 50 years of Z cars

September 25, 2020 murrellp@bigpond.com Classic car news

WHILE THE UNVEILING OF the Z Proto has stolen most of the limelight, Nissan reminds us that the Z car has been around for 50 years with a display of models in Yokohama from its

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UK classic car auctions still strong

September 23, 2020 murrellp@bigpond.com Auction action, Classic car news

THE CURRENT PANDEMIC SEEMS not to be having an effect on the sales of classic cars, if the latest UK auction results are any indicator. Classic Car Auctions September Live Online Auction was a huge

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Škoda marks 50 years since 110 R coupe launched

September 10, 2020 murrellp@bigpond.com Classic car news

IF EVER A COMPANY HAS had its ups and downs, few have been the brunt of more jokes than Czech brand Škoda. We’re too kind to repeat them here, despite the temptation. Fifty years ago,

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Shannons Winter auction clears 96 percent

September 2, 2020 murrellp@bigpond.com Auction action, Classic car news

THE POST-COVID WORLD will undoubtedly look very different, and many of the things we’re learning to adopt will no doubt continue once the pandemic has passed. One of the almost inevitable changes will be the

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World’s oldest VW bus is still on the road

August 10, 2020 murrellp@bigpond.com Classic car news

EXACTLY 70 YEARS AGO A FIRST generation dove blue panel van with chassis number 20-1880 rolled off the production line in the Wolfsburg plant. It was delivered to Hildesheim to start a life of service,

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Jaguar great Norman Dewis would have been 100 on August 3

August 4, 2020 murrellp@bigpond.com Classic car news

WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN  the 100th birthday of one of Jaguar’s best-loved and admired former employees is being celebrated by the company on August 3. Coventry-born test driver and development engineer Norman Dewis OBE had

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