Friday Fulvia – Pretty in Pink
It’s almost the weekend! Hence, the Friday Fulvia.
Lancia Fulvia Update – Interior (Still) Coming Out
A little diversion first, shall we? Last weekend I had the chance to drive a blue Series 2 Lancia Fulvia here in Hobart. The car is (tentatively) up for sale and the owner got in touch to see if I’d be interested in coming to have a look. He didn’t have to ask twice! It was wonderful to finally get
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Magnus Walker’s Epic Porsche 911 Turbo Ebay Ad
While you’re all pondering the subject of Turbin’s recent Guild writing – Prejudice Part 1 – allow me to distract you momentarily with a rather epic and detailed Ebay ad for a Porsche 911 Turbo. I’m posting it now because it’d be a good idea to see while the auction’s still live. Mention the name ‘Magnus Walker’ at a Porsche
The Guild: Prejudice – Part 1
by turbin This is a personal story of prejudice and ignorance but with a happy ending. It also includes a little back-story on an entity dear to my heart. This back-story those in the know are quite familiar with, but I will tell it anyway. I came to appreciate the product of this entity back in 2000. They had been
Fulvia Friday – Turin 1966
I recently purchased some Lancia Fulvia documents on a CD and included was a whole swathe of Fulvia photography – the sort of stuff I used to scour the internet for in the Saab days. Press photos, advertisements, artistic interpretations. All sorts of stuff. So welcome to Fulvia Friday. I’ll kick things off with this interesting Fulvia from the Turin
Snippets – Koenigsegg, Car Photos, BMW Foolery, Sniff 911
I haven’t written anything about any new-ish cars in a while, but a few stories this week caught my eye so I thought I’d share them here. Koenigsegg #1 The first Koenigsegg One:1 production car was registered in Germany this week. From Koenigsegg’s Facebook page: The process highlighted an interesting technicality – the German registration system could only input power
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Classics By The Beach – October 2014
Better late than never! And as I’ll be away for November’s Classics in a few weeks time, consider this a bridge to December. Yes, December. Already. And there are only 65 days until Christmas, apparently. Yikes! This month at Classics saw the usual mix of regular and ‘new’ attendees. Alfa Romeo is my marque of interest this month, for reasons
Weekend Video: Saab at Pikes Peak (1hr)
This video spends an hour looking at the Saab effort at Pikes Peak early this century, with Per Eklund at the wheel. It’s in Swedish but has English subtitles. Enjoy.
The Guild: Baldwin Trains
Myself and a few mates like to talk crap via email. The subjects include list making, music, cycling, gadgetry, buildings, cars, man maths and other things. Occasionally the subject ends up making sense in an interesting way that’s worth circulating. All entries from The Guild can be found at that link. Introducing Turbin. —— I’m a big railway fan from
Saab, Plan B and All That Jazz
Imagine it’s 11:58 on your personal doomsday clock. You’ve got a heart condition and you’re due for surgery. Tomorrow. Being a strong spirited type and knowing that your time might be limited, you decide to dress up and head out for a night at your favourite jazz club. Jazz is what you love most in all the world and if
Building Your Own Guitar – Overview
During September and October 2014 I attended a three-week intensive course to build my own acoustic guitar. As people will quite possibly be directed to this website to gain an understanding of the process, I thought I’d cap the experience off with this overview. Click here to go to the Guitar section of this website, which starts with this overview