Classics by the Beach: January, 2025
Where to begin? I've opened UMPH's coverage of the first Classics by the Beach for 2025 with this ballsy little Datsun 120Y (obviously!), but there's also an original-as-you-could-hope-for 260Z and a Kenmeri Skyline / 240K, either of which would've also made great entree shots. That's just from the Datsun stable! Then there's the gorgeous Giugiaro -designed Alfa Tipo 116 GT (I think the lack of a V - as in GT V - means it's the 1.6 litre version), a pristine XD Fairmont Ghia , a big as a whale Chrysler Imperial, a couple of Galants and an X1/9, to mention but a few of the excellent cars on display. This 260Z’s been on my radar for many, many years, having cropped up in what might've been the early 2000s, if not earlier, down Huonville way. Even then, it was a special car; Zs hadn't attained quite the cult status that they have now but, even then, I could tell that it was in extraordinarily good nick for its age. A...