"My good friend and graphiste genius Mickey Boy G palmed me this superb piece of historic 1980's car culture a couple of weeks back. Yes, it's an original, vinyl-bound sales brochure for the DeLorean DMC-12. The audacity of Mr DeLorean's "
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1966 Mercedes Unimog
"If there was ever a car out of time and place, it is this 1966 Mercedes Unimog I came across this morning in the car park at Newport Beach, Orange County California. " My buddy bought this thing from NATO, and I "
Four on the Floor in California
"Images via Le Container, Chevrolet... We're geting pretty excited about our trip to California. Yes, for the next couple of weeks we'll be street spotting and blogging on a road trip between San Francisco to San Diego; taking every opportunity "
Fred Lammers Art
"Oslo based artist Fred Lammers is one of those creators that intrigues. His is a mid-century take on automotive futurism and crossing that with a dash of Roth-like surf culture - frames full of hairy monsters, dopey guys with bulbous "
Bike Art by Stevie Gee
" Well, we're all here in the afterglow of a fun little gathering at 71a Gallery in London's Shoreditch last week for the launch of our next print project Influx08. We had a few brews, a few laughs and enjoyed the "
INFLUX/08 Mag has landed
" Our new print project is back from press. We couldn't be more chuffed. There's something about the process of putting together words, pictures and artwork together on a printed page that transcends the ethereal buzz of a reblog or a "
Ford Thunderbird Graphic Art
" We reckon the Ford Thunderbird, (the 1957 variety), must be one of the most commonly represented in graphic art in the history of the auto industry. Not only was it a truly radical departure for mid century production Americana: this was "
John Deere Vintage Snowmobile
" images; ebay This spectacular helmet was, apparently, part of a short run produced by agricultural machinery manufacturer John Deere to promote a line of snowmobiles they marketed in the 1970's. They apparently came in green, yellow or black, and some "
Hudson Hornet
" OK, so the film version of Jack Kerouac's epoch making novel On The Road has come and gone and the dust has settled on the hype. It was a mediocre piece of work, really, the celluloid version: full of domesticated "
Biker magazine – A Head Full of Snakes
" Pictures : Head Full of Snakes We're champions of the printed page here at Influx Towers, so are always out there looking for inspiration. We were stoked when we stumbled upon A Head Full of Snakes. It's a dispatch from someone "
Some Graphics from the 1930s
" We're on a bit of an auto art geek off these last few weeks due to the commissioning process of the next Print Zine. We keep stumbling on intriguing little bits and pieces of bygone car culture that is inspiring "
Mitsubishi Cordia Commercial
" Now, the Cordia isn't the sort of car that often makes even Japanese car fetishists salivate. It's got that Renault Fuego-ish angular period aspect: though the Cordia had hard, origami style lines where the Fuego had voluptuous flow. It came "
Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato
" On 22nd July 1991, at Protech House, Cobham a fleet of four 'Sanction 2' recreations of Aston's sublime Zagato collab was launched. These cars were built under license with authenticity shot through every nut, bolt, square centimetre of alloy and hide. "