NASA approved clobber once included this humble Timex Dr.Octane November 4, 2019 Kitbag, Uncategorized Not all of history’s greatest adventurers wore swanky Rolex or Omegas. Unlike most car magazine editors, I’m rarely impressed by hyper-watches – those massive hunks of metal that look like bejewelled...
Who were the winners of the ’60s Wacky Races … and its spinoff spoof? Dr.Octane September 29, 2019 Articles 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...
Is it time for the Great British Amphicar? Dr.Octane September 20, 2019 Articles 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...
Targa Florio: The Greatest Race Of Them All Dr.Octane August 23, 2019 Video 1 Comment 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...
Porsche’s Pasha – An Automotive Design Icon Dr.Octane August 20, 2019 Articles 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....
Move over North Coast 500 – Tackling Wales’ newest long-distance driving route with the Caterham 360R Dr.Octane July 30, 2019 Roadtripping 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...
Warm Weather Clobber inspired by the worst F1 Team of all time Dr.Octane June 5, 2019 Kitbag, Uncategorized 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...
The Leatherman – iconic repair tools inspired by a flaky Fiat Dr.Octane May 30, 2019 Kitbag, Uncategorized 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...
MotorPunk’s Summer 2019 Track Day and Shindig at Blyton Park Dr.Octane February 13, 2019 Motorsport for the Poor 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...