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A quarter mile – or 402 meters – of two-lane tarmac. Two monstrous race cars placed at one end vibrating and shaking with vigor on their enormous rear tyres. Green light… a V8 cacophony and tyres light up in thick […]

Tom Tjaarda sadly passed away last year. He was a designer of great talent, and is probably best known as the man who penned the aggressive De Tomaso Pantera. But his repertoire was much broader than so. I’ve a […]

Live fast die young, seems to have been Piranha’s destiny right from the word go. In its short lifespan from plastic advertising to kit car, it also managed the roles of moviestar, race car and even drag r […]

It is high season for planning the summer holiday. The destination, accommodation and not least the transport to and from. Some choose the ultimate form of holiday transport, i.e. that old classic car which lives […]

Once upon a time, the world consisted of three different types of people. Those who used cheap Ferro tapes, the slightly cooler who listened to their music on the better Chrome tapes, and finally the real […]

Fifty years ago, there was severe civil unrest in the French capital, Paris. Mass strikes, demonstrations and the occupation of several universities interrupted the tranquility of springtime in the […]

An unusually high proportion of cuteness combined with a very basic construction gave the Giugiaro designed car two parallel lives. One as a very sober, down-to-earth and practical means of transportation, and […]

The model names of the cars produced by various marques has always been highly important. It’s easy to imagine that the top floor at most car companies would have been filled by vivid discussions every time the n […]

It had several nicknames in its day, but I only remember a few of them: Wing, shelf, tea tray or ironing board. We used to always call it the picnic table. And nothing screams SPORT more than a huge picnic […]

It’s fabulous to be truly passionate about something. It can act as a pathway for years and years of being engulfed in a sense of unity, not to mention lifestyle such as when we regularly meet with likeminded e […]

Expensive classic cars lead to expensive spare parts; very expensive classic cars lead to VERY expensive spare parts. This seems to be the rule which all classic car enthusaists must accept. Today’s example is n […]

Do you own a three-wheel Italian scooter, reside in Australia and suffer from a soul-destroying desire to drive to the capital of France? If you also have two small children and the nerve to actually suggest such […]

From time to time we meet a creation so obscure that it simply blows our mind with its charm. Today’s article is about one such creation: The Doodlebug. But it’s not just charming – it’s also utterly delicio […]

The dashboard or instrument panel – personally I call it my office. But whatever you may call it, I feel it is often overlooked in our multiple and colourful discussions about classic cars. What makes a good d […]

Peugeot have historically always strived very hard to manufacture well engineered and aesthetically pleasing cars, but somehow it’s as if they have always just fallen a little bit short of that goal. Many of t […]