The Shed

Advice to first time car owners Owning a car is expensive- here’s how to keep the costs down 1 Check the Air, Oil, Fluid and Water times 3, at least once a month. For an old car this may need to be done before every drive, for a 3+ year old car, once a week. […]

Does Speed Kill or does Speed Damage your Wallet? The news stories of ‘stupidity fueled crashes’  brand regular drivers that break the speed limit as deviant criminals. That’s unfair and crazy. Motorists are being fined on safe sections of roads, often straight, sometimes without another car in sight. It’s all wrong. If you hear on […]

For a long time I’ve enjoyed the look and sound of Tim’s Trans Am as it arrives at the Car Club Meetings. The deep noted, burbling exhaust sounds really good, and the car exudes brute power from every gleaming curve. In 1972 Pontiac Trans Am’s came in only two colours – Cameo White with blue […]

Cairns June 2011- by Rob Healey I’ve always admired the Trans Am for its style, and wanted to drive one for a long time. After the combined club run to the Esplanade in June, Robert Hall invited me to take his gleaming Black & Gold 1976 Trans Am for a test drive. This Trans Am […]

While at the Charters Towers long weekend car show in 2010, I arranged with John Partington to sometime have a drive of his gleaming red 1965 Buick Wildcat. Just after I arrived for the July monthly club meeting John strode up to me and said, “Come on, let’s get this over with” ! WOW- I […]

This video is almost 4 years old now- how come we’ve heard no more about this amazing invention, burning steel with water based flame – if this video is true this is AWESOME This is a machine that can cut through steel, using water and electricity. The inventor, Denny Kleine, has also got a car engine running and […]

A quick bit of filming at the Cairns Swap Meet & Show n Shine, run by the All American Car Club of Cairns. An annual event that keeps growing! Music by Johno’s Blues Band   Share

June 2010: I drove the Corvette down to the Charters Towers long weekend carshow – a distance of about 481 kilometres (300 miles).   It’s the place where a quiet beer outside your motel room can turn into a minor street party with a couple of dozen people, laughing and talking under a clear starry […]

Without a doubt, this is a very special Corvette. The custom body is coated with a unique black and silver base coat under a translucent violet hue with subtle ghost flames that can only be seen at certain angles. At night it takes on a stealth quality, becoming almost invisible. Steve Mack Shed Mate who runs […]

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