Bob Haro ,.. BMX vs. Car

We do enjoy the link between lifestyle and cars here, from that group of friends you always meet at shows, to the "lifestyle" additions you may make to your cars for practical of style reasons. As well as our previously documented unhealthy obsession with trainers, we've also got a thing for BMX', we're not the only ones, but things can go back the other way.  Bob Haro is a bit of a genius, BMX rider, entrepreneur and for us today artist.  Check out his Beetle on Centra wheels with...

17/11/2008

Brizio Street Rods

Found this via http://oldstyle-VW.blogspot.com/ For those not into street rods and such like the name will probably be unfamiliar, however if you know the scene you'll know the name.  Roy Brizio is one of the most respected rod builders in the US of A.  The shop is the stuff of legends and the cars it produces are the stuff that prize winning dreams are made from. So having been put on to it by Oldstyle VW, it was time to do some digging.  Here for your reading pleasure is the result...

27/10/2008

Burnt rubber and racing fuel

They say that smell is one of the strongest aids to recollection, that you can be transported back to a time or event by the whiff of whatever you associated with it. For me that smell is racing fuel mixed with burning rubber.  Pretty much every weekend of my formative years was spent at Brands Hatch watching some form of motorsport or another, from Group C and touring cars, to Mighty Minis and Honda CRX'. Each year I move further away from this time in my life, houses, jobs,...

30/07/2008

Belgium: More than just Chocolate?

In recent years three nations have been credited for creating the most inspirational and most talked about looks and styles in the car modification world. The German’s brought us not only the Euro look but also some of the first ‘Rat’ cars. The American’s took Rat to the next level thanks to the Hoodride crew, who at the time were a small community with a love for all things low and air-cooled. The Hoodride look soon became a worldwide phenomenon with cars from all over...

07/07/2008