The Pint and Puncture – Rich’s DIY Bicycle bar Rich Duisberg Fleet, Kitbag Old bikes and old booze, and bit of lockdown DIY using odds and sods found in the mancave. Plus, some fantastic signwriting by my Dad. Here’s my DIY bicycle bar. Yes, it’s pictured in the garden as...
30 Day Challenge – Last big push on MotorPunk’s Midget Hillclimber Darryl Sleath Fleet, Motorsport for the Poor Just after Christmas I stumbled across an TED Talk by an American fella called Matt Cutts about the 30 Day Challenge, a little motivational trick to overcome that soul-sapping inertia you sometimes get when...
That one detail – Rolls-Royce Phantom Rich Duisberg Articles, Fleet Rolls-Royce are undoubtedly the prestige motorcar manufacturer. They will satisfy a buyers every whim, matching paint to lipsticks and leather to red setters, to cite recent examples. Which constellation was...
Beautiful, quick, robust and cheap. The classic car you can’t have. Rich Duisberg CarClub 18-30 - The Cars, Fleet 7 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...
The restoration of one of the oldest MX-5s around Rich Duisberg Articles, CarClub 18-30 - The Cars, Fleet 16 Comments Welcome to what might be a long (but hopefully entertaining) read. Nine years ago I made a drunken bid on EBay and accidentally ended up with a Mk1 Mazda MX-5. I wanted an MR2. I'm glad I got it wrong. G633...
Maseratis and surprises. Reims Gueux Grand Prix circuit revisited. Rich Duisberg Fleet, Roadtripping 6 Comments 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...
Project ‘Desert Rat’ – Part 1 of MotorPunk’s Mini Resto Darryl Sleath Articles, CarClub 18-30 - The Cars, Fleet 2 Comments Albert Einstein famously said that the definition of insanity was 'doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.' Well, lock-me-up-in-a-rubber room if I haven't just gone and...
Project Midget – How not to restore a classic sports car Darryl Sleath CarClub 18-30 - The Cars, Fleet 3 Comments MotorPunk Towers is currently awash with dismembered classics; Rich's manky Miata is one particularly massive undertaking by his new best mates at the local MX-5 specialists up the road, a lovely bunch of...
The basic Caterham 160 S – “Everything you need in a sports car” Rich Duisberg Articles, Fleet 11 Comments We don’t often do a conventional car review on MotorPunk but having run up lots of miles in our favourite little sports car recently I thought I’d share my experience; Boarding; Welcome...