Category: Car Culture
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Why The McLaren F1 Is An Icon
The word icon is thrown around a lot these days, but it’s not always used the right way or for the right reasons. Sure, some things are truly deserving of icon status, yet many things simply are not. I don’t think everyone knows the meaning and gravitas that comes with such a label, but in…
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Absolute Quality: Black Label IV
One thing that I miss from my childhood is the Melbourne Motor Show. For a young car enthusiast, it was the best thing in the world but since then, not many major car events have taken place in what we call “Jeff’s Shed” – known today as MCEC or perhaps more simply, the Convention Centre.…
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Dutton Garage: Melbourne’s Best Enthusiast Car Shop
Sourcing a rare and special car can be a tedious process. It involves a lot of phone calls, paperwork and planning, which is very difficult for just one person to handle. An entire team of people is required to do this, and many specialist dealerships have popped up for this very reason. There’s a lot…
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Highball In The Mall 04
Welcome to the fourth edition of Highball In The Mall and the final Highball event of the year before some of us bugger off for our summer holiday. It’s fair to say that this year has been big for the Highball Motor Club, with strong attendance and a wide range of cars turning up to…
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Korean Cracker: Kyle’s i30N Hatch
Hyundai started life as South Korea’s answer to Toyota, VW and Ford in that it aimed to provide cheap, reliable transport for the working-class citizen. Performance cars were a long way from the minds of the head honchos in Seoul, but sometime in the 80’s they tried and failed miserably with the comically named “Scoupe”.…
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Midnight Runner: Dave’s RWB 997
People have been modifying cars in all sorts of ways for many, many years. From those pioneering hot-rodders in the 30’s to the modern day tuners, the idea of creating a custom car is far from new. However one name that has risen to prominence in recent times is Akira Nakai from Japan. Ever since…
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Highball 12: The Strength Of Community
We live in a world that’s more connected than ever before, yet we seem to hear a lot about people being isolated for one reason or another. As social creatures, humans need to talk and see each other in person instead of just doing it behind a screen. Although the internet has made my quality…
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Putting NISMO To Shame: Sharam’s Tommykaira R34 GTR
The legend of the Nissan GT-R began in Australia when Fred Gibson bought and built 3 R32 GT-Rs for Group A touring without the assistance of NISMO. The car was a spaceship compared to the other vehicles on the grid – it had 4 wheel drive, 4 wheel steering, double overhead cams, direct fuel injection,…
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Highball In The Mall 03: Same But Different
Just over a year ago, the Highball Motor Club, famous for it’s hugely popular Highball Cars and Coffee over in Clayton, made an announcement for a new event in a completely different location: Bell St Mall. Now, this place is much closer to me being in West Heidelberg so I was quite pleased to hear…
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Basemade: Stalis’ Honda Integra Type R
In 2001, young car enthusiasts all over the world were introduced to tuner culture through a little known movie called The Fast And The Furious, depicting the US tuning scene in ways that were, let’s just say, a bit over the top. It’s impact on the car community (for better or for worse) has been…
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