Category: Vanguard

• Can You Afford To Own A Chevrolet?

  

  Or put another way – If they try to sell you a Plymouth can you Dodge the question? No good Nash-ing your teeth over it either… How odd that as we pull away from the curb into the twenty-first century in Australia, we should do so in the Toyota, Subaru, Daihatsu, Nissan, Suzuki, Honda, Mitsubishi,…

  Dick Stein

  June 17, 2017

  American, Australia, British, Car Show, Cars, Chevrolet, Chrome, Colour, Cranksters, custom cars, Dragsters, Driving, FIAT, Ford, German Cars, Hot Rods, Lincoln, Lowrider, Mazda, Mercury, MG, Mini, Mustang, Nissan, Oldsmobile, Packard, Plymouth, politics, Pontiac, Renault, Rover, Skoda, Studebaker, Suzuki, Tatra, Thunderbird, Toyota, Valiant, Vanguard, Vauxhall, Volkswagen, Willys, Wolseley

  American cars, Australian car, European cars, Oriental cars

• Dashboard

  

  Every time I open the WordPress site I get a dashboard that lets me control the weblog. Every time I get into my little Suzuki I sit behind a dashboard that lets me control the car. It is a comfortable place to be in both cases and I can see the wisdom in naming the set…

  Dick Stein

  May 10, 2017

  Cars, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Citroen, Cobra, Design, Edsel, FIAT, Ford, German Cars, GMC, Hillman, Holden, Hot Rods, Jaguar, Lincoln, Mercedes, Mercury, MG, Mustang, Nash, Oldsmobile, Plymouth, Pontiac, Renault, Rover, Studebaker, Suzuki, Tatra, Thunderbird, Toyota, Valiant, Vanguard, Vauxhall, Veteran Car, Vintage car, Volkswagen, Willys, Wolseley

• Bring Back The Breadbox

  I could kick myself for my inattention to detail last year – I wandered about the car park for the summer Brockton run and had such a good time that I neglected to take a good frontal picture of this Vanguard station sedan. I hope I shall have an opportunity to repair my neglect some…

  Dick Stein

  July 20, 2016

  Australia, British, Car Show, Cars, Chrome, Colour, Design, Driving, Luxury, Personal Car, Perth, retro, Vanguard, Vintage car

• The Plastic Bumper Club – Or The Personal Car Club

  I have recently been going to car shows that referred to themselves as ” Chrome Bumper ” shows. This was to limit the entries to a certain section of the history of automobiles. That was after narrowing it down further by era and time and type and nationality and degree of reworking and…and…and a great…

  Dick Stein

  January 29, 2016

  Advertising, Art, Australia, British, Car Show, Cars, Chevrolet, Chrome, Chrysler, Citroen, Cobra, Collectors, Colour, Cranksters, Diecast models, Dodge, Dragsters, Edsel, FIAT, Food, Ford, German Cars, Gillam Drive, GMC, Good Advice, Hillman, Holden, Hot Rod Honeys, Hot Rods, Italian, Jaguar, Japan, Kustom, Limousine, Lincoln, Lowrider, Mercedes, Mercury, MG, Military, Mini, Model Cars, Motorcycles, Mustang, Nash, Oldsmobile, Personal Car, Photography, Pinup, Plymouth, Racing car, Renault, Roadster, Samba, Soviet vehicles, Sports Car, Studebaker, Suzuki, Thunderbird, Toyota, Trucks, Ute, Valiant, Vanguard, Vauxhall, Veteran Car, Vintage car, Volkswagen, Whiteman Park, Willys, Wolseley, Woodie

• Get Outa Here! Slowly…

  Aha. I have just realised that there is a good way to overcome some of the disadvantage that pertains to car shows -the thing that I complained about in a previous column; the overcrowding of the display lines. I’m not a greedy person – I don’t want it all for myself or all to myself …but…

  Dick Stein

  November 14, 2015

  Allard, Austin, Backstabbers Guild Of Australia, British, Buick, Bus, Car Show, Cars, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Citroen, Cobra, Dick Stein’s Little Studio, Dodge, Edsel, Ford, GMC, Holden, Hot Rods, Jaguar, Lincoln, Mercedes, Mercury, Mini, Morris, Mustang, Nash, Oldsmobile, Photography, Plymouth, Pontiac, Renault, Sports Car, Thunderbird, Trucks, Valiant, Vanguard, Vauxhall, Veteran Car, Vintage car, Volkswagen, Willys, Wolseley

• A Plea From The Car Photographers To The Clubs

  When you are planning your next car show, could you please park them a little further apart? We are thrilled to bits that you will be bringing your vintage-veteran-hot rod-street car-sports car-truck-bus-tank to the park-stadium-exhibition hall-mudflat behind the asbestos works. We don’t mind paying at the door-gate-edge of the car park for the privilege of…

  Dick Stein

  November 11, 2015

  Backstabbers Guild Of Australia, British, Car Show, Cars, Chrysler, Citroen, Collectors, Cranksters, Dodge, Dragsters, Edsel, Ford, German Cars, GMC, Hillman, Holden, Hot Rods, Italian, Jaguar, Kustom, Limousine, Lincoln, Lowrider, Mercedes, Mercury, Military, Mini, Morris, Motorcycles, Mustang, Nash, Oldsmobile, Personal Car, Photography, Plymouth, Pontiac, Racing car, Renault, Roadster, Rover, Sports Car, Studebaker, Toyota, Trucks, Valiant, Vanguard, Vauxhall, Volkswagen, Willys, Wolseley

• Fresh Off The Plane

  So there I was, stepping freshly off the tarmac at Sydney’s mascot airport in 1964 with my parents and the cabbie pulled up and asked where we wanted to go – for some reason the company bringing us down to Australia booked us into a hotel in King’s Cross and so away we went –…

  Dick Stein

  September 5, 2014

  Austin, Car Show, Cars, Ford, German Cars, Hillman, Holden, Jaguar, Morris, Photography, Rover, Valiant, Vanguard, Vauxhall