As the swinging sixties segued into the glam seventies, down the A40 in Oxford, Morris were busy tuning their previously pedestrian Marina and dipping the bodies…
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The first British Car-Sleeper Limited train ran between London and Perth in June 1955, as a development of an existing overnight train. Over the next…
The Nash Rambler was produced by the Nash Motors division of Nash-Kelvinator Corporation from 1950 to 1954 in sedan, wagon and convertible body styles. On…
Datsun 120Y – $4,299Datsun 180B – $4,999Datsun 200B – $5,148HZ Holden Kingswood – $5,446Holden Sunbird – $5,495Mini S – $3,895Mini LS – $4,250Moke Californian -…
The Outspan Orange car was shaped like an orange, had orange skin-textured fibreglass bodywork, and looked like an orange but was, in fact, a Mini…
Fanned by the flames of the wild American custom vans, the van craze spread throughout the western world in the 1970s. Australians initially made do…
In 1888, Sir Frank Bowden’s doctor told him that cycling could improve his health. He bought an interest in a small bicycle company in Raleigh…
Launched in 1976, the Raleigh Grifter became the ultimate 1980s bike – chunky and funky with throttle-style hand-twist gears. This was BMX before BMX. You even got…
Of all three-wheelers produced in Britain, those manufactured by the Reliant Motor Company were the most like a conventional four-wheeled car or van. All but…
Arguably the most famous bus in the world, the iconic Routemaster (RM) double-decker was designed by London Transport and nearly 3,000 were built by AEC,…
The Ruppster was a dune buggy first produced in 1971 by Rupp Industries – a Mansfield, Ohio-based manufacturer of go-karts, minibikes, snowmobiles and other off-road…
The British truck manufacturer Scammell produced this three-wheeled tractor unit between 1948 and 1967, replacing the Scammell “Mechanical Horse” with its square wooden cab and…
Plans for the Space Shuttle were created in 1972 as a way to keep the cost of spaceflight down. The first space shuttle orbiter Enterprise flew in…
This two-seater sports roadster/drophead coupé was produced by the British Rootes Group from 1953 to 1955, and then from 1959 to 1968. The name was…
The Sydney Monorail – originally named “TNT Harbourlink” – was a gift to the city for the Australian Bicentenary in 1988 from transport mogul and…
Petrol rationing in Britain during the Second World War meant that private motoring virtually disappeared. When rationing ceased in 1951, fuel companies began a battle…
The Stag was Triumph’s first luxury car and sold with the snappy slogan “Keeping up with the Triumph Stag is no problem if you’ve got…
The Gerry Anderson television live-action series UFO (1970 – 1973) featured many spectacular vehicles, including spaceships, tracked land assault wagons, and a submarine which could launch…
The Ampol Rally in 1964 was a baptism of fire for an unknown car, newly born, barely christened. It was the Zeta – the lowest…