Rust is Lighter Than Carbon Fibre

Cars

When we spotted this twisted beauty last week, we were instantly impressed by its ghetto fabulousness. A stipped down, rusted primer coated Mk1 with Tangoed alloys, a matt black hood with comp stripes and all sorts of add-ons, make it an instant headturner.

But it’s the collection of stickers in the rear door windows that make us want to share this with you fully. There’s an urgent sense of creativity in the edit, and when you combine this with the hunkered down steez of the car itself. But really, what we’re seeking to do is to find the owner/creator of this joyous piece of Somerset car culture.

There’s a dedicated crew of modders in the area we spotted the car (around the Midsomer Norton/Radstock area) and reckon there’s a fair chance that someone out there in the North Somerset coalfields is an Influx reader and knows knows whose ride this is.

So there, the shout goes out.

We want to meet you!

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7 Responses to “Rust is Lighter Than Carbon Fibre”

  1. Ian_streatfield

    I like the car, and have to admit to doing similar things to a Mini in the 1970’s but find the editorial a bit erroneous. I see no matt black hood, in fact it is a hatchback and not a convertible. Ahah I spot a matt black bonnet – could our columnist have been infected by language, apparantly associated with the English language, from the wrong side of the Atlantic?

  2. Anonymous

    thats my car 🙂
    i live in frome and park it there when i’m at my girlfriend’s 🙂
     

  3. We’re really sorry if it is not to your taste, but it is IMHO a perfectly acceptable piece of modern English – it is common to ask what’s under the hood, or to refer to a hood ornament, for example. I hope it doesn’t spoil your enjoyment too much.

  4. Michaelfordham

    Hey Connor! Great to make your acquaintance!
    Really loving your MK1 – we love people wh inflect their rides with that individual flavour…drop us an email at [email protected] and we’ll chat.

  5. Michaelfordham

     Mr Streatfield. I doff my metaphorical cap to you.  We at Influx towers have been known to utilise a little bit of American English every now and then.  Regular readers of this blog will know  we have a penchent for Americana – and that English is a beautifully fluid, protean language, dominant exactly because of its ability to absorb and redefine the demotic of the world. We appreciate the feedback and ask only that you stay tuned!

  6. nah! I’m with Ian on this one; definitely not hood, it’s a vee dub so if it ain’t a bonnet it’s a motorhaube  😉