Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Australian Muscle Car18 min read
    The Last Of The Line
    Where has the time gone? Here we are marking the 50th birthday of the Ford XB Falcon. Half a century already? For many of us reading this issue of AMC (including this writer) it seems like yesterday, when those of us of a certain age were young and l
    Australian Muscle Car1 min read
    Muscle Stuff
    Elevate your automotive restoration experience with the Metalmaster ROT8A-360 Rotisserie—a true game-changer in the world of body repair. This cutting-edge apparatus is not merely a tool; it’s the epitome of innovation, seamlessly combining efficienc
    Australian Muscle Car3 min read
    Book review: The Boss
    It’s arguably the most famous and (for Ford fans, at least) most revered machine in Australian touring car racing history. It is, of course, Allan Moffat’s Trans-Am Boss Mustang 302. This amazing machine, one of seven purpose-built Ford factory Trans
    Australian Muscle Car4 min read
    Slot Car Addiction
    Yours truly was recently invited to visit the slot car manufacturer Slot.It at their premises in Reggio Emilia, Italy. It is not every day you get the chance to see where it all happens, especially when you are hosted by Maurizio Ferrari, co-owner of
    Australian Muscle Car4 min read
    Trd
    3500S - $56,9903500SL - $61,500 Capacity (cc) 3456Code/name 2GR-FEDescription Six cylinders, 60 degree V-formation, chain-driven DOHC with roller rockers, four valves per cylinder, alloy cross-flow heads, cast-iron cylinder linersBore x stroke (mm) 9
    Australian Muscle Car7 min read
    AMC Best Letter
    Greetings and congratulations on a great magazine. Re the article on VL Walkinshaw in AMC issue #141, they had an interesting history and I always liked them, especially that cool interior. My past cars were many and included a Torana A9X four-door i
    Australian Muscle Car9 min read
    Best Laid Plans...
    Years before Toyota’s global Gazoo Racing – or GR – performance division arrived in Australia there was a short-lived local initiative that strived to add some character and edge to the brand. TRD, or Toyota Racing Development, was a name already wel
    Australian Muscle Car3 min read
    Steve Normoyle
    If you’re a motorsport fan, you’ll always remember the first time you saw racing live, at the track. The first actual car racing I ever saw was at the Sydney Showground Speedway in 1970. It was a very exciting night for an eight-year-old obsessed wit
    Australian Muscle Car10 min read
    A Coupe4 The Ages
    Glistening in silver and sitting squat on pumped tracks, the HSV Coupe4 was the sensation of the October 2003 Australian International Motor Show Its debut triggered shockwaves approaching those that rumbled through Darling Harbour in 1998 when the c
    Australian Muscle Car3 min read
    Mini Muscle
    Our old mate Geoff Wood (ED: who also authored our Glen Dix features, the second of which starts on page 76) has been at it again. This time, he’s done a model of James Moffat’s TA Mustang. He tells me it’s for ‘a long-time client’. I’ll let Geoff ta
    Australian Muscle Car1 min read
    Australian Muscle Car
    Issue 142 – 2023 EDITOR Steve Normoyle Email: amceditorial@chevron.com.au GRAPHIC DESIGN AND PRODUCTION Art Director - Chris Currie CONTRIBUTORS David Hassall, Brett Jurmann, Bruce Moxon, Bruce Newton, Stewart Wilson, Geoff Wood ADVERTISING Nation
    Australian Muscle Car5 min read
    AMC Club Directory
    Established to assist all its members identify and preserve genuine examples of the A9X Torana by providing assistance with information, parts, and services. WEB: http://a9xclub.org.au The Brock Commodore Owners Association of Australia Inc (BCOAA In
    Australian Muscle Car2 min read
    Brock’s Personal ‘Green Meanie’ For Sale
    This VY Commodore SS was not only Peter Brock’s daily drive but is also one of the rare handful of the ‘Brock Enhanced’ series of hot Holdens which Brock had planned to produce in 2005. In February, this unique Brock Commodore will go under the hamme
    Australian Muscle Car1 min read
    Aussie Muscle Car Run rides again
    The Variety Aussie Muscle Car run is putting the call out for entries for this year’s event, to be held from October 26 to November 1. While the route details are still being finalised, it should be a spectacular experience with the 2024 run starting
    Australian Muscle Car3 min read
    A Tailem Of Two Bends
    ‘The Bend’ motorsport complex at Tailem Bend (recently renamed Shell V-Power Motorsport Park, see below right) is an impressive facility, to say the least. It’s surely the biggest and most lavish motorsport complex in the entire southern hemisphere.
    Australian Muscle Car1 min read
    A Word From Our Sponsors...
    It takes a talented team of ‘creatives’ to come up with an ad campaign that manages to offend on as many levels as this. Still, while the Indian Wheel Company’s risqué method of getting the message across that its wheels are ‘Beefy and Beautiful’ is,
    Australian Muscle Car1 min read
    DICK JOHNSON Dick’s Diamond Jubilee
    Dick Johnson has been famously quoted as saying that the only thing you get from looking back is a sore neck. But if Dick pauses to check the rear vision mirror on his own time in the sport during 2024, he’ll be reflecting on a mammoth 60 years since
    Australian Muscle Car18 min read
    The fabulous Flagman Part 2
    In the early 1980s Kym Bonython formed a government department known as ‘Jubilee 150’. The group’s portfolio was to hatch ideas for South Australia’s 150th anniversary celebrations in 1986 and Kym, being a petrol head, couldn’t help but dream of hold
    Australian Muscle Car3 min read
    Two Shades Of Blue
    Wow! Classic Carlectables’ FC Special in the latest colour combo looks amazing. I’ve made no secret that the FC is one of my favourite early Holdens and this one looks awesome. The 1:18 scale model features a chrome grille which dominates the front e
    Australian Muscle Car21 min read
    Vee-Dubble
    Bryan Thomson was headed for a famous victory. It was the final round of the $100,000 Marlboro Sports Sedan Series at Calder on 7 December 1975, in front of a capacity crowd and nationwide TV audience. A showdown between the popular racer from countr
    Australian Muscle Car13 min read
    Glory Days At HRT
    Ron Harrop continued to be in demand for his engineering prowess after hanging up his helmet, and in 1986 he came up with possibly his most famous innovation, the Harrop rear-end. He designed it on some napkins while flying to Europe to help Allan Gr
    Australian Muscle Car5 min read
    AMC Club Directory
    To get your free listing in the Club Directory and What’s On sections of AMC please supply your official club name, a short description and your website address. Preference given to clubs/events that focus on Australian and/or American muscle cars. W
    Australian Muscle Car1 min read
    Australian Muscle Car
    EDITOR Steve NormoyleEmail: amceditorial@chevron.com.au GRAPHIC DESIGN AND PRODUCTIONArt Director - Chris Currie CONTRIBUTORS Ray Bell, David Cook, Brett Jurmann, Bruce Moxon, Paul Newby, Liz Swanton, Stewart Wilson ADVERTISING National Sales Manag
    Australian Muscle Car11 min read
    World’s fastest EH
    R on Harrop needs no introduction here. A gifted engineer, his name is legendary in the world of high performance Aussie muscle car and racing engineering. Harrop also made a name for himself out on the track, starting in the ‘60s in drag racing at t
    Australian Muscle Car2 min read
    Road And Track
    Norm Beechey: GMH does not like competition but it is stuck with it anyway as so many Holdens are sold that they have become the cars mechanics and engineers know most about and for which, because of the number of potential buyers, it is cheaper to m
    Australian Muscle Car2 min read
    The Magnificent Six
    One of the most enduring images from the first Bathurst 1000 half a century ago was something that wasn’t even in the race. It was the spectacle of a Fleetways car carrier loaded up with six LJ Torana road cars decked out in signwriting identical to
    Australian Muscle Car4 min read
    Steve Normoyle
    In this issue we’re celebrating the 60th anniversary of the EH Holden. Not a muscle car, you might say, but it is a pivotal model in the history of home-grown Aussie high performance. It might also just be the most significant car in General Motors-H
    Australian Muscle Car19 min read
    Call Me Shag Part 2
    In 1971 Graeme Lawrence had the world at his feet. His time in the sublime Ferrari 246T had really put him on the map in Australasia as a topline professional – winning the Tasman Series and various grands prix in South East Asia attests to that. Buy
    Australian Muscle Car4 min read
    Slot Car Addiction
    It seems we are still recovering from the effects of Covid with the late release of slot cars for the calendar year. Last year’s products have lagged behind their planned release dates and, as a result, it has taken most of the year for new models to
    Australian Muscle Car2 min read
    Muscle Stuff
    The Hoppers Stoppers Billet HS4000 Compact 4 Piston Caliper brake package is designed to replace the factory PBR/Girling/Lock caliper as a direct bolt on, whilst still retaining the factory disc and still fitting within a factory 14” steel wheel. The

    Latest Issues

    View More

    More Publications

    …Or Discover Something New
    Browse Articles