Fifty Shades of Junk- Aldon Autos Steve Swanson Out & About Aldon Automotive Salvage is in the prairie town of Lamont, east of Edmonton, Alberta. The junk yard occupies one corner of town, stretching out across the grasslands for acre after lovely, rusty...
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,...
Classic Escorts, a Rally Champion, and Biggles, – Its a MotorPunk Day Out Steve Swanson CarClub 18-30 - The Cars, Motorsport for the Poor, Out & About, Uncategorized A night drive to Wales led to early morning on a hill called CAD West, a natural green and pleasant camera platform between Dolgellau and Machynlleth that sits on a military air training area unofficially...
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...
Monteverdi Safari – Off Road Luxury For Seventies GT Man Steve Swanson CarClub 18-30 - The Cars 1 Comment En vogue long before Range Rover made a 'Vogue', the Monteverdi Safari was one of the earliest luxury off roaders. The exotic name added mystique to a humble, International Scout 4x4, dressed in Italian...
From Mokes to Maybachs – Selling Classics on the French Riviera with Motors Corner Steve Swanson CarClub 18-30, Features, Out & About Motors Corner is tucked down an alleyway off the Boulevard Stalingrad in Nice, on the Cote D’Azur.It’s a perfect location. Just across the street is the harbour and the Barque Bleue restaurant, still...
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...
One MPH To The Moon – NASA Crawler Transporter Steve Swanson Articles To get to the Moon you don’t just need to successfully get off the launch pad. You first need to get on the Launchpad. Hauling a rocket and its launch platform that weighs a combined 5200 odd metric tonnes...
Vintage Scammels, Spielberg ripoffs and a million-mile Acid Trip Steve Swanson Articles November 2021 saw an online auction of some classic and historically significant, heavy haulage metal.The late Roger Austin was a dedicated collector and conservator of Scammel lorries and fairground...
