Author Dr.Octane

I ruddy loved the Wacky Races. Every Saturday morning – after TISWAS but before Grandstand– my brothers and I would bet Panini football stickers on who was going to win these cartoon motorsport capers...

On a clear day, from the top of Dover’s famous White Cliffs, you can see the French coast - Flat Earthers will be disappointed to discover you can’t from the beach at the bottom. Nevertheless, at its...

When Vincenzo Florio brought home his first motor car, from a showroom Paris to his native Sicily, there was just one problem: there were no roads on the island. This is the story of how the world's greatest...

Some people say that if you stare long enough into Porsche’s iconic seat fabric you’ll see a 3D image of the Graf Zeppelin, just like a those Magic Eye pictures that sent your eyes loopy in the noughties....

Only a decade ago, if you’d got yacking with your chums about planning some long-distance automotive adventure, it would have conjured up images of sun-parched desert highways, Easy Rider and drop-top Yank...

The 1992 Formula One season was dominated, to the point of boredom, by Mansell and Patrese in the Williams FW14B – but the wacky goings-on at the other end of the pitlane in the garages of the fledgling...

In 1975, Tim Leatherman and his wife traveled to Europe for a nine-month motoring adventure. To get around, the couple bought a shabby 1969 Fiat 600 from a bloke in Amsterdam, and a bunch of roadmaps from...

Got a car that falls into MotorPunk's CarClub 18-30? Well then, why not join us on the 2nd of July for skids and giggles on our fifth annual trackday at Blyton Park in Lincolnshire. Ideally, we want folks...

Robbed by those pesky Coopers in the ’64 Monte, the mighty Ford Falcon Sprint is still bossing the B-Roads in British historic rallying. In 1963, it did look a bit out of place among the classic Minis,...