TEMPO RAPID – AUSTIN ENGINE

  It’s with great pleasure that I present you this little tempo with it’s incredible looks, if you ever see it in the streets of Brussels, you’ll understand why I took time to check it out. It has an amazingly friendly look, with the front end looking like some kind of cartoon character.  The name Tempo Rapid is well chosen …

A MISLEADING APPEARANCE – 1962

Christophe, the lucky owner of this gem explained that he never was a big fan of the beetle, or even Volkswagen for that matter. To start off with he was just looking for a nice classic to restore, preferably a model that he would be able to easily find original and reproduction parts. One day, a colleague turned up to …

HARTGE H35-24 – A PRECIOUS RARITY

Since the world of classic cars is full of great encounter’s, thanks to word of mouth I heard of a M3 Hartge here in Belgium, near brussels. To start with, I didn’t really believe it, I was expecting a BMW E30 with various Hartge parts fitted like we’re used to seeing. A few phone calls later and a few e-mails, …

ALFA ROMEO GIULIA GT JUNIOR – SCALINO

It’s hard to not to fall under the charm of the Alfa Romeo Giulia Gt Junior, and this one has everything to seduce you to the point of wanting to get hold of one as soon as possible… We came across this one at a gathering in the outskirts of Brussels, and it didn’t fail to impress us. After taking …

A LITTLE THING IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ENGLISH WOOD – 1983 MINI

Loic is the proof owner of this beautiful Mini. He is here to tell us it’s story. He’s always been into Minis, it’s a car that marked a generation, an icon of the 60’s, a revolution back in the day, ( traverse engine, welds on the outside to maximise space inside etc… Timeless! What Loic loves with British cars, are …

DARKER THAN BLACK – BMW E28 535I

You probably already know this magnificent Californian BMW, I’m going to refresh your memory, it’s the BMW E28 featured and now well renowned on the internet thanks to a superb article by our friends from Stanceworks. Here I am, checking out Riley’s instagram, myself a proud E28 owner and a big fan of Riley’s car. Seeing that I’d been following …

THE BEGINNING OF A STORY – PORSCHE DIESEL

 In 1937, the professor Ferdinand Porsche got a contract from Adolf Hitler to build a people’s tractor (Volksschlepper), an identical contract to that of Volkswagen, (the people’s car). From that day the engineers at Porsche set about this new project in their offices. From their studies, in 1938 a prototype resembling a tractor is born, powered by an aircooled bicylinder …