Author Dr.Octane

Just after Christmas I stumbled across an TED Talk by an American fella called Matt Cutts about the 30 Day Challenge, a little motivational trick to overcome that soul-sapping inertia you sometimes get when...

In the 1970s mk1 Minis were having their dinky rear lights cut out, bonkers-wide arches lashed on and their lovely brocade seats glossed with Dulux in botched attempts to make them look more modern. In the 80s...

Jenatzy was a larger-than-life Belgian race car driver at a time when most the Flatland’s turnip-eating peasantry wouldn’t have even seen a motor car. At the turn of the last century these mechanical...

In our humble opinion it seems the numerous online eulogies to the death of printed mags, we've all read in recent years, might have been a smidgen premature. In this modern fast-paced world of ephemeral,...

MotorPunk would officially like to say we were chuffed as old rope to here Mr. Craig will be waving his Walther one last time as 007. Commander James Bond CMG, RNVR has always been a fellow of impeccable...

Ask any car-savvy forty-something about Sunbeam and the conversation usually goes one of two ways. If he’s a “glass half-full” kinda bloke then he’ll probably get all misty-eyed about the Talbot...

Who remembers when Formula One was about hungry drivers and oily garagistas sticking it to Ferrari with small budgets; British pluck and bags of ingenuity?  A time when those now regarded as legends were just...

So the sun is finally managing to break through the clouds and there’s a potential rollover on the Lottery. If one lucky MotorPunk were to get his numbers up, what should he buy for a bit of cruising along...

In MotorPunk's regular 'Kitbag' features we endeavour to bring you stuff that we ordinary chaps should be able to afford; but also gear that we think has an interesting tale to tell. Well today men we showcase...