Unique Cars Australia

Unique Cars is Australia's premier magazine and marketplace for special interest, classic, collectible and performance cars. A veritable showcase of Australia's finest vintage, classic, sports, modified and luxury cars. With classic, luxury and performance car reviews (new and used), specialist car and club events as well as over 1000 cars for sale in gloss colour. Unique Cars is both a window shopper and buyer's dream. Sit back, read and enjoy.

MR RELIABLE • IT’S ALL ABOUT GETTING THERE

MONEY, MONEY, MONEY • CRAZY AUCTION ANTICS SINCE COVID CAME TO TOWN

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Unique Cars • ISSN 1449-6682

TEN MAJOR AUSTRALIAN AUCTION SALES

AUCTION ACTION • LIVE AUCTIONS ARE MOSTLY ON HOLD NOW BUT THE AUCTION SCENE CONTINUES TO BUSTLE ALONG WITH ONLINE VERSIONS. HERE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.

ONES THAT GOT AWAY • THE CARS WE SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT OR ARE JUST GLAD WE DIDN’T…

GEARBOX PREMIUM • YOU CAN COUNT ON US TO HELP EMPTY THE BANK ACCOUNT

UNIQUECARS MAGAZINE NOS CORNER • ANG'S PETROL-HEAD PASSION DOESN'T STOP WITH CLASSIC CARS – HE'S ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR QUIRKY, HARD-TO-FIND ACCESSORIES

YOUR MAIL • HAVE YOUR SAY!

ELFIN MR 5B • ELFIN F5000 DRIVERS READS LIKE A WHO’S WHO OF MOTORSPORT

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY HOLDEN HQ

UNCLE PHIL’S choice PICKS • PHIL RECKONS A BIT OF CLEVER SHUFFLING COULD SEE A GAP OPEN UP IN HIS SHED, SO HE HAS BEEN RIFLING THROUGH THE CLASSIFIEDS PICKING THE CREAM OF THE CROP TO SHARE WITH YOU

MY FIRST CAR • WHEN JOHN WANDERED INTO A DEALERSHIP WITH HIS DAD, BACK IN 1975, HE HAD NO IDEA HE AND THE CAR WOULD STILL BE TOGETHER 45 YEARS LATER

FORZA FERRARI! • JB DOES HIS BEST MAGNUM IMPERSONATION TO BRING US ONE OF FERRARI’S MOST POPULAR CARS

GROUP GUYA • ALTHOUGH HE COULDN’T ALWAYS RESIST THE APPEAL OF SOMETHING NEW AND EXOTIC, IT SEEMS THAT KERRY ALWAYS RETURNED TO HIS TRUE-LOVE – THE VN GROUP A.

SPREADING THE GOOD NEWS

HONEY, I SHRUNK THE GROUP A

HONDA CIVIC TYPE - R • THE CIVIC TYPE R WAS HONDA'S HERO CAR, A REAL SHOT IN THE ARM FOR THE BRAND'S IMAGE

ARTIFICIAL AGEING! • RETAINING A VEHICLE’S PATINA IS LIKE STARING AT A HISTORY BOOK BUT DON’T TRY AND FAKE IT WITH FAUX-TINA

LIGHT ME UP • MICK IS TOILING AWAY IN THE WORKSHOP AND PROVIDING YOU WITH THE CAR ADVICE YOU NEED

COVID OPERATION • WHEN MELBOURNE WAS PLUNGED INTO LOCKDOWN IN 2020 PHIL GRANT USED THE TIME TO BUILD HIS XT-GT TRIBUTE

BUGGER IT! • AFTER SWEARING ‘NO MORE’, GLENN TORRENS BITES THE BAIT ON ANOTHER BARGAIN-BUY BEETLE

THE CARS

WHAT DO YOU RECKON? • TO BECOME WISE FIRST YOU MUST BE STUPID, AS GLENN TORRENS REMEMBERS

2B OR NOT B2 • IT’S A BIG DAY WHEN THE CITROEN’S CHASISS AND ENGINE ARE RE-INTRODUCED

SPECIAL CASE • MOTORSPORT’S BACKYARD-SPECIAL BUILDERS ONCE HAD AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN STIMULATING THE RISE OF LOCAL PERFORMANCE-ENGINEERING BUSINESSES

Bob Bond 1959 DODGE CUSTOM ROYAL LANCER • WITH A TROPHY WINNING FOUR-DOOR IN THE GARAGE, BOB BOND COULD NOT RESIST THE TEMPTATION OF PURCHASING THE TWODOOR VERSION

JAPANESE VALUE GUIDE 2021 • WHILE THE WORLD WENT INTO PANDEMIC FREEFALL JAPANESE CLASSIC PRICES REMAINED SOLID. HERE’S OUR BUYERS GUIDE OF THE GOOD, BAD AND UGLY FROM THE LAND OF THE RISING SUN

JAPANESE 2021 VALUE GUIDES

NUTS ‘N’ BOLTS

TURBO TIME! • THE STARION JOINED THE COUPE PARTY WITH A TURBO HERALDING ITS ARRIVAL

NISSAN 280ZX • PITCHED AT THE NORTH AMERICAN MARKET, WHERE BUYERS LIKED A CAR TO LOOK AND FEEL SUBSTANTIAL

HONDA CRX • A FIRST GENERATION CRX WAS...