1001 Road Trips To Drive Before You Die – 2020 Edition Darryl Sleath Kitbag 1001 Drives You Must Experience Before You Die was MotorPunk's contribution to the vast portfolio of those bucketlist books that you are all probably familiar with. Our car-based shenanigans with XCAR,...
Shooting Fast – The Caterham Super67 Camera Car Darryl Sleath Articles, CarClub 18-30, CarClub 18-30 - The Cars What do you do when your camera car hasn’t got the poke to keep up with its subject? The answer, as all Lotus disciples will tell you, is to start adding lightness. Based in Mainz-Kostheim on the banks of...
The Last of the Giant Killers: the Longman Mini 1275GT Darryl Sleath CarClub 18-30 - The Cars Everyone knows that I have an unnatural fondness for British Leyland. But I’m not deluded; I know they were mostly poorly built, unreliable and outdated lumps of crap, lashed together by tea-addicted,...
Gentlemens’ Penknives from Opinel, Walther and Porsche Design Darryl Sleath Kitbag 3 Comments There was a time when every chap would, by force of habit, pat down his tweeds as he left his home just to check he was carrying his necessary accoutrements for the day; only when his wallet, pipe, car keys...
Driving Shoes for the Discerning Motorist Darryl Sleath Kitbag 2 Comments Driving shoes that’ll help the more skilful wheelmen dabble in the dark arts of heel ‘n toe, and yet won’t look ridiculous in the BRDC clubhouse with a post-race gin ‘n tonic.
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...
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...