Upper Middle Petrol Head:

This lovely BSA - standing for British Small Arms (as in firearms) - was, of all places, on proud display at the Dunalley Fish Factory, approximately 45 minutes' drive from Tasmania's capital city, Hobart.  The Fish Factory has near cult-standing for fish 'n' chip aficionados in the south of the island state and is well-known for its eclectic, almost exclusively nautically-themed, collection of objects d 'art, as well for preparing the most fabulous seafood baskets. From what I could see, it was a single-cylinder, air-cooled machine, with rudimentary front suspension and a drum brake, and a fixed ( hard-tail ) rear end.   There might've been a rear brake, too, but possibly not ... . There was nothing to indicate when it might last have been ridden. However, one or two fittings - fuel lines and clamps, mainly - seemed to be decidedly newer than the rest of the eighty-year old construction, so it may have run until fairly recently.

This mid-70s' Toyota Corolla Levin - snapped at September 2018's Baskerville Historics - looked great, especially with its JDM front-end and tail lights that set it apart from your bog-standard Aussie-delivered models.  The deeply-dished Spitfire -style mags and bolt-on flares were a treat, too. Once upon a time (like in the 70s, when the world was still building proper cars!),  Levins were a twin-cam, performance orientated version of the more standard production Corollas but it seems that Toyota are happy to have diluted the once great name plate and are now bunging the moniker on any old granny-mobile. Sad! U M P H (uppermiddlepetrolhead.blogspot.com.au.)

These two lovely photos, each showing a classic late 1950s' Chevrolet Corvette, arrived in the UMPH in-box within 30 minutes of each other (what you might call correspondents' correspondence)! The first example was photographed by the King Island Correspondent at the Noosa Beach Classic Car Show on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.  Our second car, photographed by correspondent Matt, was captured at a car display in Sanctuary Cove, just north of the Gold Coast, Queensland (more of this event in a subsequent UMPH post). So, which one is your favourite? I can't make up my mind but I do know I'm as envious as an envious thing that I'm not also having a Queensland break of my own! U M P H (uppermiddlepetrolhead.blogspot.com.au.)