Friday Night at the Movies Steve Swanson Articles, Uncategorized 1 Comment This just got better thanks to Covid. If that seems an outrageous suggestion let me clarify. Drive In Movie theatres are springing up all over the UK. Last Friday I had the pleasure of pizza with a celluloid...
Q’s Cars Behind The Iron Curtain Steve Swanson Articles, Uncategorized Trailers for the new Bond movie offer the venerable DB5 upgraded with mini Gatling guns. All well and good, but what are real spy cars like? Naturally, it’s a bit tricky to find out, but if you’re willing...
Dutton Surf versus Suzuki Jimny – A MotorPunk Film for Carfection Darryl Sleath Uncategorized, Video Everyone is going bonkers for the new Suzuki Jimny. But is it the most MotorPunk adventure vehicle you can put on your driveway for about £10k? How about a bonsai off-roader that can also go...
A TV documentary pitch – The very British Car Company Rich Duisberg Out & About, Uncategorized I can’t do much motoring stuff lately. I don’t expect any sympathy of course and, in any case, if I can’t drive, I can drink. So I’ve been making cocktails out of obscure French spirits, Ouzo, value...
Born in Britain – Barbour International Wax Cotton Jacket Darryl Sleath Kitbag, Uncategorized 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,...
1970s car interiors – The Clash of the Tartans Darryl Sleath Articles, Uncategorized In the 1970s everyone was mad for plaid, from Johnny Rotten to Giorgetto Giugiaro. When the Sex Pistol’s frontman was hauled in front of the high court beak for drugs charges in February 1979, he looked...
The Leatherman – iconic repair tools inspired by a flaky Fiat Darryl Sleath Kitbag, Uncategorized 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...
Hands up! The real lives of puppets who used to be on the telly. Rich Duisberg Kitbag, Uncategorized 2 Comments Happy New Year, one and all. There's some motoring stuff in the pipeline (honest!) but here's something a bit different for those wondering what to spend those Amazon gift vouchers on; "Hands Up!" is a black...
NASA approved clobber once included this humble Timex Darryl Sleath Kitbag, Uncategorized Not all of history’s greatest adventurers wore swanky Rolex or Omegas. Unlike most car magazine editors, I’m rarely impressed by hyper-watches – those massive hunks of metal that look like bejewelled...