Upper Middle Petrol Head:

  Bellissimo!  From what we at UMPH can gather, this to-die-for Fiat 124 Berlina - photographed by OMiT - hails from somewhere between 1971 and 1974, based on its double-stacked rear taillight / indicator assemblies.  (Earlier versions' rears had single horizontal bar-style lights.) We've further gleaned that "our" example is not a 124  S or a Special T , as those variants have quad-headlight front ends.  Not that this one isn't special in its own right, mind you; it's a stunning example with perfect duco - Fiat's "Brilliant Green," possibly - gleaming, straight-as-a-die chrome, and a lovely interior.  Not even Wikipedia could provide production numbers for the 124 Berlina and the unasked-for AI summary gagged at providing one, too.  What can be said, however, is that there were lots   of them built by Fiat in Italy between 1966 and 1974, with production continuing in eight other countries  well into the new millennium, and  Russia produ...

Circa 1980 RA42 Celicas are rare enough.  Lift-backs, like this one - photographed at a chilly and wet Classics by The Beach at Hobart's Sandy Bay - are even thinner on the ground.   Making this one even a bit more spesh is the straight-six engine lurking beneath its bonnet.  I'm not sure what it is - a Toyota 1JZ or 2JZ, possibly - but it was a very tidy, properly engineered installation (it has the plaque to prove it), turning the car into a resto-mod equivalent of the original six-pot Celica XX / Supra, but gruntier.   And while we're on the subject of modified Toyotas, this is Edward's extremely cool KE 30 (?) Corolla van.  In this case, the mods are a bit more old school:  a 1600 Celica donk with a Weber carbie and matched five-speed 'box, a set of tasty alloys, a slick paint job and a very tidy interior.  It even has an under-stated rear roof spoiler that someone's cleverly made of light gauge steel. Stately Jags don't come much better ...