" Being in one of those automotive quandaries is great for daydreaming. Old banger and surf wagon/default dadmobile having recently been crushed in the face of an intransigent MOT, there are so many boxes to be ticked in our search "
Cal-look. A Californian state of mind…
" David Hockney saw it. From the perspective of a grim English town in the fifties, the grey wash flattening and unifying everything you saw into dreary monochrome, California looked special. He may have been only looking at Black and White "
Porsche 356
" It was stumbling across this beautifully detailed cutaway this week (below) that inspired our current romance for Porsche's first born. Nay-sayers who claim that the original apple of Ferry's eye is a Beetle with delusions of grandeur may have a "
Derringer Cycles
" Images Adrian Van Anz/Derringer. We're moped fans. They're cheap, fun and quick, and if you live in a sunny environment like southern California they make more sense than a smart car. And while moped is usually a cypher for "
We love the English Pony…
"Sure, we can argue about it, but we’re probably going to end up agreeing that the Ford Capri was the definitive car of the 1970s, in the UK, at least. The dates match; first sold in ’69, the Capri’s "
The Evolution of the Capri
"If you count the finned and chromed Consul GT version of the Capri, our favourite Ford has had four evolutions across a life-span of some 25 years. That's if you don't count, of course, the various stateside Fords that have borne "
Modern Classic: Ford Capri
"Photography: Influx/Magneto “I couldn’t afford a Mustang”, says 26-year-old Capri owner Pete Wallwork from Truro, Cornwall. I had asked the bike mechanic, BMX rider, barber and photographer the obvious question. Why would a young gun be attracted to "
The Professionals
"There are plenty of people who think that Laurie Johnson’s instantly recognisable, utterly seventies, wah-wah and brass theme tune for The Professionals was the best thing about it, and that every episode went rapidly downhill from there. But the "