Kitbag

"Best selling"? Well, it has sold more copies than any of my other books, so it's my best seller. That's the clickybaity title dealt with. Why now? Well, I've never actually posted about this book since it was...

As you probably know we at MotorPunk HQ have a bit of a soft spot for the 1970s, and we get quite nostalgic over wedgy sports cars, grainy BBC comedies, Scalextrics and other retro playthings. But we get...

A quick trip to PJS in Burton to get my Elise cleaned. I say cleaned, I am not au-fait with the lingo these days, it could be detailed, corrected, I dunno. It went in grey and mucky and came out like new. They...

Think classic motor racing watches, and thanks to history and Hollywood celebrity, coupled with ruthless marketing, there are two watches that instantly spring to mind, McQueen with his ( pre TAG ) Heuer...

A quick post to share something cool I bought for the Elise last year and never got round to fitting - I bought a wooden gearknob because it's nice to have some warmth to offset all that functional aluminium...

Sported by racing legends from 1949 to 1967, the Argentine brand Suixtil were one of the very first companies to produced bespoke clothing for motorsport. In 2007, they came back with a line of classic clobber...

In 1975, Tim Leatherman and his wife traveled to Europe for a nine-month motoring adventure. To get around, the couple bought a shabby 1969 Fiat 600 from a bloke in Amsterdam, and a bunch of road maps from...

There was a time when every chap would, by force of habit, pat down his tweeds as he left his home just to check he was carrying his necessary accoutrements for the day; only when his wallet, pipe, car keys...