The Abominable Lotus- Classic Europa Suffers Identity Crisis Steve Swanson Articles If you are a fan of all things Lotus I beseech you, look away now. Recently imported from the US, this poor thing has been under the knife and it hasn’t aged well. Underneath the putrid, risible, carapace is a Lotus Europa S2 begging, no,...
Road Trip Prepping With Help From T-lab Darryl Sleath Articles, Kitbag Planning a post-pandemic road trip? Well, you're not alone. Most motoring researchers reckon that in a post-COVID world, more and more folks will be shunning the budget airlines and rental cars in favour of self-guided automotive adventures in their own...
The Bends – A sartorial celebration by t-lab Darryl Sleath Articles, Kitbag Don’t fret MotorPunks, this isn’t some piece on seminal 90s albums or anything about giddy frogmen. No, today we are going to have a natter about some of the world’s most testing turns, iconic curves and hallowed hairpins; those singular track features...
Whitney Straight – The Maserati Maestro Fighter Pilot Steve Swanson Articles 3 Comments Sometimes you stumble upon a character from the past whose life was so exotic, admirable and adventurous you think, ‘This bloke‘s a legend’. Such is the case with my shout for a forgotten Tally Ho hero whose life reads like a Hollywood big budget...
Yesterday’s car crimes; VW badges, stolen stereos, joyriding and cut and shuts Rich Duisberg Articles 4 Comments As fans of classic cars we often chunter about how mundane the majority of modern cars seem to be, yet there is no doubting that modern cars have their advantages. As much as we talk about taking a family of five on holiday to the south of France in a Lancia...
Reliant Robins go banger racing. The most entertaining motorsport ever. Rich Duisberg Articles, Motorsport for the Poor, Out & About Banger racing. It’s the past, and the future, and the most entertaining form of motorsport I’ve watched in a very long time. I had intended to watch the Russian Grand Prix highlights but after some selfish oaf spoiled the result for me I drove over to...
Colonel Gaddafi’s Rocket Car – not quite what you’d expect Darryl Sleath Articles 1 Comment You don’t expect road safety campaigns to be high on the list of priorities of murderous batshit-crazy Middle Eastern dictators. Left with a pack of crayons and a sketch pad you’d expected someone like Colonel Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi to...
Ralph Bagnold – Long Ranger and Tally Ho Hero Steve Swanson Articles 1 Comment Ralph Bagnold is one of those Brits who quietly went about doing great things. He was a soldier, innovator, explorer, and feted amateur scientist. His odyssey of motor adventures melded the car to the desert in peace and war. After three years of the...
PCP Claims And What You Should Know MotorPunk Articles, Uncategorized PCP Claims are an offshoot of Personal Contract Purchase (or PCP) which, in simple terms, is a form of finance you get from a finance company that makes you eligible to borrow and use a car from them. The way PCP works is that you will first be mandated to...