Upper Middle Petrol Head:

There's nothing needs to be said about this lovely Alfa, resplendent with a set of original Cromodora Star wheels, snapped in Paris by Mr McBeardie.  Just enjoy it! U M P H (uppermiddlepetrolhead.blogspot.com.au.)

It looks like Hobart's car aficionados were keen to make up for last month's Classics by the Beach wash-out with a bumper turn-out for July's edition of the event.  It was so popular, in fact, that several attendees had to leave their cars in the smaller car parks north and south of the Long Beach turning circle where the main action usually unfolds. "Oh, Wayne, you've done it again!"  (You might have to be of a certain age to get my little joke.)  This lovely early 60s' Beetle has joined Wayne's collection, replacing his recently sold black Bug and possibly a pristine Karmann Ghia, unless that's also been moved on.  It presents like a new car with stunning originality but that's just what we expect of its fastidious owner! Not one but two magnificent genuine BMW E30 M s!  Whilst they do ostensibly look like their less exotic siblings, the relatively standard but certainly very nice 1980s - 1990s' E30 coupes, the

Questa Serie X 1/9 del 1978, completamente priva di ruggine e completamente priva di ruggine, è uno dei quattro articoli Work in Progress contemporanei che includono o saranno presenti su UMPH al minuto, unendo Alfa GTV di Todd, Alfa 33 maschile e ancora pezzo da pubblicare su un ex Ed Ordynski Suzuki Sierra che sta subendo una ricostruzione completa del telaio. È anche di particolare interesse personale per l'autore, come potresti presto riconoscere. Il proprietario originale dell'auto non è noto. Tuttavia, il compianto Peter Prestage - il visionario ex capo della Tasmania Police Forensic Services - lo comprò intorno al 1980, prima di venderlo a Iain Watson nei primi anni '90. Iain (aka John) ha avuto un lungo amore per tutto ciò che riguarda l'industria automobilistica e il coinvolgimento negli sport motoristici, avendo posseduto tutto da MG della serie T, una GT Cortina, una vettura da rally Beetle VW e numerose Fiat, oltre ad essere un membro fondato

You win some, you lose some!  That's just how it is sometimes.   The debit side of the ledger first:  The earlier "totally rust-free" status has had a big asterisk placed against it, pending further investigations of the cooling system.  In its defence, the car's not overheating, nor is there any evidence of weeping from the radiator or the cooling pipes, which is cause for some optimism.   The fluid - or "liquid metallic orange" - arrived on the concrete  via the overflow tank, suggesting that the system's robust enough to cope with a bit of internal pressure without popping anything.  A good flush-out's jumped up the priority list and joins an urgent tune-up and service as a must-do. Some ying to the yang (or is it yang to ying?):  Beneath the seat covers were these slightly grotty but relatively unfaded and very unworn original seats.  Definitely nothing that a good steam clean won't sort and, given the efforts that some owne