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Classics by the Beach: October, 2026

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  This heavily patinated XP Falcon, with its distinctive   sign-writing, has piqued the UMPH editorial team's interest.  Two questions arise:  firstly, what is or was the  Falcon-Mobil 70,000 Mile Durability Run  and, secondly, did this car actually participate in whatever that event was? The answer to Question 1 was easily answered by reference to the the excellent Primotipo ... 'blog,  which, rather than quoting or plagiarising, we've made available via the following link:  https://primotipo.com/2022/03/18/ford-falcon-70000-mile-9-day-reliability-trial/  .  (We at UMPH are a little sensitive to IP thievery, having recently discovered our images and research reproduced, without our permission, on an overseas FaceBook page.) The second question was only slightly harder to answer, with AI suggesting that the original car has gone to the Great Wrecker's Yard in the Sky, as do Shannons ( https://club.shannons.com.au/club/news/racing-garag...
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Classics by The Beach: September, 2026

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And now for something completely different ... .  A 1969 Honda CB 450, to be precise.   Motorcycles don't often make it into our coverage of Classics by The Beach - Hobart's first-Sunday-of-the-month cars 'n' coffee, held at Long Beach, Sandy Bay, about fifteen minutes' drive south of the CBD - but this one looked too good not to get a guernsey!  We're unsure if this is what a CB 450 looked like in period, although it would appear to be a bit sexier than the examples thrown up by a quick Google search.  Our guess is that it's some sort of 1970s-inspired cafe racer.  Whatever the case, we love it; that bikini fairing, those side-mounted exhausts and the bike's low-slung, chrome-heavy aesthetic look magnificent! This Mk1 Cortina's a bit of a beast!  Lurking under the bonnet is a fuel-injected twin-cam four-pot of some kind - a Honda, possibly - but certainly something significantly newer and quicker than it would've been running back in the '60...
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