"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 "
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 "
Volvo 544
"All images Michael Fordham/Influx Without wanting to become Volvo bores, it's amazing the amount of cool little Swedes we have stumbled upon since we've been in California. This little beauty appeared to us on a side street in Santa "
Pontiac Catalina Safari
"At the heart of every cliché resides a resounding truth. And the one about everything being bigger in America is no exception. Stumbling across the behemoth that is the Pontiac Catalina Safari at the side of the road that leads "
Volvo P1800
" The Volvo P1800, in yellow, in California, just looks right. We stumbled across this gorgeous little British-built Swede in a spot ironically called Lands End, just at the Northern end of San Francisco's imaginatively titled Ocean Beach. This Volvo was "
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 "
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 "
Muscle Cars and the Medusa Bellflower
"Sex, flamethrowers and muscle cars. It might be a bit of a mainstream combo, but this diabolical trinity seems to have everlasting appeal. The root of the muscle car is, of course, deeply embedded in a heady mix of testosterone, "
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Citroen Ami
"Images via Citroen It's a surprising but verifiable fact (and not just via the webs) that in 1966, The Citroen Ami was France's best selling car. Sure it was rather grotesque; sure this was at a time when both the majestic "
Homage to Moto Guzzi by Gary Inman
"They’re not hyper, they’re anti. They’re not über, they’re under. Motorcycles born under the Eagle of Mandello del Lario are hinky, Italian V-twins. Ooh, nice, like a Ducati? Well… No. It’s true, both Ducati and "
Moto Guzzi: The retro-progressive V7 Stone
"With the ubiquitous ho-haa going on all over the biking planet over custom bikes these days, most of the manufacturers have seen an opportunity to add stripped back, retro-aesthetically styled editions into their current range – in order, we presume, to "
Moto Guzzi: The Ultimate Custom Platform?
"Images via Wrenchmonkees & Bike Exif. The thing about the Guzzi format, though, is what makes it so perfect or tweaking into the aesthetic stratosphere. That long, low-profiled engine and drive train coupled to a simple, spindle frame. The format "
VW Variant Love
"With summer showing its flip flop clad feet round these parts the last couple of days, thoughts are turning once again to utility wagons, the beach and highway love. And personally, I have fond memories of the long defunct VW "
Chevrolet Corvair
"The cute, relatively compact Chevrolet Corvair was the result of GM lead engineer Edward Coles's admiration for the rear engined Beetle. Sure enough, the car was launched to much acclaim - a challenger to the behemoth winged and chromed hulks "
McLaren 12C GT Can-Am Edition
"We've always loved the pure power and the brutality of Can-Am racers. No compromise, no restrictions, no limits. We've always thought of Can-Am as road racing's version of Group B Rally in fact. Now, with McLaren's 50th anniversary at hand, "
BMW 3.0 CS
" images courtesy RM This exquisite example of a BMW 3.0 CS is about to be auctioned by the venerable RM. Expected to fetch between $90-120K we reckon it's a bit of a bargain. It's immaculate, achingly pretty, and in a "
