David Brown Archive
1913 Rolls Royce: David Berthon’s classic restoration of a very rare Rolls at Shannons Classic
15 September 2019
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At this year’s 2019 Shannon’s Classic they had over nineteen hundred cars from car clubs all over Australia. The winner of the concourse to elegance was David Burton with his beautifully restored 1913 Rolls-Royce. I was honoured to sit in the passenger seat while David drove the vehicle around the Sydney Motorsport Park Race track
Overdrive: Infiniti exits; Takata Airbags; Towing; Beige Toyota Camry; Mclarens GT Supercar
12 September 2019
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Welcome to Overdrive, a program where we wander through the world of motoring and transport. In this program we have: Infiniti Exits Australia (1:29) Takata Airbag Recall (2:37) Trump’s brinkmanship may backfire on US car industry (3:46) Mazda’s Rotary Engine Set for a Return (4:51) Is the Mondeo going Electric? (6:03) McLaren’s GT Supercar arrives
Interview – Owning and loving a 1981 Daihatsu F20 JV
11 September 2019
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I went along to the monthly Machines and Macchiatos Car Show held in the Harbord bowling club car park and supporting Bear Cottage and Help Cure Brain Cancer charities. A wonderful event with classic and modern cars representing a very wide range of different vehicles. I took along the latest Suzuki Jimny, a little
Overdrive: Melb bike share gone; VW/Jaguar Holographics; Singapore trasnport; Elon Musk’s tunnels
9 September 2019
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Hello and welcome to Overdrive a program that panders to the world of cars and transport I’m David Brown In this program we have: New cars sales for August 2019 (1:32) Ending Melbourne Bike Share the right decision? (2:01) VW invests in holographic technology (3:26) Jaguar Land Rover wants to beam 3D movies right into
Overdrive: Ban hands-free phones; E-scooters ridden illegally; Nissan GTR; Suzuki Jimny
8 September 2019
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Welcome to Overdrive, where we cover everything to do with motoring and transport from the sublime to the ridiculous. I’m David Brown In this program we have: British drivers face a ban on hands-free mobiles (1:38) QTA Announces ‘Eyes On Fatigue’ In-Vehicle Technology Pilot (2:41) Study Finds Nearly Half Of Shared E-Scooters Being Ridden Illegally
Overdrive: Bugatti Centodieci; Nissan Z Cars; 1913 Rolls Royce; Celebrating potholes
8 September 2019
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Welcome to Overdrive, a program about the wonderful world of motoring and transport. I’m David Brown In this program we have: News stories Car companies withdraw ads from the Alan Jones program (1:31) Heads of GM, Ford among CEOs rejecting shareholder-centric model (2:39) The $8 Million Bugatti Centodieci’s Radical Design Captures The Spirit Of
