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Retro classifieds: “James Hunt wishes to clear the following gems”

Rich Duisberg
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It’s hard to throw away old cars mags but, as everything surges online and my office is overly-stuffed with dog-eared copies of publications that have long since vanished from the shelves of WHSmiths, it’s time to get recycling. I always have one last...

Mechanical cabaret – shed-built coin-op genius.

Rich Duisberg
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I hope you'll indulge MotorPunk as we go a little off road for this feature. There's not much motoring content here, but examples of brilliant, amusing and thoroughly eccentric engineering from a chap we've long admired. Tim Hunkin trained as an Engineer...

Something to warm your cockles*; ’67 Chevrolet Camaro RS

Rich Duisberg
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Here's something to warm your cockles*; It’s a ’67 Chevrolet Camaro RS F body, a car that’s had a lot of love. Before we indulge ourselves with more of Rad's creative photography, here’s a snippet of the spec; This car originally came with a...

November’s sprint series report: Summed up in one skiddy picture.

Rich Duisberg
Sprint Series
Plenty came and enjoyed the session, even though it rained, and at this late stage of the seasons it's very hard to make any big improvements in personal bests as Curborough gets colder and greasier. But - there's more to this event than lap times. There's...

The £60k Escort RS Turbo. Can anyone explain the appeal?

Rich Duisberg
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Nope, not a typo. Sixty thousand British Pounds was paid at Silverstone auctions for this series 1 Ford Escort RS Turbo this week. Now, we're not averse to paying firm prices for a decent classic car, and something is worth what someone else is prepared to...

Retro satnav – a little history of reading maps on the hoof.

Rich Duisberg
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In 1921 a John J Bovy applied for a patent for a paper-rolling map device to aid drivers. All we have is the drawing below from his application and some Engineer-speak on how it was supposed to work. His was the first attempt at solving a long-standing...

Why we love Lotus #8675; The Queerbox – an F1 car driven on public roads

Rich Duisberg
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There are so many reasons to love Lotus, here is number 8675 on our list; The time they let a Journalist drive an F1 car on public roads on Christmas day. Now, this took some guts to do. We've heard the phrase 'F1 car for the road' used to describe modern...

The outfits of the 2015 Goodwood Revival – did we photograph you?

Rich Duisberg
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Did we see you at the Goodwood Revival? As part of our informal sartorial survey of the best, worst and most imaginative outfits of the Revival, we spoke to and photographed quite a few people (thanks, because this wouldn't be much of a feature without you)....

Maseratis and surprises. Reims Gueux Grand Prix circuit revisited.

Rich Duisberg
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As the third part of filming our little roadtrip documentary about ‘France’s forgotten racetracks’ we visited the old Reims GP circuit. It’s a beautiful, semi-derelict site that has often appeared in print. Despite it’s obvious popularity few...
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