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30/10/2025

This year I’ve been shining a spotlight on the Australian Motor Heritage Foundation. The Foundation is based out at Sydney Motorsport Park and they hold valuable historical documents for the Australian automotive industry. If you hold historical documents, then it is reasonable to find a historian as part of the volunteer team. One such is Dr Andrew Moore, who is also a lifelong car enthusiast and in his late teens was an attended the races at Warwick Farm. I spoke with him about the Graham Howard Collection, a collection of published materials that covers the history of Australian motor sport....

18/10/2025

I recently met with James Nicholls founder of Halcyon Auctions at their offices in Mascot to have a pre-preview of the historic and classic vehicles going under the hammer on the 26th October at The Royal Automobile Club of Australia, on Macquarie Street, Sydney. Seventeen vehicles of differing ages will go under the hammer - with some absolute rarities from the UK, Germany and even the Czech Republic. In between are some stunning examples of European luxury and sports. Alongside the vehicles are five pieces of memorabilia....

14/10/2025

In continuing our spotlight on the Australian Motor Heritage Foundation, I talk with Colin Piper about his work in curating the Brian Lear Collection. Colin Piper has been a motorsport enthusiast all his life. Colin's first taste of racing was at the Warwick Farm circuit. Brian Lear, who created the collection, was well known in hillclimb and historic racing with Elfins and Coopers. He donated his collection and in this podcast we find out how far Colin has got in working through the collection. Brian's passion was to find the newspaper articles of events - going back as far as 1905!...

In continuing our spotlight on the Australian Motor Heritage Foundation, I talk with Colin Piper about his work in curating the Brian Lear Collection. Colin Piper has been a motorsport enthusiast a…

03/10/2025

Our third interview with the folks that attended the Royal Flying Doctor Service Outback Car Trek. Now it's the turn of Dr Guy Hardwick, a young doctor who was selected to attend the event as part of the medical support crew. In effect, he did the whole trek in relative comfort - compared to some of the entrants! We talk about his background and brief off-road experiences and his view of the trek. We also talk about his work for the Royal Flying Doctor Service supporting remote communities....

25/09/2025

This is another interview from the series recorded with the volunteers of the Australian Motor Heritage Foundation. These interviews were recorded earlier in the year. This time the interviewee is David Burrell who is a journalist and author. David started with speedway and then focused on car design in Australia. We talk about his RetroAutos magazine plus the books on design that he has published. We then discuss the work of Herbert Thomson, who built and marketed an Australian car back in 1899. Finally we talk about the importance of the Foundation to the historic vehicle community and the country....

This is another interview from the series recorded with the volunteers of the Australian Motor Heritage Foundation. These interviews were recorded earlier in the year. This time the interviewee is …

25/09/2025

Our latest podcast has been published - an interview with author and journalist, David Burrell. This is part of the series recorded with the volunteers of the Australian Motor Heritage Foundation.

18/09/2025

This is the second interview with entrants of the Royal Flying Doctor Service Outback Car Trek. In this interview we talk with Matt Vicchi and Josh Graham, two members of Team 3333. It's a fascinating discussion about the reasons why they joined the Trek, the experiences that now cover all of mainland Australia and the cars that were used. Matt and Josh also talk about building cars suitable for such a rugged event along with adding some fun elements to the vehicles to make them stand-out. It is certainly a family affair for both of them.

This is the second interview with entrants of the Royal Flying Doctor Service Outback Car Trek. In this interview we talk with Matt Vicchi and Josh Graham, two members of Team 3333. It’s a fa…

18/09/2025

Our second interview with the entrants to the Outback Trek has been published and available through all podcast apps or the website. We talk with members of Team 3333 who have run a range of Ford kit!

15/09/2025

Some lovely little utes at the All British Day yesterday 😀

13/09/2025

Our latest podcast is up online - a great interview with Geoffrey Bott, classic car rally pioneer and Jaguar enthusiast. We talk about his time organising and competing in rallies over the years.

13/09/2025

I caught up with Geoffrey Bott, a pioneer in classic car rally events. He was the instigator behind the Repco Mountain Rally in the 90s, working closely with the Jaguar Drivers Club to develop the events before becoming a competitor - and winner - himself. Geoffrey has had decades of experience in organising and competing in classic car rallies. We talk about the Rally, his love of Jaguars including one called "Arthur". Geoffrey also had a rare Hunter Coupe some years ago. As Geoffrey was also a founding member of the Classic Rally Club, we also talk about that club....

I caught up with Geoffrey Bott, a pioneer in classic car rally events. He was the instigator behind the Repco Mountain Rally in the 90s, working closely with the Jaguar Drivers Club to develop the …

05/09/2025

Our latest is up and it features Matthew Tosolini, Head of Motoring Events for the South Eastern Section. Matthew is responsible for the that heads into remote Australia!