Marilyn Singer
Not much to say about this, other than mention the fact that I now want to buy that car.
Photography
Mustang Delivery
I can think of many uses for 4 Shelby Mustangs. Hell, I’d be quite happy driving around in that fantastic looking truck.
America Three Fifty Six
There are some photographs that seem almost like they float above time. This is a great example.
F4U Corsair Barcalounger
The Vought F4U Corsair was an astonishing airplane, I never knew it was this versatile though.
Leica M Monochrom
Black and white photography is, in some respects, a lost art form. The move away from film to digital and the requisite fixed colour sensor has meant that true black and white photographs are a thing of the past, well perhaps they were till now.
Luigi Villoresi & Alberto Ascari
Luigi Villoresi and Alberto Ascari are perhaps the 2 of the most famous Italian F1 drivers from the mid-20th century, it’s very rare to find a picture of them together despite the fact that they travelled the world racing in some of the first sanctioned Formula 1 races after WW2.
Connery Cool
Okay so there’s no motor vehicle in this photograph. It’s just unadulterated cool and I wanted to share it.
Original Café Racer
You may not have noticed this yet, but take a look at how low down the clip-ons are mounted on this old Norton cafe racer.
Kawasaki KZ400
Discovered via WideOpenMoto this Kawasaki KZ400 has had the off-road treatment applied front to back, the chunky off road tires, stripped back frame and nicely tidied up rear end give the bike an appealing, post-apolocalypic feel with the distressed tank and engine rounding out the theme quite nicely.
Gilles Villeneuve
It isn’t widely known that Gilles Villeneuve started his motorsport career racing snowmobiles in his native Quebec. It’s hard to imagine a racing series further removed from Formula 1 than this but somehow he took his talent from these humble beginnings to win the US and Canadian Formula Atlantic championships in 1976.
Marlon Brando
Possibly the most iconic rough-round-the-edges actor of the mid-20th century, he went on to make the Schott Perfecto jacket an icon in it’s own right.
Paul Newman – Racer
It saddens me that I can’t think of a single modern actor who possesses the same gasoline powered spirit of Paul Newman, Steve McQueen or James Dean. Not even one.