Oman Bristol Mystery – Spotted Bristol 412 Steve Swanson Articles, Out & About 1 Comment Tucked away in a smart Oman side street, is this careworn but potentially viable Bristol 412. The Rough Guide offers ten reasons to visit Muscat. It doesn’t include spotting eclectic old school GTs made in...
Only Disco At Jeep Fest – Budget Discovery V8 Steve Swanson Out & About Cambridge, Iowa, and a Jeep Fest. A weekend of Jeeps doing off road things courtesy of the Iowa Jeep Club , a friendly bunch who make a point of saying their club is not just for Jeeps. Motorpunk was there....
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...
Lawnmower Carb V8 Ford – Top Shed Tinkering Steve Swanson Articles This is a 1974 Ford Maverick with a 5 litre 302 cubic inch Windsor V8 running and driving on a single lawnmower carburettor. Why? Because people said it couldn’t be done. Meet Luke, aka...
Shitshow – 1963 East African Safari Rally Steve Swanson Articles 1 Comment Shitshow- Definition*Noun -vulgar slang USA situation or event marked by chaos or controversy*Google Oxford LanguagesThe 1963 East African Safari Rally can lay claim to the title of a shitshow, virtue of...
The Real Transporter – Helge Meyer And His Ghost Camaro Steve Swanson CarClub 18-30 - The Cars 1 Comment To any Hollywood directors out there, I would like to pitch you a story. There’s this guy called Helge Meyer, a lone wolf type, ex military and a committed Christian. There’s a civil war in Europe....
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...
A French Shed full of Citroens-Citromuseum Steve Swanson Out & About, Uncategorized It's not really a shed, it's a hangar, but it is French, and packed with Citroen loveliness ranging from the late forties to the millennium. Citromuseum is just off the Route Napoleon, on the...
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...