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 …

HONDA COFFEE RACER – SOICHIRO IRIMAJIRI

Have you heard of Soichiro Irimajiri ? ? Infact, yes, you do. This superb engineer is the creator (amongst others) of Mike Hailwood’s Honda RC 166, and it’s big sister, the 1000 CBX, released in the spring of 78, only 35 years ago ! Two sacred monsters which both dominated the market of the era in terms of sophistication and …

PORSCHE 911 CARRERA 3.2

50 years already : 1963 – 2013  Yannick explained that since his childhood, for him the 911 was THE CAR, along with the fact that he’s always been a huge fan of German cars, starting with the Mk1 Volkswagen Golf and the T1 Bus. His father had a 928 S4 on loan when he was 12/13, an absolute monster!! This …

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 …