The Vehicle Proving Ground 17 November 2015 01:48 Rare Spares Rare Spares (0) ShareHave you driven a Ford or Holden that’s less than half a century old? If so, before that car made it to the showroom and then eventually to your good self, the first models of its type off the production line would have gone through testing, just to make sure everything was tickety-boo. But we... [More]
Special Colour Vehicles 07 November 2015 02:21 Rare Spares Rare Spares (0) ShareWhat’s your favourite colour? How many times have you been asked that question? Learning about colours would probably rank as one of the first things we learn as children. And we use colour so much, we don’t even know we are. Whether we know it or not, colour is an important part of our ... [More]
Safety In TCM 31 October 2015 07:04 Rare Spares Rare Spares (0) ShareThe Touring Car Masters in recent years has become one of motorsports most loved categories. The series transports fans back to the heady days where names like Beechey, Moffat, Brock and Johnson were the gods of the racetracks. As much as the drivers were considered gods, the cars were almost on t... [More]
NSW gets a Modified Classic Vehicle Scheme 27 October 2015 08:05 Rare Spares Rare Spares (0) ShareLife for modified classic car enthusiasts in New South Wales just got a little sweeter recently. Up until now, if you drove a 30 plus year old modified car that was on a club registration, you were only permitted to drive to club events or for maintenance purposes, end of story. Well, thanks to some... [More]
Toranafest 2015 20 October 2015 09:46 Rare Spares Rare Spares (0) ShareToranafest, proudly sponsored by Rare Spares, was recently held at the Maitland Showground, north-west of Newcastle. Taking place over the weekend from the 19th and 20th of September and billed as “the largest Torana only car show in Australia”, it has become one of the highlights on the... [More]
Nominate a Mate's Worthy Winner! 14 October 2015 11:51 Rare Spares Rare Spares (0) ShareBack in July, Rare Spares hosted the Nominate a Mate promotion on Facebook. It was a competition where entrants could win a $1000 Rare Spares gift voucher for their mate’s restoration. As you would expect, we were inundated with entries, however there could only be one winner, and what a worth... [More]
Roxburgh Park Sandown Round Sales Event 06 October 2015 01:00 Rare Spares Rare Spares (0) ShareSandown Raceway, 25 kilometres south east of Melbourne has played an important part in Australian motorsport since the 1960s. The biggest names in the business, from Fangio and Moss to Brabham and Brock have all raced there. Only five races are allowed every year due to its suburban location which m... [More]
Rare Spares Distributor of the Year 29 September 2015 05:40 Rare Spares Rare Spares (0) ShareThe Rare Spares Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held on 29th August 2015 and is the yearly opportunity for the Rare Spares family of Distributors to come together from around Australia and New Zealand, celebrate, network and award their Distributor of the Year. Rare Spares has recognised the effo... [More]
Vale Bill Pye 23 September 2015 05:48 Rare Spares Rare Spares (0) ShareOn the 29th of July, the Australian Motorsport community lost one of its own when Bill Pye was tragically killed in a light plane crash near one of his properties just north of Deniliquin in New South Wales. Bill, 54, a competitor and race winner in the Touring Car Masters series since 2010, first ... [More]
A Car Is Born 15 September 2015 08:26 Rare Spares Rare Spares (0) ShareIn an age of automation, computerisation, Instatwit and Snapbook, it’s difficult for some of us, and impossible for others to remember that there are real people behind the products we use. Even in our beloved auto industry, modern production methods have meant that humans are increasingly tak... [More]