Upper Middle Petrol Head:

According to the Italian Correspondent, this is the second time he's spotted this absolutely immaculate Lancia Fulvia during his not inextensive travels of the boot-shaped country.  It certainly has made an impression on our aficionado of all things Italian, being described, in his own words, as the "b est kept car on Italian roads that [he's] ever seen."  High praise indeed and difficult to dispute, given these lovely images!  Thanks, Todd!  Enjoy your holiday and do feel free to keep sending in your pics!! U M P H (uppermiddlepetrolhead.blogspot.com.au.)

We start September 2018's installment of Classics by the Beach with this rip-snorter Torana GT-R replica, resplendent in vibrant 1970s' orange.  Its owner and restorer, Lenny, is up-front that it's not a genuine GT-R , the car having started out life as an automatic LC, but that does nothing to diminish its appeal.  Lenny reckons its appearance is as close to the real deal as possible, right down to some faithful reproduction door cards that almost exactly replicate the originals (there are some minor variations on their tops, he says, but they certainly escaped my inexpert eye).     Having raced Toranas right through the 1970s and 80s, Lenny's got a wealth of knowledge about the iconic Aussie model.  In building his kick-arse replica, he chose to use a 202 cubic inch (3.3 litre) 'red motor', as opposed to the original 160 cubic inch (2.6 litre) donk, and fitted it with triple side-draught Webers instead of the usual two-barrel Stromberg, putt...