The Series 1 Land Rover is still one of the most capable 4x4s ever made, it may not have traction control, independent suspension or any fancy buttons but it did have extraordinary lightness. Although perhaps Kam’s Land Rover wouldn’t be so light with it’s driver onboard.
This photograph from 1965 shows Sellers with his much loved Ferrari 275GTB…
This photograph of the USS Akron under construction looks beautiful, the really captivating element of the picture has to be the men standing at the very tops of those extraordinary ladders attached to what look like horsedrawn carts.
During an interview many years ago, famous racing driver Mario Andretti was quoted as saying “Paul Newman was one of us”. That’s a hell of an accolade from one of the greatest racing drivers in history. He wasn’t wrong though.
Clint Eastwood was well known for his love of cars and motorcycles in the ’60s and ’70s, he especially loved British marques like Jaguar, Austim Healy and motorcycle marque Norton.
Although Curiosity isn’t technically gasoline powered, I think the rover is one of the finest machines we’ve ever built as a species. She’s the size of a Mini Cooper (the new one) and is powered by a reactor fuelled by 4.8 kg of decaying plutonium-238 dioxide…
There’s a lot to be said for classic Formula 1, before the billions of dollars, super model wives and corporate overlords…
The Sydney Forensic Photography Archive contains some of the most captivating images of early 20th century life that you’ll find anywhere in the world….
This is exactly the sort of motor sports event we need more of, although it might be a good idea to institute some sort of helmet rule as mid-50’s housewife headscarves generally don’t come with DOT certification.
So it appears that the modern trend of raking out the front forks on motorcycles isn’t as modern as we all thought. This picture dates back to October 1910 and it clearly shows a chap who’s heavily modified a motorcycle into the “Bojete Chopper”.
This photo from 1940 shows the San Francisco Women’s Motorcycle Unit, sometimes referred to as the Servi-Girls.
Stay True Magazine is a fantastic, new online publication centred around classic, no bullshit motorcycling. Issue 3 of the free digital magazine was just released and if you like bikes, photography and racing, you’re going to want to see it. Seriously.
