Collingwood Edition Holden Commodore released - 15 April 2014

They’ve long been the butt of offensive and often unfair jokes, but Collingwood fans are now being spoilt rotten - first discounted dental, and now with the chance to make a mark with a limited edition Holden Commodore.

The Holden VF Commodore can now be enhanced with an option package, to commemorate the car maker's sponsorship of the Collingwood Football Club.

Holden’s Australian product communications manager Kate Lonsdale said the launch of the Collingwood Edition Commodore targets the club’s loyal fan base and is available on any Heron White SV6, SS or SS V sedan.

Forget bumper stickers and flags sticking up out of windows, hardcore fans can now take their allegiance and dedication to the club, to an unprecedented level.

For $3500 a Commodore can be transformed into what's being called a ‘Collingwoodore’, dressed to impress in the Pies monochromatic footy colours.

Collingwood’s chief executive Gary Pert said, “The limited edition factory enhanced VF Commodore, adorned with black and white stripes, Collingwood carpet floor mats and limited edition badging came to fruition following feedback from our members and supporters.”

The Collingwood Edition Commodore also features black 20” alloy wheels, a black spoiler and black mirrors, vents and grilles, and can be ordered from any Holden dealer.

Is there an owner out there that can share some pics of their pride & joy! We'd love to see one - THM

This red-blooded hot rod harks back to a golden age of motoring, delivering V8-powered thrills for an eye-watering price.

Powerful V8 engines have never been a budget option.

Folks watching their wallets rarely pay a premium for eight-cylinder engines, knowing they will also have to double down with bigger bills at the petrol station.

They’re certainly not a cheap choice in Mercedes showrooms.

Read more...

It's an unlikely – but true – yarn... Australia very nearly missed out on the Ford Falcon

As Dr John Wright and Dave Morley wrote in Unique Cars back in October 2016, the first locally manufactured (as opposed to assembled) Ford was to have been a revised version of the Mark 2 Zephyr, given extra chrome in the Zodiac mode and dubbed Mark 2a.

When Ford Oz boss Charlie Smith and his small team of visiting executives were given a peek at the XK in late 1958 in the US, Smith famously cabled back to Australia: ‘Cancel Zephyr’.

Because the Falcon was lighter, it would be cheaper to build and its project name XK Thunderbird in itself implied more excitement and a sleeker streamline than the Mark 2 Zephyr, which would have been four years old when the first Falcon made its local debut in September 1960.

Fast forward to early 1965 and following the XK, XL and XM models came the Falcon XP, which went on to become one of the most significant Falcons of all time, as I’ll explain soon.

XP models included the entry-model Falcon sedan and wagon, DeLuxe sedan and wagon, Futura sedan and hardtop (coupe), ute, DeLuxe ute and Falcon sedan delivery (van). A new addition was the Fairmont to take on the Holden Premier.

Read more...

Back when Chrysler Australia was seeking approval from head office to develop the new VH range, it ended up with a problem.

That was, it had a miniscule budget, said to be just $22 million, to develop a sedan, wagon, ute variants and, by the way, some sort of luxury range. That in itself was to include a sedan, plus a hardtop.

Chrysler could hardly miss that Fairlane and Statesman were rumbling out of showrooms at a decent clip and clearly wanted part of the action. The pimped VIP sedan from the previous series went some way to answering the call, but didn’t really do the job.

Read more ....

What a great event !

https://cartorque.co/car-shows/volksfest-australia-2023-nsw-11860

A concept once thought to be lost in Lotus' racing history, has now finally been realized in the retro-inspired Type 66, limited to just 10 examples.

Bringing Colin Chapman’s vision of a Lotus-designed Can-Am Series race car to life is the Type 66. Regarded as a, “lost Lotus track car”, Type 66 reimagines the V-8 racer as what could have been if the project had gained traction as a viable option. At the time Chapman was laser-focused on Formula 1, so resources weren’t spared for the original Type 66, and thus not a single example was produced.

Launched now, on their 75th anniversary, and 53 years after the concept was first designed, Lotus presents the fully finished product at this year’s Monterey Car Week event, “The Quail, A Motorsport Gathering”, in California. Lotus views the cars as not only a gift to themselves on this milestone anniversary but says it’s for the fans of Lotus racing.

Key Project Points:

In Bathurst this weekend. https://cartorque.co/car-shows/ford-falcon-tribute-weekend-nsw-12892

Tamborine Mountain Rotary Car Show

Sunday 20th August 2023

Antique, Vintage, Classic, Custom, Electric and Muscle Cars + Bikes

Open to Public 8am Tamborine Mountain Sports Centre at

400 Long Road, Tamborine Mountain, Gold Coast Hinterland, QLD 4272

Asphalt hard stand for most display cars—grounds open at 6.45am for display cars and bikes. Food vendors and Market Stall holders can get site access from 6.15am. Catering on grounds from 8am. Open to General Public from 8.00am

Bookings for the display / show cars & bikes , Food stalls and Stallholders entry is via this EventBrite.com.au site by clicking on the green "Tickets" button.

All funds raised go back to the Tamborine Mountain Community.

For additional information contact Dave Power on dpo90748@bigpond.net.au

Tamborine Mountain Rotary Car Show

More details here.... FORDVHOLDEN Battle of the Badges

Incredible

It's on this weekend. Check it out... https://www.willowbankraceway.com.au/events/?EventGroupID=214&EventID=392

https://www.tradeuniquecars.com.au/news/2304/1966-hr-holden-hearse-todays-tempter

1958 FORD FAIRLANE 500 INTERCEPTOR 

The maker of the new electric DeLorean – the modern reboot of the Back to the Future movie time machine – has cut production by 60 per cent two years before the first car is built. And none will come to Australia.

The US company bringing the DeLorean name back to the future says it is "going to production" with its first new car – but has slashed production by more than half nearly two years before the first example is built.

The DeLorean Alpha5 electric car – built by the firm that purchased the DeLorean name rights after the original company went bankrupt – revives the legendary badge made famous by the car that starred as a time machine in the 1980s Back to the Future movie series.

DeLorean announced plans last year to produce 9351 examples of the Alpha5 over six years, with deliveries due to start "no earlier" than late 2024.

However, in an email to customers last week, the company said it would slash the planned production run to 4000 cars over five years – due to claimed "supply chain bottlenecks".

Read more ...

One-off convertible

If one-off and relatively obscure cars are your thing, this is likely to have some appeal. Studebaker's fourth-generation Champion is known well enough, however the several body styles offered did not include a convertible.

There was however a prototype soft-top, the history of which is reasonably well recorded, and yes it was eventually 'rescued'.

This car is listed as having a body by Dale Fisher, which if correct makes it a bit special.

It's also running what's listed as a 4.5lt V8 when Champions typically ran sixes and that's matched to a five-speed manual transmission.

The seller lists the paint condition as fair, and the shape of most other components as good.

It's offered with what sounds like a good history, including copies of appearances in Super Street and Custom Rodder magazines.

Located to the west of Sydney, it’s on the market at $33,000.

Read more...