Archive for the ‘Old skool’ Category

Old Skool – 1993 Mini World Action Day lunacy – Part I

From my archives this one. Footage of my old Downton modified Austin Cooper S tearing up the track at one of the first Mini World Action Days at Castle Combe circuit in Wiltshire, England. Be warned, there is some seriously dodgy filming and dodgy hair going on in it. Enjoy

Monkey magic… the alternative

One of the coolest UK Cult Kids TV shows of the 70s… and now with an alternative plot… brilliant

Old skool BMX’n – Mongoose

Not very PC for today’s world, but just right for the 80s… Brilliant Check out more great BMX 80s images at lifelounge.com

C+P // Doha // The classics…

Picture the scene, it’s around 10pm in the local football stadium car park and i’m sitting having tea with around 20 influential Qatari men, all of them with one common passion (apart from their families) their love of classic cars. Brilliant! And their cars… 60s Firebirds, a 58 Thunderbird, a 70s Stingway, completely mad vettes, [...]

Tron… the art

Following on from the previous post I thought I’d share some the great art and objects inspired by the films. Enjoy

Tron…

Always loved this film when I was growing up. Maybe it was the cutting edge computer technology of the time, the great ‘light bikes’ or could it of been Cindy Morgan who played Yori? Probably just another impressionable kid of the time i’d say? So it now seems there is to be a sequel… Tron: [...]

Old skool race’n – Alan Jones – Williams FW07

Alan Jones in the Williams FW07

Old skool race’n – Jaguar D-Type

Ok, you’ve probably guessed by now that this site is becoming heavily car led, not intentional i can assure you. So, with that being said, check out this classic from the late 50s motor racing scene. The Jaguar D-Type Leigh

Iconic cars and iconic stars

While browsing the interweb the other day I came across a few icons of yesteryear with their famous owners. Judging by the examples I’ve found, I’d say a stars mind at the time didn’t go much further than a Ferrari, wonder why? Leigh

Old skool race’n – Mini Cooper S

Having a little bit of nostalgia with this post, a little old skool mini racing. The majority of these archive images are from the mid 60′s when the Mini won the Monte Carlo rally. Being luckerly enough to own an original 65′ Austin Cooper S back in the late 80s/90s I can honestly see why [...]