"So, we're well into show season - and there's no car show in Britain quite like this weekend's Silverstone Grand Prix. Before we head off to the petrolheaded version of Glastonbury we were thinking about the changing nature and aesthetic "
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Hunter S Thompson:
"Illustration by Curtis Livingston Every now and then I believe it is worth just thinking about Hunter S Thompson and the groundbreaking work he did in his blazing career as a writer. Notice I say 'writer' rather than 'Gonzo Journalist'. "
Dodi’s Auto Sales
"On a rare wet Friday afternoon in California's Monterey (home of Laguna Seca Raceway), and close to the gobsmackingly beautiful central coast of California, we spotted a roadside gem in Dodi's Auto Sales. Anchoring up urgently, we knocked on Dodi's "
Steve McQueen’s Bullitt
"images Michael Fordham/Influx Ok, If we're talking about car culture and San Francisco, there's one thing that's impossible to ignore. Bullitt: Steve McQueen's famous opus that features that Fastback Mustang so beautifully, poetically and iconically. Thing is, though we "
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 "
Robert Redford: Biker
" Robert Redford by Orlando Globey via The Selvedge Yard It's well documented that Paul Newman & Steve McQueen were racers to their bones. These guys knew how to operate machines of four wheels and two as well as they knew "
Michael Holroyd On Wheels
" Influx-promoted truism no 1: Cars mean more to people than simply a means of getting from A to B. It's a commonplace here. One of the foundations, in fact, of the Influx ethos. We were excited and intrigued, therefore, when we "
Enzo Ferrari
" Enzo Ferrari has always been an enigma. There's something about those dark shades, the don-ish profile and the effortless eaze with which he held himself that reflects an appropriate mystique. If ever there was a justified cult of personality within "
Magnus Walker: Rebel Outlaw
" We've spotted Magnus Walker before, but this morning we stumbled across this teaser doc about the man and his obsession with Porsche 911. We thought we should share. Mr Walker has made a profession out of the harvesting of fragments of "
Miles Davis and the Ferrari 275 GTB
" All images © Baron Wolman Miles Davis is widely know to be one of the coolest people ever to stalk the earth. Not only did he produce some of the most beautifully muted, creatively intense recordings known to popular music - "
Auto Art by Stefan Marjoram
" Stumbled across this lovely sketch work over the weekend by artist Stefan Marjoram, whose work we have featured before. As well as being an official artist for Aardman Animations, he works extensively on the Brit Land Speed Record project Bloodhound "
Dan Gurney: All American Hero
" With all the ever-continuing controversy about whether or not the Bernie's F1 circus will condescend to touch down in the great United States next year, it's easy to forget that in the 1960s American driver Dan Gurney - as well "