Cars Dad Drove

30/05/2026

How good is it going to look in paint?

Been a while between posts as we have been flat out.

See you in a week and a bit at the Hd Hr nationals In Bathurst.

Nic Kuza doing an absolutely killer job getting the HR coupe as ready as it can be for everyone to see.

25/05/2026

I tried writing a car related song with AI.

If anybody else has done so, please share it/them in the comments.

Flat Out

25/05/2026

I miss getting the daily paper the night before and pawing through the cars for sale, was always fun to dream about a Monaro , Charger or XC Cobra.

22/05/2026

We had a P76 from new when I was 9.

I just remember it was blue with a very large boot and it liked to fishtail and slide out in the wet.

Why did the Leyland P76 really fail?For decades, the Leyland P76 has been remembered as one of Australia’s biggest automotive disasters — a car mocked by the...

19/04/2026

That is magnificent.

24/01/2026

How cool, I wonder what ever became of the old girl?

Here's a photo of a Bunbury vehicle parked just casually in front of the Vatican, in Rome! Luca Calligaro tells us:

"Pictured is my father with his mother and two sisters in Rome, 1961. They travelled to Naples aboard the P&O liner, SS Oriana, shipping their car for the journey, and later returned to Fremantle on the SS Oronsay."

Luca's grandfather, Adelio Callligaro, was one of the brothers from the Waterloo Brickworks.

20/01/2026

The Missus had one in 1984 as her first set of wheels on her P's in Dural, NSW.
Gorgeous little coupe.

When petrol was cheap and playlists were mixtapes. The 1972 Toyota Celica - built in an era that just did it better!

No screens, no shortcuts, just timeless design and the joy of the drive 🙌🏼

02/01/2026

30/12/2025

I saved this photo this arvo for myself not saving the owners name, but I cannot help but share it.
My first car was a black 77 coupe and I loved it, like a mini Torana.
Seeing this makes me want to get another and bring back some golf those memories from Frankston to Nowra and across the Nullarbor in 82.
Share your pics of Geminis if you will please.

11/12/2025

Fab pic from Northam ,WA as a local tests the limits of his new Holden.

Aubrey Badger early 1950's round the houses car racing, name the street.

31/10/2025

Pleased to see my eldest son James has a good eye for quality.