November 2008 Blog Posts (3)

AMX 4

Just looking for some outside views or your own opinions about a vehicle that I'm looking at building. I own a 1970 1 of 5 built AMX 3's, Attached are a few pictures. My father designed it while he was he charge of AMC design department. I grew up with antique, classics & sports cars all my life, The Automobile Culture is part of my DNA and I became a designer working for Ford Motor Company, Mitsubishi, and Volkswagen AG and America, As we all know all too well, the business is in a free… Continue

Added by Jeff Teague on November 20, 2008 at 10:30am — 2 Comments

Getting it back together

I have started to put my own Abarth Berlina Corsa replica back together. It was last overhauled/painted in 1992, so it was about time.

Initially the car was stripped on the interior, engine and luggage compartments. After welding up the holes from 10 years of competition it was dispatched to the body shop for a much needed coat of paint.

The first job at hand was to fit the tank… Continue

Added by Paul Vanderheijden on November 13, 2008 at 8:04pm — 1 Comment

New Zealand Motor Sport Painter

Laurence Brownlie is very well known in New Zealand motorsport. An extremely talented driver from way back, Laurence is now producing remarkable paintings from his home studio in New Zealand. The motor-racing paintings simply leap out at you, true-to-life and painted with such an intimate understanding, passion and knowledge of the sport that the effect is palpable to any true enthusiast.

The overwhelmingly positive response to these paintings has encouraged Laurence to make them… Continue

Added by Craig on November 13, 2008 at 8:22am — No Comments