Urban Outlaw: Magnus Walker – Porschephile with Dreds
You will need 30 minutes to watch this really cool documentary about Magnus Walker – Urban (Porsche) Outlaw. Well spent.
Jul
29
You will need 30 minutes to watch this really cool documentary about Magnus Walker – Urban (Porsche) Outlaw. Well spent.
Jul
29
The folks at Jaguar, Alfa and Porsche do not look back to 1970 with fond memories. That was the year Datsun lowered the boom and introduced the 240Z. It had derivative but pleasant styling, a smooth inline-6 and at a great price. With a top speed of 125 mph, it was no slouch either. What the Z-car did was turn people’s heads around when it came to their opinion of Japanese cars. Read More
Jul
29
We have seen quite a few DeTomaso Panteras but none that called out to us like this one. That doesn’t mean that the others were inferior, they just didn’t have a story like this one. First, a short version on how the Pantera came to be. Henry Ford wasn’t satisfied with vanquishing Ferrari at LeMans. He still craved owning an Italian carmaker. He thought the Mangusta that DeTomaso built was very interesting but he liked the car that was in development better. It was designed Tom Tjaarda while he worked at Ghia. Read More
Jul
29
The TR3 was introduced in October 1955 as a successor to the TR2. The original TR3 had a very small grill opening. The new model, the TR3A, had a large mouth and was powered by the same 1991 cc, straight-4, overhead valve engine as its predecessor. Modifications pushed power to 110 hp, mated to a four-speed transmission gave the TR3A a top speed approaching 110 mph. These sporty Triumphs had low-cut doors and minimal weather protection. Odd considering the climate of the home market. Today’s featured Triumph has a story and we like stories. Read More
Jul
29
We went to see a great new movie – The Way, Way, Back starring Steve Carell, Toni Collete, Sam Rockwell and Liam James. One of the inanimate stars is an absolutely wonderful ’70 Buick Estate Wagon – perfect choice for this movie because the movie title refers to a rear facing 3rd seat. But that got us to thinking about Buicks in the late ’60s and ’70s. They were very dramatic yet restrained in their design philosophy; a far cry from the behemoth chrome monsters of the late ’50s. Read More