Q’s Cars Behind The Iron Curtain Steve Swanson Articles, Uncategorized Trailers for the new Bond movie offer the venerable DB5 upgraded with mini Gatling guns. All well and good, but what are real spy cars like? Naturally, it’s a bit tricky to find out, but if you’re willing to step back in time to the Cold War, I can offer...
McQueen’s great escape – The ending we actually wanted, re-enacted Rich Duisberg Articles, Features, Kitbag Bond’s Esprit Turbo, self-destructing in For Your Eyes Only, the Bedford Harrington coach, left dangling in The Italian Job, and Steve McQueen’s scrambler in The Great Escape, which didn’t escape; Script-writers have a cruel way of denying we fans of...
One Size Fits All Award: 4X4 Torsus Battle Bus Steve Swanson Articles It looks like a Dakar truck crossed with a hangover from a Judge Dredd movie. Officially it’s the world’s first heavy duty 4x4 off-road bus, and it is a 2020 recipient of the prestigious Red Dot award for design. This is the Torsus Praetorian, a go...
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...
Whitney Straight – The Maserati Maestro Fighter Pilot Steve Swanson Articles 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...
The Little Austin on the Prairie – Classic Mk1 Mini Barnfind Steve Swanson Articles 1 Comment Are you tired of hunting down a classic project only to find your quarry is nothing more than a rusty turd? Don’t give up hope. Canadian, Al Dereski, a lifelong Mini enthusiast, has a message for you. “Good things come to those who wait’. His quality...
The Morgan Three Wheeler Spitfire Concept. Rich Duisberg Articles There has been a number of tweaks to the Morgan Three Wheeler in the eight years it has been on sale. Some were foisted upon our mates in Malvern, such as the Euro 4 spec car made to satisfy emissions specs. Others were made in the name of safety, such as...
The Car That Dared – The Blitz Buggy Battle Wagon Steve Swanson Articles In 1941 the man they called the Giant Sloth pulled off a blinder. After bluffing his way past HQ security, he convinced a General to let him form a new force of desert raiders to give Rommel a headache. The Giant Sloth was David Stirling, and his new unit was...
Maestro, please! The inside story of that talking dash Rich Duisberg Articles, CarClub 18-30 - The Cars I met a chap at Goodwood a few years back, a senior Engineer for the most prestigious of British marques, and over a cuppa and natter about our backgrounds I asked what car he actually owns himself. I didn’t, at first, get a straight answer. The more he...
