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Classics by The Beach: July, 2026

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How's this for a Merc with attitude?  It looks like it's sitting on airbag suspension and has heaps of negative camber, especially at the rear.  The car's big, fat AMG wheels look a treat, as does the German Auto Club ( Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club )   grille badge and California-style headlights.  I'm not sure what it's powered by, though; there's 280 script on the rear but that seems a little under-cooked for such a tough looking machine.     Classics by The Beach - Hobart's regular first-Sunday-of-the-month cars 'n' coffee, held at Sandy Bay, fifteen minutes' drive south of the CBD - is no stranger to custom vehicles or "specials."  This 1929 Hudson would seem to fall into that category, featuring what appear to be a hand-formed aluminium cockpit and  mudguards, plus a number of beautifully made wooden components - its dashboard, dash-surround, steering wheel, door combings and rear luggage rack - plus what looks very much l...
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Classics by The Beach: June, 2026

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Old school cool meets new-ish school resto-mod in this absolute ripper 4A-GE-powered 1969 Corolla, resulting in a mean machine that doesn't just look the part but is in equal measure wolf - or fox, according to the rego - in sheep's clothing.  Alright, I admit that it's pretty lairy looking sheep attire - striking red duco, front and rear spoilers, a fat set of 13" Jelly Bean alloys and a race-inspired interior - but all that good gear's pretty much in keeping with the car's era.      However, a standard KE17 Sprinter , as the fast back variant is known, was equipped with an 1166 cc twin-carby 3K-B pushrod engine, pumping out around 57 kW ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Corolla_(E10) ) .  That was lively enough for its day - especially in such a simple, light-weight shell - and certainly amenable to a bit of tuning but nothing in comparison to the 84 - 123 kW that can be had from the DOHC 4A-GEs fitted to Toyota's beloved AE86 range from the mid-1980...
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