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Author Dr.Octane

Dr.Octane

Dr.Octane

Darryl can usually be found up to his elbows in some unloved piece of BL detritus when he isn’t snapping and scribbling for various print magazines or producing the occasional book on sports cars or road trips. As a professional Trophy Husband, under-worked layabout and occasional presenter on XCAR’s YouTube channel Dr O’s other hobbies include vintage Scalextrics, ‘60s Bang & Olufsen and dabbling in grassroots motorsport.

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...
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