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]
Million Dollar Monaro 28 July 2020 07:26 Rare Spares General, Rare Spares (0) ShareWhen is a million dollars not a million dollars? Some would say “when it’s not in my bank”. And that’s a fair call. However, the answer is when expectations and reality collide.The end of June 2020 saw such an occurrence, but one with a happy ending. A 1969 Holden HT Monaro GTS 350 was pegged to sell at an auction hosted by Lloyds and crack the magic million. However, the Holden Dealer Team entered a car with Spencer Martin and Kevin Bartlett as drivers in a race at Sandown in Victoria. [More]
2021 Batmobile 16 July 2020 07:04 Rare Spares General, Rare Spares (0) ShareSuperheroes. They’ve been part of humanity for millennia in the forms of gods such as Thor, Ra, and more. In the 20th century the focus changed to those born of the age of comic books. Superman, Wonder Woman, Spiderman captured the imagination, the hearts and minds of a society needing distraction from the Great Depression and wartime. [More]
Car Prices Of The 1970's 30 June 2020 10:39 Rare Spares General, Rare Spares (0) ShareHistory is a learning experience and a place where a time machine would be pretty handy. Think of Forrest Gump and his travel through time, meeting a President, investing in an “apple farm”. Imagine being able to go back and watch the first moon landing live, first run episodes of your favourite 1960s or 1970s show, or pick up a car for a bargain price. [More]