Saturday, September 13, 2008
I captured this BMW M6 as I left work late in the day. The long shadows of early fall fell upon it in curious ways, most of all up front, where that snout seemed to catch every ray of sunlight left.
I’ve only desaturated it and dodged some of the dark bits, and the whole thing [...]
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
The Renault 5 Turbo. In profile it’s eerily similar to the Le Car. You remember the Le Car. Everyone remembers the Le Car. But it’s a 5 Turbo and that is all the difference. Those big, vented rear fenders speak to that.
I knelt long and painfully to see down both sides of this car. I [...]
Saturday, August 23, 2008
1965 AC Cobra 289.
A tach, a wheel, a lighter, and three pedals. That’s really all you need to motate a Cobra. And the lighter’s an option.
The AC (or Shelby, depending upon your loyalties) Cobra came about in the early 1960s when racer, ostrich farmer, chili magnate, tough guy, and all-around gritty old bastard Carroll Shelby [...]
Thursday, August 21, 2008
1967 Lamborghini Miura.
I’m not alone in ranking it at the top of a very exclusive list of beautiful cars. A very young Marcello Gandini is credited with the Miura’s lines—the very same Gandini who would go on to style five other Lambos, the iconic Lancia Stratos, various Maseratis, etc., etc. The man knows a curve.
The [...]
No car embodies the image of hot rodding more than the ’32 Ford. I don’t claim to be a hot rodder, nor a particular fan of the hot rod, so I can’t honestly say why such a car is so representative of rodding culture.
If I had to guess, I’d say it’s because they’re cheap. Cheap [...]
There are snooty auto aficionados among us who wouldn’t be caught defecating in anything less than “a proper motor car.” Their choices are fairly limited then to Rolls-Royce and Bentley, each of which has enjoyed a cultural if not honest to goodness automotive resurgence in the last decade. We have “bling” to thank for that [...]