I went out to One Raceway near Goulburn with the GEAR Club and whilst watching the races, catching up with friends and checking out some of the amazing racing machines, I recorded six interviews with competitors. This is interview five with Robert "Bugsy" Blake and his 1953 Holden FX - which has beer stickers under the hood! Listen to all the podcasts here. … [Read more...]
Update on the Sale of Opel to the PSA Group
About a year ago General Motors sold its European business of Opel and Vauxhall to the PSA Group who own the Peugeot and Citroen marques. It was an interesting deal because Peugeot and Citroen have had their financial difficulties in the recent past and the GM Europe business has had 16 years of losses and only managed to take 6% of the European market. For General Motors it … [Read more...]
Chevrolet LS Engines
This weeks technical article, although titled Chevrolet’s LS engine should really be simply called GM’s LS as it has gone into many of the old General Motors brands. The LS was the successor to the LT and its main difference is that the LS block is made from aluminium rather than cast iron and it has a smaller bore but longer stroke to provide the same capacity. The LS is also … [Read more...]
Elfin Sports Cars
Elfin Sports Cars is a little known company – certainly outside of its home territory of Australia. The company was founded by Garrie Cooper in 1959. Cooper was a successful Australian racing driver and decided to build his own racing cars from facilities in Adelaide. Cooper, like Sir Jack Brabham, was a championship winner in one of his own cars taking out the Australian 1.5 … [Read more...]