Kitbag – Dents ‘Skyfall’ Driving Gloves as worn by Bond Darryl Sleath Kitbag 1 Comment As chaps of a similar age, we were very pleased to hear that Mr. Craig will be waving his Walther for one last time in 2020. No Time to Die is released in UK cinemas on April 3rd with a rip-roaring...
CarClub 18-30: Hello to the Renault Clio V6 Darryl Sleath CarClub 18-30, CarClub 18-30 - The Cars At the turn of the millennium, when most hot-hatch boffins were busy lashing turbos to humdrum four-pots, Renault decided that their flagship pocket-rocket deserved something a little more avant-garde. A V6 in...
The Leatherman – iconic repair tools inspired by a flaky Fiat Darryl Sleath 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 road maps from...
Eight Facts about the classic Mini that you probably didn’t know Darryl Sleath CarClub 18-30, CarClub 18-30 - The Cars 8 Comments We love these little buggers, even though our rally project is still sitting, a little unloved, under a tarp'. Restoring a rotten one, like ours, is hard; but not as hard as writing something about the classic...
Rennsport 911 Carrera RSR Touring – Filming with Carfection Darryl Sleath Video Back in December, we paid a visit to Rennsport 911 in the Cotswolds to drive their factory demonstrator and fulfil a boyhood dream. Although the Porsche 911 was introduced in 1963, and went on to win the...
CarClub 18-30: Farewell to Pontiac’s Fiery Fiero Darryl Sleath CarClub 18-30 - The Cars With the very last examples now approaching 30-years-old, it’s time for CarClub 18-30 to say goodbye to America’s only mass-produced mid-engined sports car. the late 1970s keen-driving Americans were...
NASA approved clobber once included this humble Timex Darryl Sleath 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? Darryl Sleath 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? Darryl Sleath Articles 2 Comments 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...