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Burrell February 14, 2019

Learning to make money from the movies

Burrell February 14, 2019

Only in the past decade or so have film companies realised that retaining vehicles that have appeared on screen is a money making business. Movie and/or TV provenance can sometimes triple the…

Burrell February 7, 2019

Milford was made for dummies

Burrell February 7, 2019

Before October, 1924 car manufacturers tested their cars on public roads. That all changed when General Motors bought some land in rural Milford, Michigan, then about a day’s drive from Detroit, and…

Burrell January 31, 2019

Dreaming and scheming in the ’50s

Burrell January 31, 2019

During the ’50s General Motors and Ford competed with each other to create the most stylish dream cars to display at American and European motor shows. Ford’s first dream car was introduced…

Burrell January 24, 2019

Cord changed everything and Harley was pissed

Burrell January 24, 2019

You can’t get anywhere more mid-west USA than Auburn, Indiana. Its main street is as small town cute as cute can be. I’m sure Walt Disney came to Auburn and had a…

Burrell January 17, 2019

Camira snubbed (although it qualifies)

Burrell January 17, 2019

General Motors sold over 10 million of J-Cars from 1981 to 2005. By any measure that’s a success. Every GM brand had its version, including Holden with the Camira. And yet, J…

Burrell January 10, 2019

Four-door coupes weren’t invented in Germany

Burrell January 10, 2019

Despite what some car makers want you to believe, the four-door coupe is not something that was invented a couple of years ago in Germany. Clothing four-door cars in a swooping and…

Burrell January 2, 2019

Chainsaw Magna a forgotten classic

Burrell January 2, 2019

Has anyone seen a first generation Mitsubishi Magna at a classic car show? No, neither have I. Despite it being 34 years old and eligible for “classic car” status in Australia, it…

Burrell December 27, 2018

Lightburn deserved our praise not scorn

Burrell December 27, 2018

What do you think would happen, if a self-made millionaire approached the Government and said he’d fund, out of his own pocket, the design and manufacture of a simple, small car made…

Burrell December 20, 2018

centurion - 1956 Buick Centurion 3 - Centurion the stuff of dreams

During the 1950s General Motors developed a series of future focused “dream” cars. They ere displayed to the American public in extravagant exhibitions called Motoramas. Millions went to see these cars —…

Burrell December 13, 2018

Manta never basked in rays of Oz

Burrell December 13, 2018

The Opel Manta A coupe was never sold in Australia but in Europe, Great Britain, the USA and South Africa — and is now a very collectable car. Back in the late…