Sneak Peak

I know I've been inactive for a while. But soon you will see why! Here's a sneak peak at what I've been working on these past few days. I should have it finished before too long.

The “Backwoods Bomb” and the 1970s Camper

You cannot help but love this thing. First of all, I'd like to meet the person who doesn't feel like driving a dismountable RV across a country on an adventure. Then I'd like to slap some sense into them, because driving any kind of RV on a cross-country adventure sounds like one of the best...

A dancer in a phone boothe – Realtoy Honda S2000

This post is probably going to annoy some of the purists out there. Check out any other diecast blog or forum (yes, there are many, as you probably know) and you'll be inundated with Matchbox, overwhelmed by Hot Wheels, and you might even be momentarily immersed in Majorettes. Corgis will clutter your screen, and Dinkys...

Thunderbird is go!

I just love the name "Thunderbird". Don't you? It's everything American. Cars that look like rocket ships and jet planes. Refrigerators with their own eco-systems. Roads that look more like shipping lanes. TV sets that look like they've just fallen off the Hubble telescope. The USA in the 1950s and 60s was out there -...

“Styling And The Experimental Car”

Check out this cool video posted by US Auto Industry on style, covering concepts and design up to the creation of the Mustang. How about that Aurora? There is some audio faults but c'mon, it's from the 1960s! https://youtu.be/7kOvBp7C8kA

pluie-riel, and I’ve finished second year!

I had my last exam today. Law. At 9am. I woke up at 5 in the morning thinking it was mid afternoon, so bright was it outside, and ended up dragging my carcass to the university through a predictably soggy morning. It's over now, which ought to mean I'm now finished with my second year...

“An American from Paris” – Chrysler 180

Is it a Humber? Is it a Simca? Is it a Hillman? Is it a Talbot? Is it a Sunbeam? Oh, wait, it's a regular old Chrysler. You'd be forgiven for not knowing that. If any car enshrined the utter confusion the British and European motor industry was capable of, it was the Chrysler/Simca/Hillman 180....

Citroën CX

After creating that new Volvo, I've just gone station-wagon crazy! Remember that Citroën CX we did the wheel swap on? Well, I'm going to explain a little about the real thing, and give my opinion on the car. The first thing some of the nerds are going to do is berate me for having hooked...

Majorette Volvo 245 DL – Step-by-step restoration

NOTE: An updated of this article can be found here. Let me first tell you the story behind why I created this vehicle. In the mid to late 1980s my mom bought herself a range-topping Volvo 245 GLE. It was powder blue in colour, with black leather interior, chrome trim, automatic gearbox, 4 cylinder 2.8...

Ford Capri – a contentious classic

I was supposed to be making my next page or post by now, but here I am, rewriting a previous one, because WordPress screwed up and deleted it. Chrome then proceeded in doing everything it could to prevent me recovering and editing the post, so that it took me two computer restarts and damn near...