Sunday Cinema: The Kid Auto Race
https://youtu.be/hBkKtXs06zg?t=9 This film, named ‘Kid Auto Race‘, set a couple of significant milestones in cinema history. It was the first time the world ever…
Cars
Bell Aurens Longnose
It isn’t often that I discover a Land Rover variant I’ve never seen before, so when I stumbled across a picture of this, the Bell Aurens Longnose I thought I was looking at a long forgotten Land Rover concept car, or perhaps an old Defender modified by a wealthy oil sheik.
Volkswagen Type 2 – Cutaway
The Volkswagen Type 2, more commonly known as the “Kombi Van”, was first introduced by VW in 1950. The Type 1, better known as the “Beetle” was used as the chassis with some essential strengthening taking place to support the additional weight, the original prototypes had horrifically bad aerodynamics (0.75 DC) and so the Germans set about revising the design in the wind tunnel at the Technical University of Braunschweig.
The Bisiluro Damolnar
The remarkable looking Bisiluro Damolnar was created in 1955 by Carlo Mollino and Enrico Nardi their goal was to create an ultra-light, aerodynamic car to compete at Le Mans alongside the…
Ford Transit Jump – Circa 1985
In 1985 stuntman Steve Matthews jumped a Ford Transit over 15 cars for charity, his prep work on the van before the jump involved nothing more than removing the glass and duct-taping the hood closed.
Clint Eastwood and his Austin Healey
The Austin Healey is a bit of an unusual choice for a Hollywood star, in the 60’s E-Types were exceedingly popular amongst the celluloid elite, as were Ferraris and drop top Mercedes.
Chrysler Airflow at Bonneville
The Chrysler Airflow was a revolutionary though ultimately unpopular car, it was introduced in 1934 and was the first mass-produced car to be developed with wind-tunnel testing, overseen by none other than Orville Wright.
1941 Chrysler Newport Dual Cowl Phaeton by LeBaron
In 1941 Chrysler built 5 Newport Dual Cowl Phaetons, ostensibly as concept cars, however the intended future for the cars was never really made clear by Chrysler due to the onset of World War 2.
BMW-McLaren 320 Turbo Cutaway
A close look at the cutaway section of this BMW 320 Turbo will reveal an almost aerospace sized turbo charger, tucked in under the exhaust headers on the right side of the engine. The engine itself was developed by McLaren, yes that McLaren, in 1978.
The 1955 Flajole Forerunner Concept Car
The Flajole Forerunner is a concept car originally shown in 1955, it was designed by Bill Flajole as his interpretation of what the future of the automobile was set to be. And he wasn’t all that wrong.
Ford Escort MK1 Rally Car
The Ford Escort was an incredibly successful rally car in its day, this particular car is the LVX 945J and its…
Michael Schumacher’s First F1 Car
This is the 1991 Benetton B191-5, it was retired at the end of the 1991 Formula 1 season and spent a few years on the display circuit before crossing over into private hands and touring events like Goodwood around the UK and Europe.