With McLaren reportedly reinventing the legendary F1, we think it is time for some of the other manufacturers to revive a few legends from their own past for modern consumption.
Category: Classic
The Jaguar E-Type might be one of the most beautiful cars ever made but the Eagle speedster shows that even perfection can be improved.
This weeks BLAST is another piece of Kieran Roberts’ great art – Long Road to Victory. Let’s hear from the artist himself about this piece, this is from his website: In the early 60’s Ford wanted to win the most prestigious road race – the Le Mans 24 hours. Ferrari had a stranglehold on the event, so […]
This week we head to Baypark in 1972 for our BLAST FROM THE PAST, where Rod Coppins’ E49 Charger holds of a determined Patrick Smith in his Phase 3 GTHO Falcon during the Castrol GTX championship race.
It’s off to Wigram in 1974 for this week’s BLAST FROM THE PAST, and the Lady Wigram Trophy race where Graeme Lawrence pounds his Lola T332 over the bump around #7 hanger towards the loop. As always, thanks to Terry Marshall for the awesome pic!
To celebrate Ford giving Ferrari a good kicking at Le Mans 50 years after it first gave Ferrari a good kicking at Le Mans (albeit in a different class these days), we bring you the brilliant film Ford made to celebrate that original kicking!
This week’s BLAST takes us to the legendary Bay Park in 1971, where American Ron Grable in his Pontiac Firebird is being chased down by Paul Fahey in the PDL Mustang.
We head to Wigram in 1975 for this week’s BLAST FROM THE PAST, where Jim Richards in the Sidchrome Mustang and Paul Fahey in the Cologne Capri exit the hairpin during the Tin Top race of the decade. As always, thanks to Terry Marshall for the brilliant pic!
This week’s BLAST is another piece of Kieran Roberts’ great art – “Ultimate Road Test” Let’s hear from the artist himself about this piece, this is from his website: The famous Bathurst 1000 started out as a 500 mile race at the Phillip island circuit in 1960, moving to Mount Panorama in 1963. Originally created as a […]
In this week’s BLAST FROM THE PAST Terry Marshall takes us to Levin in 1970 where the late Bryan Faloon is in action in the Rorstan Climax (Rorstan 1) during the 1970 Tasman Series race. As always, many thanks to Terry Marshall for the fantastic pic!
