The Baja desert races have always fascinated me, I secretly think that’d I’d be fantastic at it however I suspect all men do. I love the old pictures of Steve McQueen competing in the race in the 450hp Baja Boot and I just can’t quite form a sentence that expresses how much I want a go in that thing.
This footage is from the early ’80s and despite the fact that there’s no sound, the images tell a tale of dust, dirt, gasoline and sunburn. In other words, a perfect weekend.
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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 Ford GPW was discovered in the Tunisian desert of North Africa along with a horde of abandoned military vehicles, shortly after it found was sent to Italy for a full restoration. The vehicle’s VIN…
This Ferrari 250 GTO sculpture by the team at Halmo was carefully shaped to capture the essence of what is widely considered one of the most beautiful cars in the world. The sculpture measures in…
Project Utah – The Jaguar Mk I The story of the Jaguar Mark II (also known as the Jaguar MK2) begins with Jaguar’s “Project Utah” which gave birth to the Jaguar 2.4 liter and 3.4…
No article about the Lotus 7 can be written without mentioning the clever way in which Colin Chapman and his team at Lotus got around British tax law. You see, there was a not inconsiderable…
This is the Group 44 Jaguar XJS that won the Trans-Am Category 1 Drivers’ and Manufacturers’ Championship in the hands of Bob Tullius and his Group 44 team in 1978. Trans-Am was separated into two…
There can be little doubt that the Gordon Buehrig-designed Auburn Boattail Speedster is one of the most beautiful American cars ever built, and one of the most beautiful pre-WWII cars in the world. Gordon…
