Burrell February 28, 2019
Last of the BIG Lincolns
They do not make them like Bill Kington’s 1970s Lincolns anymore. He has five of them and whenever he takes one out for a drive it always attracts attention. “I get the…
Category: Retro autos
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LTD had a back seat that went on forever
When the first locally designed and built Ford LTD (meaning Lincoln Type Design) was released in August 1973 it allowed Ford to further tighten its grip on the local long wheelbase luxury…
Burrell February 14, 2019
Learning to make money from the movies
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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…