Following on yesterday’s feature about James Hunt I felt it might be good to do a feature on Hunt’s great friendship with Barry Sheene, this documentary called “When Playboys Ruled the World” is a great little film about the two men and their life throughout the 70’s.
I’m deliberately posting this on a Sunday so we all have time to sit back and watch it in full, it’s about an hour long and trust me when I tell you it’s the best thing you’ll watch all day.
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Land Rover began to develop a lightweight version of the short wheelbase Series IIA in 1965 that could be slung beneath the Westland Wessex helicopter, which had a maximum carrying capacity of 2,500 lbs. The plan…
The Trident Clipper is a member of the illustrious club of exotic European sports cars fitted with American V8s that offered power, reliability, and affordability. Other members of this club include icons like the Shelby…
It’s difficult to describe this film as it’s unlike anything I’ve ever seen before, but I will say if you only watch one documentary this year I strongly suggest you make it this one,…
The Snow Cruiser – Antarctica’s Abandoned Behemoth is a short documentary that gives a concise history of one of the most unusual land-based vehicles ever built. The film uses a combination of archive video footage…
This short film clip from the former British motoring television show “Drive In” was only very recently uploaded by Thames TV. It offers a fascinating look into the motoring world of the 1970s and an…
This is the Ken Miles Superformance Ford GT40 from the film Ford v Ferrari, it was driven by Christian Bale during filming, alongside the other Superformance Ford GT40 that was painted to look like the Bruce…
