all types of 5-cylinder wonderful. Audi S1, 2011 Rechberg Hill Climb.
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Christopher Hitchens. 1949-2011.
In the category of “kings of cool” and “gentlemen of honour”…..Christopher Hitchens definitely earned his spot in my mind. Daring to tell it like it is for greater good; to strike down the foolish, the dim, and the hypocritical. Mr. Hitchens, you will be missed.
Audi 90 IMSA GTO and Trans-am 200 quattro prints.
I can never get enough of the Audi 90 IMSA GTO, and these beautiful prints were done by an artist named Colin Carter. They are available to purchase in print form, autographed by Hurley Haywood, Hans Stuck, and the artist for a reasonable $69.
epic Alfa Romeo Montreal for sale.
I don’t know how much it will go for—-but it looks pristine. Totally restored and a beautiful shade of Blue. I’m not sure if the interior looked like that originally—-but I don’t care, it is stunning.
The Alfa Romeo Montreal is definitely one of my favourite Alfas ever made—maybe THE most favourite Alfa made as far as i’m concerned. This one hits all the right buttons.
Bertone (Alfa) Carabo.
I can’t think of another car where the LOGO of the model would match the shape of the car! Marcello Gandini’s 1968 cutting edge, wedge shaped Bertone Carabo had exactly that though!
Bertone’s comment on the car:
“At the end of the 1960′s Bertone focussed his creative energies on prototypes. The Turin designer’s creativity and daring reached its peak in 1968 with the Carabo, which was presented at the Paris Motor Show in October.
Built on the Alfa Romeo 33 chassis with a centrally-mounted engine, it became a style classic, known for its creativity and original features, some of which contribute to its legendary standing.
Design features like its tight lines, tapering front blending in seamlessly with the windscreen, and the air inlets and outlets.
And the original door mechanism, with doors opening upwards and forwards (a concept which reappears on the production Countach), and even the novel colour: iridescent green like a beetle (hence the name Carabo, in Italian, a type of beetle).”
(from Carbodydesign)
Let’s also not forget that the Carabo brought the world “scissor doors”….which was mostly a positive innovation, however often a negative one when it’s seen on 1987 Hondas parked at 7-11!
They don’t plow your streets? big deal!
Well there’s a new snow plow in town! Genius! On ebay now.
Make sure you check out the pics on the auction page to gain a full insight into this winter breakthrough! *cough*
(This link was shown to me by Andy S. from the QW TT forums)
video of the day. Giulia.
While i’m not a fan of ‘store the car away from the Winter’….i suppose I can understand the sentiment for cars which are (A) are proned to rust or (B) don’t get used in the winter.
Either way this is a great video with multiple views of an owner spending time with his Alfa Romeo Giulia before putting it away for the winter. A simple, but charming video.
foto of the day. Type 37s.
1929 Bugatti Type 37s…in a row, with Type 35s in the background.
History of Abarth
Interesting that a video like this is supplied by “Chrysler LLC”….something I never thought i’d see a few years ago—-but anyways, Abarth is a great historical marque, and even though it is currently diluted in Fiat 500 form—-it’s always nice to appreciate some of the insanity Abarth produced in the past.
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more vintage super8 footage.
i’m kinda getting obsessed with finding obscure race footage filmed on Super8 cameras!
artist of the day. Kaka 22.
I quite enjoy these coloured pencil sketches, from the Deviant Art page of Kaka 22
(shame about the big watermarks on them though….)
foto of the day. 90 IMSA GTO
One of my top 10 favourite race cars in history……the amazing Audi 90 IMSA GTO quattro taking on the corkscrew at Laguna Seca.
source: AudiSport
1974 Don Capasco Rally
Is there anything cooler than vintage Super8 rally footage? I doubt it!
Here’s the description of this video provided:
“In 1974 Australia’s first European-style special-stage rally was won rather fittingly by a 1973 Group 4 Alpine Renault A110, the first marque to win the World Rally Championship. The Alpine, Bernard Darniche’s Morocco-winning car, was driven to victory by 1970 Australian Rally Champion Bob Watson. This amateur movie, shot on Super-8 film and with the sound recorded on cassette tapes, has survived transfer to VHS tape, and now to a digital format. There are voice-over interviews with Bob Watson, Geoff Ross, the late Peter Brock, and Gerry Ball. The quality may not be the best, but this is an important part of the history of rallying in Australia.”
foto of the day. Night Alfas.
source: Steininge
ties for men.
It’s amazing that last month I was pondering why there aren’t more ties devoted to motoring and motoring history, and then my friend Xander introduces a couple of ties doing exactly that with his marque of Strassenversion! Of course i’ve raved about his artwork in the past, which was then turned into some supercool t-shirts—-and now he’s launched neck ties which interest me greatly—especially since I wear ties quite often to my work at the hospital.
information about ordering: http://strassenversion.net/apparel.html
One of them is a GP tribute, while the other one appears to be a Stratos Zero concept! Nicely done indeed! I want the Stratos one.
foto of the day. hey, stop that.
Gotta love this photo of an Osca 1100 and Ferrari 166 battling it out like real men in 1949….with Dorino Serafini giving Mario Tadini the ‘look of death’! superb!
Pic from GOV
interior of the day. Bertone Corvair Testudo
This car recently sold in that Bertone concept auction for 336k Euros, but the 1963 Bertone designed Chevy Corvair Testudo concept had one supercrazy interior. Wow.
impulse buy of the day. gloves.
Never let me go near a Dunhill store without taking my wallet from me; that’s the moral of the story.
As of yet, I have never been able to walk into a Dunhill store and not walk out with a bag in my hand, in fact my impulsive buying at that shop in particular is a bit scary.
The damage today wasn’t that bad….err, relatively speaking. I’d been looking for a new pair of winter gloves for the past week or two, having even dismissed a pair i liked somewhere last week because they were “too expensive” ($100)…..fast forward to today, I was invited to the Audi Forum in Manhattan for some free drinks, a look around the cars they had, and a general social gathering. The gathering was quite boring, so i swigged down 2 Amstels and decided to walk 9 blocks to go to the Dunhill store.
The damage? Well the winter “Shearling” gloves i bought were $225. But OH how they feel when i put them on……the inside is lined with mink fur, and the outside trimmed in leather and suede. I drove home in the TT, and the gloves just felt EPIC. Surely the fact that i’d just spent $225 on them made them just that much more beautiful.
…and how do i raise $27k?
If you’ve read this blog, you’ll know that i have 2 ‘favourite’ forms of Porsche 911——the 997 GT3 and the 911R.
To me the 911R is THE definitive 911—-more than a Carrera RS, more than any of the others….
And here is a 911R replica hot rod for sale in California, for a very respectable $27k. $27k? for a fully spec’d, restored 911R kitted 1968? Epic cool. I have to say that i’m not really a huge fan of the ‘matte’ paint scheme on it, although i do LOVE the actual grey-blue colour they have used.
Otherwise, this is probably the perfect used 911 for me….wow. Now if i can just make this blog as big as it is in my head to raise me the $27k to purchase it.
Original sale ad on Pelican Parts (via BringATrailer)
foto of the day. Prinz.
I’ve come to love these more and more as time goes on—-the NSU PRINZ and its variants, especially the ur TT.
Pic from Hugo90
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