Category: Repco Heritage

For many car enthusiasts the first taste of ownership came with the arrival of a Matchbox version under the Christmas Tree or as a birthday present and it continues to this day

Imagine some of the most exotic V8 models racing in one category at Europe’s leading circuits, well this occurred more than a decade ago in the Italian-based Superstars Series

No one ever thought the Australian Grand Prix was going to leave Adelaide as it proved a favourite throughout the event’s decade-long run, but it did in fact leave and is yet to return after the final edition in 1995

A winner of 29 championship titles and several Grand Prix worldwide, Elfin was born on Conmurra Avenue Edwardstown in suburban Adelaide by the eccentric Garrie Cooper

Adelaide was the scene of the Holden factory team finally achieving success in what was a quick rejuvenating after splitting from Peter Brock in 1987

With the Repco Supercars Championship finale at Adelaide a little more than a week away, one memory from when touring cars acted as a support to Formula 1 is from 1990 and a severely damaged GT-R

Last week was Allan George Moffat’s 84th birthday and the Repco Garage to honour this will recall the Canadian’s time as a BMW factory driver

After selling Falcons sourced from America during the 1960s, Ford of South Africa elected to change direction by importing the Australian equivalent in 1969 to immense popularity

Following a successful period during the early 1970s when the Holden Torana GTR XU-1 won multiple Australian Rally Championships in the hands of Colin Bond and Peter Lang, the factory effort changed direction to the Gemini by the close of the decade