Watches – Analogue Lifestyle

Culture

" Ok. Digital was cool. Back in 1978. You could pretend you were Buzz Aldrin with the soft red glow of that Timex on your wrist. You could believe that getting rid of the dials on your timepiece meant that you were "

The Ultimate Car Brochure?

Cars

"[gallery link="file"] Imagine the scenario. It's 1969. In an idle moment aboard your yacht in the marina in Monte Carlo, surrounded as you are by lascivious models, Cuban cigars and grand cru , you decide it's time to go into the "

Closer to the Edge

Bikes

"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4NdcMELso8&ab_channel=LiamCollister Whatever you think of the ethical whys and wherefores of the Isle of Man TT, hold tight until 22 April, when the the 3D documentary Closer to the Edge "

Soichiro Honda

Bikes

"Dictatorship has fallen out of fashion recently. But there’s no doubt that it’s the best way to build great cars, and from great cars build a successful car business. We’re talking an enlightened, benevolent despotism here, but "

Six of Honda’s Best

Bikes

"Six of Honda's best CT-50 Motra (1983) Though it was designed only for the Japanese market, the Motra was a bold, quirky design that was way ahead of its time in terms of the global thirst for modern minis. Featuring that "

The Impossible Dream…

Cars

"Honda’s F1 history dates back to the early sixties when the company looked to translate its motorcycling success onto four wheels. Honda tried to strike a deal with Lotus and Colin Chapman, which had won the world championship with "

This Honda Life

Bikes

"My name is Michael and I have always been attracted to Honda motorcycles. There, I’ve said it. Some say they’re boring, unimaginative, conservative, but for better or worse Honda was an integral part of my early biking life "

Evolution of the Civic

Cars

"First & Second Generation (1972-1983) [gallery=172] Introduced in 1972, the original Civic featured US-focussed innovation s like front discs, reclining seats and radio as standard. It was notoriously prone to corrosion, so you won't find many original first generation examples these "

Influx Social

Rare as Hen’s Teeth #2

Cars

"[gallery link="file"] Emerging from the shoestring budgeted British club racing scene of the 1950s, Elva cars was the brainchild of Frank G Nicols - who successfully raced at Goodwood throughout that austere decade — and began marketing special road-going racers "

Ferrari Daytona Shooting Brake

Cars

"[gallery link="file"] It's either a crime of passion or a passionate work of automotive art — it depends of course on your perspective. But whichever way you look at it this re-imagining of a Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona as a sleek "

De Tomaso Mangusta

Cars

"If you've ever read Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, you might remember that heroic Mongoose named Riki-Tiki Tavi saved a small boy's family by taking out a pair of killer cobras. But you may not know that De Tomaso's late "

Song of the Sausage Creature

Bikes

" In a piece of inspired editorial finagling, American magazine Cycle World somehow managed to parley the godfather of gonzo with the Ducati press office back in the day, and got yer man hopped up and hopped on a 900 SP for "

Kurtis Kraft’s Coolest Car?

Cars

" Frank Kurtis and company are best known for producing madly successful midget racing cars. They produced hundreds of customer cars which were competed, and almost always won, at the Indianapolis all through the fifties and into the sixties. But they "

The ABC of cars

Cars Culture

" Of all the interesting stumble-upons that we have, er, stumbled upon recently, we think this beautiful little set of drawings is up there with the best. Published in France some time in the 1960 the book is a a nice example "

Photographer Ansel Adams’s Cars

Cars Culture

" He was the father of Landscape photography - an artist whose musicianship almost matched his artistry with the camera. He is one of the founding fathers of a fundamentally American view of the world; But Ansel Adams also loved his "

Enzo Prototipo M3

Cars

"[gallery link="file"] It's not very often that the opportunity becomes available to possess a genuine Ferrari one-off – a slice of Modena history that gave birth to a car that is near mythical in its importance. But in the shadows "