Until the 1970s, four-wheel drive was almost exclusively found on utility vehicles like the Land Rover and the Jeep. And almost nobody considered four-wheel drive, especially full-time four-wheel drive as a major safety feature to be built into any type of car. That is, unless you were tractor millionaire Harry Ferguson or former racing driver ......
Tin toys had been made in Japan before the Second World War, but they reached new heights of realism in the 1950s. The postwar American occupation of Japan gave Japanese toymakers ready access to the lucrative American toy market, and as a result most of the tin toy cars made in this period were based on American vehicles like Cadillacs, ......
There was a national outcry in 2015 when the BBC announced that they were parting ways with Jeremy Clarkson. However, one thing was clear; he was never going to be away from our screens for long...During his time on Top Gear, Jeremy Clarkson established himself not only as a motoring aficionado but also an unlikely political commentator with a ......
Prepare for a whole cult of the dune buggy! Get to know buggies from their earliest beginnings as crude off-road vehicles in the 1920s, to the explosion of fiberglass body and VW-based fun cars that became the cult transport of teenagers everywhere in the 1960s and 1970s.With histories, production details, and identification tips for over 70 US ......
Diecast-metal Dinky Toys arrived in 1934. In 1953, Lesney launched the Matchbox series. Mettoy brought its Corgi range in 1956, with working suspension, seats, steering wheels, and opening doors and hoods. The brand hit the jackpot with its James Bond movie tie-in: a 1:43 scale Aston Martin DB5 with working versions of the on-screen gadgets, ......
A step-by-step guide to all aspects of using a 4X4 off-road, safely and non-damagingly, for both the novice and the experienced off-roader.
The Binns Track, named after Bill Binns, is an amalgam of roads and tracks linking Mt Dare, on the edge of the Simpson Desert, with Timber Creek in the Northern Territorys Top End. It includes Gregory National Park, the Devils Marbles, Tennant Creek, the Davenport Ranges, Altunga Historic Goldfields, Alice Springs, Old Andado and covers some of ......
A muscle-car book unlike any other, featuring the rarest vehicles on Earth. In the 1960s, something explosive happened in the automotive world: the United States evolving V-8 engine technology was met by 75 million baby boomers, all with an extreme need for speed and all entering the auto market at the same time. The result was the golden era ......
AUSTRALASIAN SAFARI 2013
A seven-day off-road motorsport marathon is the Australasian Safari, Australias toughest motorsport event.Every competitor who crossed the finish line was a winner for completing a gruelling seven days of competition covering approximately 2,500 competitive kilometers off-road on beaches, through sand dunes, ......
A book written by Stuart Mills, the MD of MEV and creator of over 20 modern kit cars. How To Design A Sports Car takes you behind the scenes of a kit car manufacturer to show you how to take a car from the drawing board to reality – and it’s written by someone who has done exactly that dozens of times over!
Whether you want to build a ......
Another convoy group experiences the pioneering history, the mystery and intrigue of Wonnangatta Valley and enjoys the fabulous scenery of Victorias High Country. Included in the video are Craigs Hut, Mt Wellington, Blue Rag Range, Crooked River Goldfields and many other top spots.
In 1962, Reg Sprigg and party completed the first motorised crossing of the Simpson Desert. Fifty years on, Vic Widman led another group on the first crossing of the Simpson for 2012. The adventures of Vics group were quite different to those of the exploration party and just as challenging. The video also features the Oodnadatta Track, Mt Dare ......
A beach dash along the Indian Ocean from Kalbarri to Geraldton in Western Australia he finale of the seven-day off-road motor marathon Australasian Safari, Australias toughest motorsport event
This DVD follows a group of adventurous holidaymakers around Cape York Peninsula under the leadership of experienced tour guide, Peter Ikin. Experience the Old Telegraph Track, Gunshot Creek and Nolans Brooks, enjoy Vrilya Point and Twin Falls and visit Thursday and Horn Islands, Cooktown and the Tip of Cape York Peninsula.
A step-by-step guide to all aspects of using a 4X4 off-road, safely and non-damagingly, for both the novice and the experienced off-roader.
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