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Marv’s Garage: BMW stuff a Le Mans V12 in an SUV
Marv's Garage Iain Kelly 21/7/25 Marv's Garage Iain Kelly 21/7/25

Marv’s Garage: BMW stuff a Le Mans V12 in an SUV

It doesn’t get much crazier for car company shenanigans than stuffing a Le Mans-winning V12 into a large SUV, just ‘cause.

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Marv’s Garage: When the supercars got RUF’ed up.
Marv's Garage Iain Kelly 18/7/25 Marv's Garage Iain Kelly 18/7/25

Marv’s Garage: When the supercars got RUF’ed up.

When a noted tuner brought a Howitzer to a fight with Europe’s hottest supercars… and blew them all into the weeds.

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Marv’s Garage: Busted at 197mph on a public motorway
Marv's Garage Iain Kelly 16/7/25 Marv's Garage Iain Kelly 16/7/25

Marv’s Garage: Busted at 197mph on a public motorway

One of Japan’s top tuners went rogue on a quick trip to the UK, and it built his legend.

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Marv’s Garage: Salt horses
Marv's Garage Iain Kelly 14/7/25 Marv's Garage Iain Kelly 14/7/25

Marv’s Garage: Salt horses

If Ferraris don’t belong salt racing, then why are they so good at it?

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Marv’s Garage: The Veskanda was too fast for Australia
Marv's Garage Iain Kelly 11/7/25 Marv's Garage Iain Kelly 11/7/25

Marv’s Garage: The Veskanda was too fast for Australia

This ground-effects V8 monster from the ‘80s proved it was capable of running with the top dogs in WEC.

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Marv’s Garage: Australia’s forgotten speed hero
Marv's Garage Iain Kelly 9/7/25 Marv's Garage Iain Kelly 9/7/25

Marv’s Garage: Australia’s forgotten speed hero

Did you know Australia had land speed legend?

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Marv’s Garage: The Bapmobile
Marv's Garage Iain Kelly 8/7/25 Marv's Garage Iain Kelly 8/7/25

Marv’s Garage: The Bapmobile

Bap Romano ushered in a new era of sports car performance with his brutal Kaditcha.

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Marv’s Garage: La Pantera Bianca; the white panther.
Marv's Garage Iain Kelly 7/7/25 Marv's Garage Iain Kelly 7/7/25

Marv’s Garage: La Pantera Bianca; the white panther.

La Pantera Bianca, the white panther, rewrote how intense Aussie race car builds would be.

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Marv’s Garage: Briggs Cunningham was an American badass.
Marv's Garage Iain Kelly 7/7/25 Marv's Garage Iain Kelly 7/7/25

Marv’s Garage: Briggs Cunningham was an American badass.

Everyone knows Carroll Shelby, but years before the Cobra King battled Ferrari at Le Mans another American came close to conquering La Sarthe.

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Marv’s Garage: Gatebil is car enthusiast for “party”
Marv's Garage Iain Kelly 5/7/25 Marv's Garage Iain Kelly 5/7/25

Marv’s Garage: Gatebil is car enthusiast for “party”

If you like off-tap Euro cars being beaten on like they owe the drivers money, then Gatebil is your kinda party.

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Marv’s Garage: Giocattolo, wombats can fly.
Marv's Garage Iain Kelly 3/7/25 Marv's Garage Iain Kelly 3/7/25

Marv’s Garage: Giocattolo, wombats can fly.

When is an Alfa not an Alfa? When it’s a mid-engined V8 calleda Giocattolo.

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Marv’s Garage: Headbutting steel at 121mph
Marv's Garage Iain Kelly 2/7/25 Marv's Garage Iain Kelly 2/7/25

Marv’s Garage: Headbutting steel at 121mph

One man’s incredible tale of survival.

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Marv’s Garage: Group 5 was a party
Marv's Garage Iain Kelly 30/6/25 Marv's Garage Iain Kelly 30/6/25

Marv’s Garage: Group 5 was a party

Big wings, big turbos, big wheels and big balls. Group 5 was for racers who liked to PARTY.

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Marv’s Garage: wing cars didn’t just rule NASCAR
Marv's Garage Iain Kelly 28/6/25 Marv's Garage Iain Kelly 28/6/25

Marv’s Garage: wing cars didn’t just rule NASCAR

We typically think of Chrysler’s infamous wing cars (the Charger Daytona and Roadrunner Superbird) as purely NASCAR fodder but did you know they had a salt career too?

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Marv’s Garage: Of course Australia had a 3000hp burnout truck
Marv's Garage Iain Kelly 27/6/25 Marv's Garage Iain Kelly 27/6/25

Marv’s Garage: Of course Australia had a 3000hp burnout truck

When you’ve got poisonous snakes through your major cities, sharks and crocs in your waterways, you probably need a burnout truck to keep them all in line… or something.

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Marv’s Garage: NASA's hot-rod helped build the space shuttle.
Marv's Garage Iain Kelly 27/6/25 Marv's Garage Iain Kelly 27/6/25

Marv’s Garage: NASA's hot-rod helped build the space shuttle.

When NASA needed a heavy duty high-speed vehicle to assist with space vehicles, it got a brand new Pontiac and souped it right up.

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Marv’s Garage: Making a monkey of NASCAR
Marv's Garage Iain Kelly 26/6/25 Marv's Garage Iain Kelly 26/6/25

Marv’s Garage: Making a monkey of NASCAR

Back in the 50s Tim Flock had a co-driver, who was a monkey.

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Marv’s Garage: Bob Jane had TWO ‘69 ZL-1 Camaros
Marv's Garage Iain Kelly 26/6/25 Marv's Garage Iain Kelly 26/6/25

Marv’s Garage: Bob Jane had TWO ‘69 ZL-1 Camaros

The Aussie tyre tycoon had two of Chevy’s baddest muscle cars; one for touring car racing and one he sent drag racing

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Marv’s Garage: A Corvette that’s actually a one tonne ute.
Marv's Garage Iain Kelly 25/6/25 Marv's Garage Iain Kelly 25/6/25

Marv’s Garage: A Corvette that’s actually a one tonne ute.

Yeah, we’ll need more spew bags for this one as well. Sorry.

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Marv’s Garage: Aussie truck racing is the right kinda madness
Marv's Garage Iain Kelly 23/6/25 Marv's Garage Iain Kelly 23/6/25

Marv’s Garage: Aussie truck racing is the right kinda madness

Big rigs powersliding in clouds of soot: Aussie Super Trucks are comedic motorsport, and they’re awesome.

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