When the last Commodore rolled off the production line in October 2017, it not only signalled the end of Aussie car production, it also meant the death of the iconic locally built station wagon. In this article we look back at half a century of the great Australian family car.
Bullit: How the Greatest Car Chase Was Filmed
There may have been chase scenes before, but nothing before or since has equaled the intensity and impact of BULLITT. Over the years, fans have asked questions about the two cars used in the movie, a 1968 Dodge Charger and a 1968 Mustang 390 GT. Of all the musclecars offered in the late sixties, why were these two cars chosen, and how were they modified to survive the torturous driving?
Bathurst saved my life
With her husband away delivering produce, the farmer’s wife invited us to sleep in a spare room, but not before making us sit up with her as she breast-fed her baby and smoked marijuana from a bong made from two coconuts with a giant bamboo stem.
Fitzpatrick and Kaufman - the Godfathers of automotive advertising art
Art Fitzpatrick and Van Kaufman created what is arguably the finest automotive artwork ever produced when hired by Pontiac from the late ‘50s to early ‘70s. Read on for the story behind these incredible ‘mad men’ artists.
Maligned: The brilliant Chevy Corvair
Bad publicity killed off the best handling, most advanced car in America, the rear engine Chevy Corvair. Why?
The Cars of Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
When you set a movie in 1969 Los Angeles, you better have the cars to back it up, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood does that in spades.
Ford LTD - what did it stand for?
There’s been many theories on what Ltd stood for when Ford began using the term as a nameplate for its prestige models from the mid 1960s…
When automotive advertising was all about the engines
From the time when Detroit was dazzling the public with their new ohv V8s in the 1950s, and through the incredible ‘60s and the rise of the muscle car - print advertising often focused on the engine. Here’s some brilliant examples…
The exclusive hardtop wagons of 1955 to 1964
In mid 1950s American car makers realised there was a market for glamorous, prestige wagons. Families with a little extra cash didn’t have to miss out on having a cool car after all. Enter the big hardtop wagons - full pillarless styling could be yours with a Mercury, Buick, Olds, Chrysler, Dodge…even a lowly Rambler offering hardtop open air motoring on their wagons.
The Birth Of the GTO
If it was up to the top brass at Pontiac - the GTO never would have happened. Read on to find out how the first, most legendary muscle car was born