Upper Middle Petrol Head:

Local motorsports identity Phil Blake has taken possession of a number of rare and / or older windscreens that he's hoping to sell, including:      Late Bellette, x 2      Renault 8/10      Renault unspecified      XA/XB  Falcon (presumably fits XC, too?)      Valiant      Alfa?      Corolla 1000?      Renault 16, x 2      Peugeot 403      Mazda 1200/1300      Datsun1600      HQ Holden (probably also fits HJ - WB?)      Mitsubishi Colt      310/312 Datsun Bluebird in plastic, or not, x 4 (one is 312/314)      Toyota Crown RS 50.      Some unknown. Bring a template. If you, or anyone that you know, is looking for any of the above, please give Phil a call on 0409 803 316 .  The Falcon, HQ and Datsun 1600 'screens are likely to sell fast.  At a mere $50 each, you'd be mad not to snap one up as a spare! Located in southern Tasmania Please share because, as we know, there's probably some poor bugger out there tearing his or her hair out trying to find one of these very items

  Here's a quickie but an ultra-goodie from 2022's instalment of Auto Italia, Australia's biggest and arguably best Italian car show.  According to the Canberra Correspondent - who has provided exclusive coverage of this year's event - the car is a genuine 128 Rallye and has been owned by the one family since it arrived in Australia.   As the photos show, it's immaculate.  Also of interest is that the family member who presented it at the show says it was the very last Rallye of the four officially brought into this country. Further photos from 2022's Auto Italia will follow.  In the meantime, why not check out the rest of the Upper Middle Petrol Head site?  There are loads and loads of classic, sports and performance cars from all the best manufacturers around the world. U M P H (uppermiddlepetrolhead.blogspot.com.au.) iPhone images by the Canberra Correspondent.

April 2022's Classics by the Beach features, as far as I can tell, an entirely new fleet of cars, with none having to my knowledge appeared on uppermiddlepetrolhead before.  This is likely due to an influx of mainland vehicles - like this striking 1930s’ Ford - touring the state and dropping in for the monthly get-together at Sandy Bay, before attending a hotrod festival later in the month.    AJ sticking his head out of a nonexistent sunroof! There were also a heap of local cars, many of which I'd not seen before.  The 109" Landy, featured immediately below, a lovely Bug Eye Sprite and a nifty but quirkily French Citroen station wagon were particularly interesting, as were a couple more cars and a motorcycle you'll see further down the page. Here's the Citroen I mentioned before.  As best as I can tell, it's a GS hailing from the 1970s and was more commonly seen in hatchback style.  Its owner tells me that it's powered by a small air-cooled flat-four cylin