George Hetrel was bitten by the car bug since before he can even remember.  It was not until 1984 that he bought his first old car, a 1914 Fiat.  After considerable restoration, it was entered in the Bicentennial rally of 1988.  This was an international rally with 1100 cars converging on Canberra from all States of Australia.  A concourse was part of the rally and Fiat was the outright winner.

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Carol is a life-long “Petrol-Head”.  The fascination began at a very early age with an interest in anything on wheels.  Initially sitting on a roller skate and breezing down the steep path and landing fairly regularly in the large rose bush which grew on the corner. Because of this habit of shooting around on anything that moved, the family nickname of Fangio developed, later shortened to Fan.   

When the Second World War ended the main BMW factory at Eisenach was in the Eastern Sector and was nationalised. Nevertheless, construction of BMW automobiles continued unchanged. But instead of BMW, the EMW badge was now used for the vehicles. EMW stands for Eisenacher Motorenwerke – or Eisenach Motor Works.

3rd International Historic Motorsports Show Stoneleigh - 2006.

Keith Duckworth, the great engineer and founder of Cosworth Engineering sadly died In December 2005. I had the great privilege of spending time with the three men who laid the foundations of this Iconic firm. This article was published first in Octane Magazine 2005 after the International Historic Motorsports Show where I was hosting their visit.

The Peugeot Types 172 were part of the famous “Quadrillette” range, launched in 1920 and belonging to the class of cyclecars (less than 350 kg and 1109 cc and reduced taxation) Very economical and quickly popular, the “quadrillettes” attracted a clientele of young drivers but also seasoned motorists using it (already) as a second car.

Ian Tate is a Melbourne driver, who as a youngster, was taken by his uncle to the Albert Park Grand Prix in 1953.  He has been hooked on motor racing ever since. He grew up near well-known racing driver Harry Firth's garage in Melbourne.  He used to walk past the shop and stand looking through the window.  Harry Firth noticed him after a while, and invited him in to the workshop to have a look around. Soon afterwards, he started doing odd jobs on weekends, and ultimately became part of the Harry Firth team from 1955/1956. It's a friendship that continues to this day.

 SCAT (Società Ceirano Automobili Torino) was an Italian automobile manufacturer from Turin, founded in 1906 by Giovanni Battista Ceirano. The company was active from 1906 to 1932., The first produced models were the 12 HP, the 16 HP and the 22 HP of 1909.