Retro rally cars at Donington. No longer fish and chips prices. Rich Duisberg CarClub 18-30 - The Cars, Out & About Fellow MotorPunk Dr Octane gets in a lather about these cars. Being old, he can remember when you could pick up any of these cars for the price of a bag of fish and chips with scratchings. Small tub of mushy...
Porsche’s 924 celebrated on it’s 40th birthday with skids at Silverstone Rich Duisberg CarClub 18-30 - The Cars, Out & About This year marks the 40th anniversary of Porsche’s 924, a model we MotorPunks are rather fond of, and so we could hardly refuse an invitation from the owners club to attend their shindig at the Porsche centre...
Spotted; Citroen SM! Rich Duisberg CarClub 18-30 - The Cars, Out & About Many otherwise inappropriate things seem appealing on leaving the pub. Kebabs, an impromptu singalong, putting Nutella under the door handles of that Cayenne always parked on the pavement, and buying a...
‘orrible exotic for sale; 1985 Lancia Thema Gazella Boneschi V6 coupé prototype Rich Duisberg CarClub 18-30 - The Cars 1 Comment There’s something about the Lancia brand that always piques our interest. Throw other glamorous sounding Italian nonsense into the mix, add a suspiciously low EBay price and we’re hooked. But upon further...
Is your retro fast Ford pictured here? Some Spankers. Rich Duisberg CarClub 18-30 - The Cars, Out & About 4 Comments I had to google the name to ensure photographer Rad wasn't winding me up. Yes, there really is a pub in Derbyshire called the Spanker Inn, where he took pictures of these fantastic classic Fords in the spring...
Billy and Maseraddiction (Warning; Contains Kyalami) Rich Duisberg Articles, CarClub 18-30 - The Cars, CarClub 18-30 - The Events It’s agreed. We’d all have one. Following a landslide of feedback following our cheap Biturbo feature it seems that we’re all brave/rich enough to chuck a couple of grand at a boxy old Biturbo and accept...
For Sale: James Hunt’s Mercedes 500 SEC convertible … possibly Darryl Sleath Articles, CarClub 18-30 - The Cars 3 Comments Who doesn't love a classic Merc from that golden age when our Germanic friends really made stuff to last. We're big fans of the majestic W123, and we gushed over the fabulous 190E 2.3 Cosworth that we took...
Beautiful, quick, robust and cheap. The classic car you can’t have. Rich Duisberg CarClub 18-30 - The Cars, Fleet 8 Comments Beautiful, isn't it? Pininfarina did the grille, rear end and dashboard because the manufacturer wanted some European chic. They wanted poke, too, so gave it an American straight 6 slurping on 3 carb's. The...
Importing a classic from Japan. A Trueno story. Rich Duisberg Articles, CarClub 18-30 - The Cars, Out & About 1 Comment Like many tales of misadventure, the story of my AE86 began in a dimly-lit curry house after a few too many pints of Cobra. Conversation had sozzledly escalated from choosing which classic Japanese car to...