BMW 2002 Tii Racer
The BMW 2002 is a car that only came into existence thanks to a happy coincidence and some pressure from Max Hoffman – the pre-eminent automobile importer in the USA at the time. At…
Cars
1957 Ford Courier Sedan Delivery
The Ford Courier Sedan Delivery was built between 1952 and 1960 as a solution for those who needed cargo space but didn’t want or didn’t need a truck. Ford developed the the Sedan Delivery…
Packard Royal Streamliner Roadster
The Packard Royal Streamliner Roadster is a one-off custom car fitted with a supercharged 1600 hp Packard V12 capable of putting down 3,000 ft lbs of torque at the rear wheels, and measuring in…
Rear View Prints
Rear View Prints is the work of Patrick Redmond, a VFX Artist from Ireland who’s worked on a huge array of films including Disney’s The Jungle Book and the upcoming Star Trek film. When…
Bugatti Type 73C Grand Prix Monoposto
The Bugatti Type 73C was to be one of the last great achievements of the iconic French automaker – development of the new Grand Prix racer began in 1944 towards the end of WWII,…
Documentary – McLaren at Le Mans: Pursuit of Perfection
McLaren at Le Mans: Pursuit of Perfection is a 1995 documentary by McLaren Cars Ltd. and Electronic Arts covering the development and race at Le Mans in the same year. I’m not going to…
Porsche 356B Roadster
The Porsche 356B was the third generation of the iconic 356 model – Porsche’s first production car and the vehicle that would set their styling, layout, and performance expectations for the decades that followed….
1981 Audi Quattro
The original Audi Quattro, retroactively named the Ur-Quattro, is almost certainly the most important vehicle ever manufactured by the German automaker. The Quattro name is still used to denote all-wheel drive cars built by…
1969 Boss 429 Ford Mustang
The Boss 429 Ford Mustang was built specifically to allow Ford to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series – the homologation requirement was that 500 road cars had to be built each season…
Documentary: The Banger Boys
The Banger Boys is a 1976 documentary by New Decade Films, it covers the life and times of a group of “banger boys” – men who find still functional cars in junkyards and take…
1968 Toyota Corona Hot Rod
The humble Toyota Corona isn’t a car that you’d usually associate with the Californian hot rod scene – the model was first introduced in 1957 as a reliable, economical, and clinically boring family sedan….
Ingenuity in Action: 1950’s Hot Rod Documentary
Ingenuity in Action is a 1959 documentary produced by the team at Hot Rod Magazine as an inside look at the September 1959 Hot Rod Nationals. The film includes a broad variety of cars as…