A Look at Australia’s best Hillclimbs 20 March 2018 03:19 Rare Spares General, Rare Spares (0) ShareHill climbs are about as old as five minutes after the first time a bloke strapped on a horse, saw a slope, and thought “my nag can get up that”. Then the car came along and nothing changed except the bit the human was attached to. What’s a hillclimb? Hillclimb is a speed event, w... [More]
Adelaide 500 recap 13 March 2018 11:13 Rare Spares General, Rare Spares (0) ShareThe 2018 Clipsal 500 is the season opener for the category now known as Supercars. This year's event was history making on four fronts: seeing the Audi Sport LMS R8 cars race in Australia for the first time; the debut run for the new SuperUtes category; the first major event for Holden in 2018 after... [More]
Phillip Island Classic Preview 05 March 2018 08:27 Rare Spares General, Rare Spares (0) ShareMovies, songs, popular culture, motor sport. What do they have in common? Yup, it’s obvious, they all have something to do with time, specifically “the past”. But why should motor sport be involved in what happened, not what’s coming? The Victorian Historic Racing Register ... [More]
Ute Racing in Australia, What’s Next? 27 February 2018 09:14 Rare Spares (0) ShareOver the past 2 decades, the V8 Utes became a staple on the travelling Supercars roadshow, with drivers jumping behind the wheel of modified production XR8 Falcon and SS Commodore Utes as a support card to the main events. The racing was fierce, fast and often akin to a dodgem car race as carnage of... [More]
Group S At The 2018 Bathurst 12 Hour 27 February 2018 09:14 Rare Spares General, Rare Spares (0) ShareThe Bathurst 12 Hour as an event continues to grow in both size and stature. After moving away from a production car based race, in a contentious decision at the time, to a GT based program, the success of that decision has been validated. However, man does not live on GT alone so there were a numbe... [More]
A look at John Bowe’s On-Track achievements 05 February 2018 09:57 Rare Spares General, Rare Spares (0) ShareRare Spares Brand Ambassador and Australian Motorsport icon, John Bowe, was recently inducted into the Australian Motorsport Hall of Fame, joining names such as Brock, Webber and Brabham on the illustrious list. Throughout his hugely successful career, Bowe’s resume stacks up against some of t... [More]
Future Classics – 5 Australian cars with investment potential 05 February 2018 08:47 Rare Spares General, Rare Spares (0) ShareIt seems to be every couple of weeks we hear of a mint condition A9X Torana, Monaro or GT-HO hitting the market for a monumental price, and they don’t seem to be having many issues finding a new home. So, with the Australian car manufacturing industry officially closed for business, which cars... [More]
Ford Announce 50th Anniversary Bullitt Edition Mustang 29 January 2018 07:49 Rare Spares General, Rare Spares (0) ShareAt the Detroit Auto Show earlier this month speculation was rife that Ford Motor Company had a special release up their sleeves. While there were a few murmurings of a special edition Mustang on its way, the huge crowd was still a gasp when the covers were pulled off a Dark Highland Green 50th Anniv... [More]
Buyer Beware - Asbestos in Imported Classic Cars 22 January 2018 07:36 Rare Spares General, Rare Spares (0) ShareThinking of importing a much loved car (or motorcycle) from overseas? It might be worth taking a bit of time to weigh up the risks associated with such an investment before pulling the trigger. In 2017 Australian Border Force intercepted roughly 50 cars and motorcycles that contained traces of the p... [More]
Rare Spares Summernats 31 Wrap-up 16 January 2018 07:49 Rare Spares General, Rare Spares (0) ShareSummernats 31 came to an end after four days of tyre shredding action in Canberra on Sunday 7th January. A huge success, this year’s Summernats drew in an incredible crowd of 105,000 and a total of 2,105 vehicle entrants – one of the festivals greatest turnouts in its long and illustriou... [More]