Casio G-Shock 5000 series – A Toyota Hilux for your wrist Darryl Sleath Articles, Kitbag MotorPunk doesn’t do stuff about fancy expensive watches. But thankfully, the Japanese G-Shock is neither of those things. Starting at around fifty quid, that rufty-tufty aesthetic isn’t just for show...
SubUrban Outlaws – The British Cafe Roadsters Darryl Sleath Articles, Fleet 4 Comments We all love a Cafe Racer. And if we apply what I see as the same basic recipe to classic British sports cars – leaner, cleaner and performance focussed - then we have a genre of motors that we at MotorPunk...
Christmas gift inspiration for the dapper petrolhead by t-lab Darryl Sleath Kitbag, Uncategorized We're long-time fans of the shirts knocked up by our chums at t-lab - clobber for the car fanatic that doesn't try too hard. Screen printed on 100% organic cotton, they aren't the cheapest Ts out there, but...
Porsche’s $1million Advent Calendar & MotorPunk’s cut price alternative Darryl Sleath Articles, Kitbag 8 Comments How things have changed! Porsche today makes about €2 billion profit per year, has broad mainstream appeal from its six model line-up and can now afford to chuck millions at courting new customers, through...
Monte Carlo’s Unlikeliest Rally Car – Ford Falcon Sprint Darryl Sleath Articles Robbed by those pesky Coopers in the ’64 Monte, the mighty Ford Falcon Sprint is still bossing the B-Roads in British historic rallying. In 1963, it did look a bit out of place among the classic Minis, TR4s...
De Tomaso Pantera: Cooler than a Countach? Darryl Sleath CarClub 18-30 - The Cars, Seventies cars The De Tomaso Pantera might not be the best known seventies supercar, but it certainly has the most colourful backstory. In this ten-minute treat from Carfection, our chum Alex Goy takes you on a fact-packed...
Camille Jenatzy -The Tally-Ho Hero’s Hero Darryl Sleath Articles 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...
Race cars that sucked: The Chaparral and Brabham fan cars Darryl Sleath Articles, Video 3 Comments Is it possible for a Formula One car to drive through Monaco's infamous Portier tunnel upside down? Well, the short answer is yes. Assuming you can solve a few technical wrinkles relating to oil and fuel...
The MotorPunk Guide to the Perfect Three Car Garage Darryl Sleath Articles, Uncategorized 2 Comments We are about to wade into a thorny conundrum – a daydream dilemma that’s been fretted over by every car nut that’s ever bought a lottery ticket: how to pick the perfect three-car garage. Of course,...