Burrell
October 18, 2018
GM forced to redesign entire range
No matter whether you like it or not, there is no denying the 1959 Chevrolet is one of the most distinctive cars ever to emerge from Detroit. From its toothy grille, through…
Author: Burrell
David Burrell is founder and editor of Retroautos.com.au, a free online classic cars magazine. Dave has a passion for cars and car design. He's also into speedway, which he's been writing about since 1981. His first car was a rusted-out 1961 Vauxhall Velox. His daily driver is a Pontiac Firebird. Prior to starting Retroautos, David was an executive in a Fortune 500 company, working and living in Australia, NZ, Asia, Latin America and the UK.
Burrell
October 18, 2018
Burrell
October 13, 2018
Final flag fall for a Ford guy
In the two decades that Brian Rossi was Ford Australia’s Chief of Design he influenced the styling of every Ford product sold in Australia and helped to create the base on which…
Burrell
October 12, 2018
Norseman sank without trace (for real)
The Chrysler Norseman is the concept car that never was. It now lies at the bottom of the ocean inside the wreck of an ocean liner off the coast of Massachusetts in the United States.…
Burrell
October 11, 2018
Stan the man designed EH Holden
Very few Australian’s have ever heard of Stan Parker. And yet he designed one of our most enduring cultural icons. For it is Stan Parker who designed the 1963 EH Holden Stan…
Burrell
October 4, 2018
Caleche rarest of rare beasts
By any measure the Vauxhall Caleche is a rare Australian convertible. Built by Holden from 1938 to 1951 it featured an imported British Vauxhall chassis, grille, bonnet and front mudguards. From the…
Burrell
September 27, 2018
Ladies and gentleman, Mr Monaro John Schinella
If John Schinella had not scored a job at GM he was “was going to drive to Hollywood and see if he could get a job designing movie sets.” Lucky for us…
Burrell
September 20, 2018
Rob bought it on eBay
In what is an increasingly common occurrence in the classic car community, Rob Byrnes found his 1933 Australian-built Dodge Tourer on eBay. “It was discovered in a farm shed in 1994 on…
Burrell
September 13, 2018
Lapine worked in super secret studio X
One of the most globally influential car designers of the 20th century was the late Anatole “Tony” Lapine. His impressive resume includes the 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray and the Porsche 928, both…
Burrell
September 6, 2018
Interceptor ended days as crash test dummy
The 1946 Cadillac Interceptor was one of GM’s most important concept cars, yet few people ever saw it and it ended its existence in 1957 as a crash test dummy. The Interceptor…
Burrell
August 30, 2018
In a ‘Teague’ of his own
Richard Teague was the boss of American Motors Corporation (AMC) styling in the 60s and 70s and most people today have never heard him. Although a quiet and unassuming man, the vehicles…