More On Glenn’s Monaro

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Glenn sent through some more pics and info on the build up of his Monaro. If you have no idea what I’m talking about head over to the FIRST POST and take a look. What’s remarkable about Glenn’s car is that the majority of the ‘shiny’ bits are made from scratch in his back shed, often [...]

Neville’s Corolla

Neville sent over these shots of the work in progress on his 1990 Corolla Seca. Nev wrote, “its not much but by far one of the best cars ive ever had…. i cant fault it…turn the key and go….end of story”. Very typical of Toyota’s of that era, but what is also typical of a [...]

Glenn’s HQ Monaro

Boy, have we got a treat for you today. This piece of automotive-perfection-in-the-making is Glenn Finnigan’s HQ Monaro. Glenn tells me that it is the genuine article and was originally destined for the show circuit but with the value of these cars climbing all the time Glenn has decided to stick with keeping it as [...]

Anthony’s Wolseley 6/80

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Here is a great testament to the do-it-yourself approach. We first ‘met’ Anthony when he was looking for info on re-spraying his Wolseley and through a number of emails back and forth I think we helped him somewhat, although I’m far from an expert on the subject. For the historians amongst us (according to Wikipedia) [...]

Neville’s Corolla – Part Two

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We have an update onNeville’s Corolla, he has kindly sent us some shots of the car being painted and they are a good example of the shine that can be achieved ‘straight off the gun’ with 2-pack paint. Although acrylic takes a lot more elbow grease to achieve a similar result I still believe that [...]