Phillip Island Classic Festival of Motorsport 28 March 2015 12:06 Rare Spares Rare Spares (0) ShareThe Phillip Island Classic Festival of Motorsport is the largest historic automotive meeting of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere and provided a thrilling weekend of sights and sounds for entrants and enthusiasts alike. The annual event took place March 5-8 at its home, the iconic Ph... [More]
Rare Experience Winners Bright Weekend 19 March 2015 09:13 Rare Spares (0) ShareThe ‘Rare Experience’ was the ultimate money can’t buy motorsport competition for two lucky people to attend the Clipsal 500 as a free offer to any spectator that visited the Rare Spares stand and entered the competition during Summernats 28. The prize included two return flight t... [More]
Project GTS Ready To Win 11 March 2015 02:03 Rare Spares (0) ShareThis stunning Holden HQ GTS or ‘Project GTS’ was the combined project of Bendigo Retro Muscle Cars, Unique Cars Magazine and Rare Spares and has recently been completed. It is now proudly being showcased before being offered as a giveaway car to an extremely lucky Unique Cars subscriber.... [More]
John Bowe‘s Flying B at Bathurst 12 Hour 05 March 2015 09:15 Rare Spares Rare Spares (0) ShareAussie motor racing legend and Rare Spares ambassador John Bowe certainly raced in style at this year’s Bathurst 12 Hour, taking to Australia’s most iconic circuit as part of the Flying B Racing team in a Bentley Continental GT. With over thirty year’s experience at Mount Panoram... [More]
All Ford Sunday 25 February 2015 12:22 Rare Spares Rare Spares (0) ShareRare Spares were proud to sponsor the 24th annual Kiwanis All Ford Day. Held on Sunday 15th Feb at Deakin University, Waun Ponds Geelong in Victoria, the All Ford Day turned on some beautiful summer weather which resulted in the largest event on record. Over 7,000 spectators ... [More]
Cars and Australia in 1955 20 February 2015 12:34 Rare Spares Rare Spares (0) ShareSixty years ago, Australia was a much smaller, simpler nation. World War Two was well and truly in the past and the baby boomer generation were well and truly blossoming. In 1955, the Australian Prime Minister was Robert Menzies, HMAS Melbourne was commissioned into the Australian Navy and t... [More]
The Annual Picnic at Hanging Rock 19 February 2015 02:19 Rare Spares (0) ShareIt may still conjure thoughts of missing school children in the book and movie by the same title, but Picnic at Hanging Rock is synonymous with a picnic of a different kind. An automotive picnic. Run by the Macedon Ranges and District Motor Club, The Annual Picnic at Hanging Rock is primarily a fun... [More]
Off Season with Jason Bright 10 February 2015 01:24 Rare Spares Rare Spares (0) ShareJason Bright finished a respectable 11th in the 2014 V8 Supercar championship after a mixed year which included three pole positions, a race win at the Auckland ITM 500 and an unfortunately spectacular roll over at the Clipsal 500 that made highlight reels across the country. After a huge schedule... [More]
Ford V8 Supercar No More? 03 February 2015 02:47 Rare Spares Rare Spares (0) ShareAfter Ford Australia announced in May 2013 that it would be closing its manufacturing operations in Australia by 2016, naturally questions started to be asked about Ford’s continuing involvement in V8 Supercars and its financial support of the factory team Ford Performance Racing. The si... [More]
Crunching Numbers With Classic Car Owners 24 January 2015 03:10 Rare Spares (0) ShareIf you had to take a guess at the percentage of Australia’s driving population that own and drive a car manufacturer between 1950 and 1979, what do you think that figure would be? It may surprise you (or not) that only 0.5% of Australian’s fit into this rare breed of car ownership. Ro... [More]