" The Vintage Hot Rod Association isn’t just a club, it’s so much more than that. In America in the 1940s, the beat generation spoke of being “in”. Although almost indefinable, that does go some way to explain the "
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Hot Rodding: The British Way
"The hot rod story. So it goes. Dry lake beds. Endless deserts. Hopped up Southern California jalopies. Timing associations. Engineer boots, pocket tees, chinos and heavy selvedge. A miasma of Americana. All those GIs returned from the war with a "
The Mongrel
"photography Michael Fordham/influx Harley Peters is 22 years old. But the car that is at the centre of his life has components that were manufactured before his granddad was born. "It started with my old man really," he tells me "
Gallery: The Stuttgart School, 911 period
"We take a look at Porsche 911s through the ages - from the 959 to Ruf, limousines and endurance racing. Influx presents a gallery of our favourite promo shots, sales posters, race promotions and more, exploring the glamorous side of one "
911 Race Ace: ‘Quick’ Vic Elford
" To say that Vic Elford raced a 911 for the Porsche works rally team is to miss the point. For it was Vic Elford who, pretty much single-handedly, created the Porsche works rally team! So how did an English bloke who "
911 Sportomatic Barn Find
"When we heard there was a rare 911 barn find hidden in the Hertfordshire countryside, we rushed down there to get it on film in all its patinated glory. Dealer Ludovic Parayre will likely put it up for auction in early "
Mr. 911: Magnus Walker
"I first fell in love with Porsche as a 10 year old kid during a visit to the London Earls Court Motor show back in 1977. The car that started the love affair was a white Martini 930 Turbo that was on the "
The Importance of being Shelby
"Words: Charles Bamber Looking at publicity shots of Carroll Shelby from the 1950s, with Stetson and crooked smile in place, you could be forgiven for thinking him the lead man in a classic John Ford Western. In fact Shelby’s "
Killer Cobra: Shelby and the Snake
"Words: Charles Bamber If you had been an American MG owner in the early to mid sixties, you would have been pretty smug and self satisfied with your exotic, excitingly nippy little English runabout. But imagine the day you first "
Five Shelby Rarities
"The Shelby badge isn't all about the Mustang and the Cobra. Here are five lesser known cars from the stable of the cowboy himself. [gallery link="file" ids="37733,37734,37735"] 1968 Shelby EXP500 CSS 'Black Hornet' Mustang Known for his penchant for the "
Bertone’s masterpiece: Lamborghini Miura
"Wanted: Expert in metal couture to clothe what will probably become the greatest supercar the world will ever see. Well, such an ad never made it to the classified section of La Stampa in 1966 but Ferruccio Lamborghini achieved much the "
The Good, The Bad and the Bertone
"These are some of our favourite works from the noble House of Bertone, the designs are as prolific and eclectic as the talents of their creator. Abarth 131 Rally. Of the four marques that dominated Rally in the mid 1970s Bertone "
The Importance of Being Nuccio Bertone
"We’ve mentioned the House Bertone before, latterly lamenting the sad demise of one of car building's great collaborators. It’s instructive that the Noble house never had any financial problems while its long time patriarch Nuccio was alive and "