Love The Beast is a documentary film directed by Australian actor Eric Bana, it’s the story of his first car, a Ford Falcon XB Coupe. Bana managed to convince his parents to let him buy an XB when he was 15, he spent the next few years with his mates in the garage working on the car, turning it into the vehicle he’d wanted ever since seeing the XB coupes take a 1-2 win at Bathurst.
The film also covers Eric’s entry into the Targa Tasmania, an incredible 6-day road race held on the southern Australian island of Tasmania. The race is modelled on the Targa Florio and involves timed stages on public roads with a huge variety of both modern and vintage cars taking part.
The film is an excellent look into the dynamic that exists between men when motors are involved, I’ve added trailer above, if you’d like to get your hands on the DVD you can visit Amazon here or read more about the movie on IMDB here.
Ben Branch has had his work featured on CNN, Popular Mechanics, the official Smithsonian Magazine, Road & Track Magazine, the official Pinterest blog, the official eBay Motors blog, BuzzFeed, and many more.
Silodrome was founded by Ben back in 2010, in the years since the site has grown to become a world leader in the alternative and vintage motoring sector, with millions of readers around the world and hundreds of thousands of followers on social media.
This Ferrari F50 V12 engine was built to F50 GT specifications along with three chassis and another three or four race-specification engines. The F50 GT (also known as the Ferrari F50 GT1) was built by Ferrari in collaboration with Michelotto and Dallara to compete in the BPR Global GT Series against the likes of the…
The Kaiser Jeep M715 is the military variant of the civilian Jeep Gladiator. By the mid-1960s it became clear that the current US Military 4×4 truck, the Dodge M37, needed to be replaced – rather than put out a tender to manufacturers for a new vehicle design, the military went looking for a current production…
The Venturi 400 GT remains one of the fastest cars ever designed and built in France, in fact when it was released in 1992 it was the fastest and most powerful French road car in history. The two-seat 400 GT was designed by Gerard Godfroy specifically to compete with the likes of the Lotus Esprit…
The Intermeccanica Indra was one of the most successful models from the Italian/American/Canadian company founded by the husband and wife team of Frank and Paula Reisner in Torino, Italy in 1959. Many of the cars built by Intermeccanica including the Italia/Torino, the Apollo, the Griffith GT, the Omega, and the Indra featured beautiful Italian-themed…
Editor’s Note: This film starts with 2 minutes of skiing and ice skating footage, stick with it and it’ll all make sense in the end. Riding the Film is a 1937 Chevrolet instructional film that does an excellent job of showing how motor oil is used throughout your engine for lubrication. There are a series…
The Autech Zagato Stelvio AZ1 is a Japanese-Italian joint project based on the underpinnings of the 280 bhp turbocharged Nissan Leopard that had been tuned by Autech – Nissan’s in-house tuning division similar to BMW’s M division or Mercedes-Benz’s AMG. At first glance the car can be mistaken for an Aston Martin V8 Vantage Zagato…
