History Demolished, Tragically: HDT Building In Melbourne Torn Down 18 November 2020 01:26 Rare Spares General, Rare Spares (0) ShareHumanity has a curious habit of removing certain parts of history whilst feting other parts.HDT, or Holden Dealer Team, were formed and based in Melbourne. The headquarters were in the inner suburb of Hawthorn, at 35 Queens Avenue, and purchased by the man known as “The Silver Fox”, Harry Firth, in the early 1960s whilst working for Ford. [More]
SOLD – Brocks Last Bathurst Winning Commodore 04 November 2020 08:19 Rare Spares General, Rare Spares (0) SharePeter Brock holds the record for the most wins at Mt Panorama. Nine is the number and in 2004, he gave it a red hot go to up the number to double digits.Or, rather, would have if it weren’t for the misfortune of his U.K. based co-driver Jason Plato. 27 laps into the 2004 race, Plato was at the wheel of the 05 HRT Commodore and after tapping a wall with the front right, was easing the stricken vehicle down Conrod Straight. [More]
Top 10 Automotive and Motorsport Podcasts 20 October 2020 09:59 Rare Spares General, Rare Spares (0) ShareTechnology can bring us many things. Some are fantastic, such as 4K television, digital radio, air-fryers...well, maybe not so much the last. Technology has also brought some old favourites, in a way, firmly into the digital age. [More]
Rare Spares Joins MSR Ahead of Bathurst 13 October 2020 10:17 Rare Spares General, Rare Spares (0) ShareRare Spares have joined Matt Stone Racing ahead of the final round of the 2020 championship season at Bathurst. [More]
Rare Spares joins Robotham for Super3 Bathurst debut 10 October 2020 04:09 Rare Spares General, Rare Spares (0) Share17 year old Jaylyn Robotham will make his Supercars Bathurst debut racing in the combined Super2/3 category with the support of iconic Australian motoring brand Rare Spares.Rare Spares joins AusiPack on the Super3 MW Motorsport FG Falcon Robotham piloted to a stunning win on debut at the recent Sydney Motorsport Park round of the combined series. [More]
Top Five Influential Fords 06 October 2020 11:27 Rare Spares General, Rare Spares (0) ShareHere in Australia there have been a number of cars locally developed and made that have influenced our market. To get an idea of how Ford has influenced Australia, we spoke to Rare Spares ambassador and a lover of all good things automotive, John Bowe who says: [More]
Top Five Influential Holdens 23 September 2020 12:50 Rare Spares General, Rare Spares (0) ShareIn a decade’s time the automotive brand formerly known as Holden or Holden’s, or General Motors-Holden, will be but a footnote in the history books. In the second half of the 2010s the once almost unassailable Red Lion would fall to the wayside as the market shifted towards vehicles that Holden, as a small manufacturer, simply wasn’t able to deal with, even with access to products from outside of the country. [More]
Ford Ranger 242kW 08 September 2020 10:28 Rare Spares General, Rare Spares (0) ShareTelevision sometimes has the knack of embodying a word or phrase that society picks up on. In Ford’s case, a word made household famous by a Top Gear host is powerrrrrrrrrrr.242 kiloWatts of powerrrrrrrr is what is packed into a twin-turboed 2.7L petrol V6 that finds a home under the bonnet of the F-150 in the United States. [More]
Changing Numbers Over Sixty Years 25 August 2020 09:06 Rare Spares General, Rare Spares (0) Share2020 has proven to be the year that, in a motorsport sense, has disrupted the accepted flow. Formula 1 has seen their schedule compressed, with a normal fortnightly race cycle (for the most part) changed to one every weekend.In Australia the changing situation has seen our top tier category, Supercars, face equal uncertainty, both with race scheduling and locations due to “hotspots”. Many other high-level categories, such as the popular Porsche categories or the new TCR group, have had their year effectively sidelined with no start date in sight. [More]
Brock: Over The Top 11 August 2020 10:06 Rare Spares General, Rare Spares (0) Share Brock: Over The Top opens with family shot footage of Brock and the famous “cut with mum’s axe” body-less Austin A7. With the car, if it can be called that, nothing more than a seat, the engine and radiator, and a chassis sans brakes, it’s potentially here that Brock’s immaculate driving skills were born and honed. [More]