Friday Scrambler Crush #1

Cars

" Whatever you think of the globally burgeoning scene of hipster-bikers, you've got to admit there are some beautiful custom builds emerging. This ground up build is typical of the sort of lovely machinery that is being put together all over "

Jaguar & Le Mans, 1954

Cars

" Some truly amazing footage here from a documentary focusing on the 1954 24 Heures Du Mans. It's all pretty gripping but highlight for me is right at the start when the Jaguar team emerge from the Browns Lane plant with those immaculate "

Alfa Scarabeo Concept

Cars

" Every now and then it's great to have a look at a concept for pure novelty value. This, though, is not the most outrageous concept to come out of Italy in the sixties, but for us it's one of the "

Toyota 2000 GT

Cars

" With all these wet weekends, weekdays, bank holidays we've been having, it has been the perfect springtime for catching up with old movies. And, watching a bit of Sean Connery action the other day with my nine year old son, "

Pontiac Firebird

Cars

" Now we think it's the first time a pure-bred slice of American brawn has made it on our list of Friday Car Crushes. But we think you'll agree this oil-black on black bad boy would take a slice out of "

Jalopy Junkies

Cars

" There's something about vintage dragging that retains a raw simplicity that we love. And stumbling across a mad selection of freakoid weapons of quarter mile destruction on the Jalopy Journal's forum recently we wanted share. We're sure that some of "

S130 Nissan Fairlady Z

Cars

" We stumbled across these catalogue images of the T-topped S130 Fairlady Z this morning and it occurred to us that with the evolution of our aesthetic and the return to cool of all things vaguely 'eighties', it might be time "

The Art Of Chris Piscitelli

Cars People

" New Jersey born and raised artist Chris Piscitelli is the son of a car fanatic and the grandson of a fine artist. He attended Rhode Island School of Design then moved to Detroit to attend College for Creative Studies - "

Influx Social

Alpine A310

Cars

" Ok, here's the thing. The Alpine A310 is about as unique a motor as you can expect to see. It reminds us of no other production vehicle to come out of anywhere, let alone France. There's something beautifully exotic about "

Dirtquake by Sideburn

Bikes

" If you like your bikes customised, your tracks made of cinder and your girls in PVC and high heels - and of course you don't take these things OVER seriously - you could certainly do worse than to get yourself "

Porsche: Targa Florio Tribute

Cars

" images courtesy http://tillackco.com/ Two things in Motorsport go together particularly beautifully: Targa Florio and Porsche. The long defunct, fatally dangerous and aesthetically beautiful Sicilian endurance race may have gone the way of the Dodo as far back as 1977, "

Chronicles of Phatitude

Cars

" It's been a while since we shared with you the fruits of our ongoing mission in which we attempt to define the elusive term 'phatness'. It's nothing to do with either hip-hop or the scourge of obesity that currently plagues "

Car Design and War

Cars

" There's a lot of hearsay about the birth of the VW Beetle and the prewar years in Germany. Paranoia. Prejudice. Misinformation is at work here, obviously. The nonsense is cut through brilliantly by this fascinating documentary that looks in depth "

Indonesia’s Scooter Extremists

Culture

" photographs: Ed Wray /HUCK magazine The fine folks at HUCK MAGAZINE managed to scoop us on a freaky greasy scene we haven't heard of this week. Their latest issue contains a great piece on – of all things – the custom scooter "

Volvo Duett

Cars

" There's something about the Volvo Duett that we can't get out of our system. We've been crazy for Volvo estates for a years now. The box-like practicality and simple, unpretentious purity of the designs encapsulate what we love about utility "

Camper Van-tastic

Cars

" . About this time of year we get an uncontrollable camper van twitch. We're sure we're not alone. It's amazing the amount of people who rock the T4/T5 transporter at weekends these days - with a whole swathe of customs, "