Kitbag

Bond’s Esprit Turbo, self-destructing in For Your Eyes Only, the Bedford Harrington coach, left dangling in The Italian Job, and Steve McQueen’s scrambler in The Great Escape, which didn’t escape;...

You’ve seen the shows on TV. Two blokes from Iowa rummage around barns and pull out old Indian motorbikes and signs for Mobil Oil. In the UK we have Henry and Sam, not taking it so seriously, blagging old...

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...

Even the most slovenly driving enthusiasts have to put some thought into their motoring apparel when they own a snug fitting track-focussed sports car. In the confined cockpit of something like an Elise you...

From submariners to scramblers to spies in Skyfall, these are the jackets that made Barbour’s waxed cotton clobber Internationally famous Traditionally, among the hardy young folk of Tyneside's clubland,...

Some people say that if you stare long enough into Porsche’s iconic seat fabric you’ll see a 3D image of the Graf Zeppelin, just like a those Magic Eye pictures that sent your eyes loopy in the noughties....

It's always those unplanned, spontaneous nights out that are the best, aren't they? And nowadays, if you have any sense, an impromptu knees-up means leaving your P&J abandoned overnight in the car park...

Product placement has always been part of the James Bond franchise, and with filming budgets rumoured to have nudged $250 million on No Time to Die, Broccoli's people are probably only to happy to take the ad...

In MotorPunk's regular 'Kitbag' features we endeavour to bring you quirky stuff that ordinary chaps should be able to afford; but also gear that we think has an interesting tale to tell. Well today men we...