Swedish extras - A Stroll Through A Saab Brochure

Today's offering come courtesy of Tony Lloyd from Moto-Scat (with a little help from Team Amazo). Thanks for your excellent scans Tone; your tenner's on the side board, we're off down the pub before Amazo-san drinks all the whip money away...
More scans from Tony's excellent Flickr collection here.

If you've got Kronor to burn and you're a Jan or Sven about town in the very late 70s, what did the Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget have to tempt you?

This. That's what.

He knows.

Colours, isn't it.

AEROPLANES. GET IT?

Extravagantly Scandinavian person reads English language paper whilst eating apple in
FRUITY NEWS READING BACK OF CAR ADVERT SCANDAL. Newsnight blame imminent.

Seeing as Sweden is seen as a cold country, heres some ICE. #over 35's olds fart unfunny car stereo reference#

For when the cold Scandinavian air chaps your lips so much you can't go "vroooom" and "brrrrm" any more

'I've told you already, you can come back on Fun House as soon as that pregnancy weight drops off again. Now sit tight while I finish this off and we'll go straight to the clinic'

"More than just air and rubber"

TRX  tyres - best for THE FUTURE

Don't buy our alloys - be a cheapskate and buy cheap trimz. Wait, what?

Louvre Love

Sports steering wheel and Geraniums - great for picking up da hot chikz

EXTRA! EXTRA!

Giant black spider crab threatens innocent ski-ists

Lockable Knob - for when da hot chikz come on too strong

That end one looks like a crocodile

Some right kit

#This Jimmy Saville joke has been removed#

Childseats and some kind of tiny gynecological stirrups for kids. Umm... #this Jimmy Saville joke has also been removed#

HOT

FUNKY

SUAVE

DANGEROUS

CORPORATE

The end.

Tree Hugger

Street Life - Capri. No Sun.

Now is the time of year where most old car owners put their babies away for the winter, to keep them out of the line of fire of salt sprayers, greasy roads, snow & ice and of course worst of all, dozy twonks in modern cars who suddenly fall off the road at the first sign of a snowflake.
Some brave souls are still gamely using their classics, either through necessity or pride. This Capri is one such case, and maybe one that should really be putting it's feet up 'till the tulips pop out.

It's a 1972 1600 XL auto, with a few tasty period extras; try that opinion divider that is a Webasto fabric sunroof and auxiliary lights for that extra '70's motor factor' touch.

'It Never rains In Southern California'. East London on the other hand...

You've no doubt spotted that this Capri is also sporting an unwanted period accessory - a whole lotta rust. While it's nothing a pair of fresh wings, a shedload of Zintec and a few miles of MIG wire couldn't cure, it always hurts to see what looks like a cherry old Ford with fresh air where Dagenham steel should be. That's assuming the paint isn't hiding other past sins...

Still, who wouldn't want a crack at curing this grand old dame's ills? Not me. Thats why I left my phone number under the wiper. Ohhh. Yeahhh. Like the famous advert once boasted, Amazo-san promised himself one Capri; this may as well be the one. Welding mask to standby.
- Amazo-san

Urban Rootes

1929 Ford Model A Truck - Marine Rod-ology

I love it when I come across a car that (to me) looks 'just right'. The sort of car that needs nothing, that I would jump in a drive 'as is'. It's a bonus then, when I find on said car, a detail that makes me do a double take - like a boat engine.
The all-steel Model A pick-up was a decades -long dream in the eye of Lance Sorchik, long-time illustrator for hot rod magazine, Rodders Digest. When it came time for that finely-detailed dream to became reality, A Mercruiser 3.0 litre 4-cylinder marine engine happened to find it's way between the chassis rails, hooked up to that old favourite, a Borg-Warner T5 'box.
The details on this truck delight: the suede paint, that delicious static drop, the two-tone suede paint, the simple interior, the 'police special' speedometer.
Aquaplane over to here for more details.

- Amazosan

Top Trumps car Of The Day - Ford Escort RS1600i

1998 Ferrari F355 Challenge - This Ain't No Game

If you're of a certain age, you clicked on this thread and expected a reference to the Sega game; you won't be disappointed. I was addicted to the arcade version of Ferrari F355 Challenge like Keith Moon was to blowing up bogs. Many a copper coin disappeared into the slot in the quest for a faster lap and when the game was released on the Sega Dreamcast console, many an hour vanished in similar fashion.

This was not one of those racing games you can breeze right through without a second thought, bouncing off walls and drifting on badly-worn titles; you'd have a rude awakening if you approached the game that way. The physics engine in Challenge is not only realistic, but also very challenging, as the name would imply. Designed by the legendary Yu Suzuki, F355 Challenge is truly a pleasure to play. A steering wheel was a prerequisite for this game as joypads struggled to keep up with the deftness of inputs needed. If you were really good, you switched off the driver aids and relied on your naked relexes, only to find out how much you were being flattered. Challenge defied the racing game norm and created a new benchmark by which all driving games were measured.

"None of those STUPID flappy paddle nonsense" - Jeremy Clarkson

Balls of iron were probably a prerequisite to drive the real thing, too. Created for Ferrari’s Challenge Series, founded in 1993, which offered race-prepped versions of production Ferraris to select customers in a factory-supported race series, which incidentally continues to this day with the F430 and 458 Italia. The 348 that initiated the series was later replaced by a similarly modified F355. Differing in suspension and brake upgrades, a large rear wing for additional downforce and more comprehensive safety equipment, the Challenge cars are otherwise standard F355 models. The series was (and is) closely fought, as each car is nearly identical, thus requiring drivers to rely on individual skill to be victorious. Contact wasn't encouraged, but any followers of the series knew it was inevitable.

This '98 F355 Challenge is one of just 109 F355 Challenge cars and, wears Ferrari’s traditional Rosso Corsa paint scheme with pride. Last campaigned in the 1998-1999 season, it competed in the Spanish GT Championship run by the Darro Racing Team by driver Gines Vivancos, who later won the 2003 Spanish GT Championship. The car remained in Darro's ownership but was retired form competitive racing but used for demonstrations and track days. Beats a knackered BMW, for sure.

It sold for £34k back in 2008; given the choice between the virtual and the real deal, I'd be suiting up and hitting the track. If I hit the walls however, there's no reset button...

And it's digital counterpart:

Turn all the driver aids off, I dare ya...

Dog Patrol