" When Nicolas Refn's film Drive came out last September we were obviously interested straight away. What's not to like about putting the words 'existential' and 'car' together? Any close reader of this blog will understand that imbuing meaning into cars "
" Stumbled across an amazing collection of original Motorsports slides today for sale on eBay. It really brings to mind the glorious beauty of film and transparency photography. We here at Influx towers are of course obvious revelers in the joys "
" pic: Michael Fordham Thanks to the kind folks at Wikipedia chrome, or chrome plating, is actually a technique of electroplating a thin layer of the chemical element chromium onto a metal object. It was originally used extensively in industrial and "
" If you've ever been to the little island of Malta you'll have noticed at least two truths. The Maltese are mad (in a passionate, hilariously, brilliant way) and they are into their motors. In fact, the latter part is taken "
" I always thought the 512 BB was a really under rated Ferrari. In my opinion, in fact it’s one of the prettiest Ferraris ever. The 523 BB had 12 cyclinders arranged in a boxer engine, and prefigured cars like the 308, 328 and the "
" image PRPS A lot of people out there are understandably dubious about the connections between car culture and fashion. This video, though, is really worth a look. Donwan Harrell is a car nut and creator of PRPS, a high end "
" Ok, you can't drive it on the road, it looks like a nightmare in which Hieronymous Bosch interprets a Wagner symphony in a room full of blood lusted Valkyries, but we can't keep our minds off AMG's SLS GT3. Merc "
"Late last year I flew into Los Angeles to report a story on southern California's unique, vibrant, influential car culture. Nearly half a century earlier a slightly more talented writer did the same thing. Tom Wolfe, who would go on "
" The name George Barris is synonymous with car customising. It was George and his brother Sam that revolutionised the art of custom cars in America back in the forties and fifties by reworking the likes of Ford and Chevrolet "
"image via Bike Exif Three-chords, crap equipment, not much talent, lots of enthusiasm. Young men and women have been in garage bands since skiffle was The Next Big Thing, but it was only during the wave of 1977 punk that the "
"Images Sideburn /Jonny Wilson/Subsculptures Britain has some great motorcycle events, but many are as stale as the last supper’s leftovers. A few years after first launching our own independent motorcycle magazine, the Sideburn team started thinking about bigger "
"Photography John Isaac/Magneto The long, lonely stretch of road that is Camber Sands is the sort of place you'd usually hurry through to more pleasant pastures such as nearby Rye. Unless, that is, you're holidaying at the massive Pontins "
" A few years ago we had the pleasure of meeting legendary Jaguar development engineer Norman Dewis. This is the man responsible for the shakedown of many of the most incredible British cars ever made - and some of the out "
" All images Emile Kozak Emile Kozac is a prolific creative type. He photographs strange, absences, landscapes where the captured flies fleetingly by and then disappears. He documents normal things that through the lens become strange, even extraordinary. The Barcena based "
" images via http://www.acontinuouslean.com/ There are cool bosses and there are cool bosses. And there are cool offices and there are cool offices. But when you get a cool boss that sanctions the build of a cool slot "
" Down tools for ten minutes and enjoy with us this informative and entertaining video of Sir Stirling Moss threading a beautiful little Cooper around Donington Park. The car is similar to the one in which Sir Stirling won the 1958 Argentine "
