Civic Duty
Cookin’ Rice The Honda Civic, sold new to grannies to go to the shops in once a week, then bought second hand by boy racers due to its high power / low insurance combination, is probably the street car...
View ArticleTokyo Drift
Insert Keiichi Tsuchiya for twice the awesome This yellow rocket was discovered by one of our Elves on Flickr. Rhys’ Pieces‘ Model Team Mazda RX-7 has been modded for much driftiness, with a wider...
View ArticleTally Ho!
Drifting before it was cool This dashing chap wrestling his inter-war behemoth round a bend is the work of ER0L on Flickr. Entitled ‘On The Racetrack’, it hails from a time of leather hats, skinny...
View ArticleThe Fast and The Furious
The Elves, being simple creatures, like simple films, preferably with lots of cars and lots of explosions. And they don’t come much simpler than 2001’s ‘The Fast and The Furious’. Ok, well maybe the ‘2...
View ArticleThe Fast and The Funeral
Today we’ve learned of the tragic death of one of the stars of The Fast and The Furious movie franchise, 40 year old Paul Walker. Paul died whilst on his way to a charity event, travelling as a...
View ArticleTotal Eclipse
The Elves love the Fast and Furious movie franchise. There’s very little plot but lots of explosions, and that’s pretty much all they need from television. Flickr’s Mad Physicist, a regular here, has...
View ArticleToretto
Dominic Toretto had the coolest ride of all the Fast and Furious characters. As long as there were no corners a 1970 Dodge Charger R/T, fitted with huge supercharger, will outrun almost anything....
View ArticleCivic Duty
Cookin’ Rice The Honda Civic, sold new to grannies to go to the shops in once a week, then bought second hand by boy racers due to its high power / low insurance combination, is probably the street car...
View ArticleTokyo Drift
Insert Keiichi Tsuchiya for twice the awesome This yellow rocket was discovered by one of our Elves on Flickr. Rhys’ Pieces‘ Model Team Mazda RX-7 has been modded for much driftiness, with a wider...
View ArticleTally Ho!
Drifting before it was cool This dashing chap wrestling his inter-war behemoth round a bend is the work of ER0L on Flickr. Entitled ‘On The Racetrack’, it hails from a time of leather hats, skinny...
View Article“You Can Push it Across the Finish Line… Or You Could Tow it”
This car as a lot to answer for. Arriving as a wreck in the first ‘The Fast and the Furious’ movie, prompting Jesse’s quote above, Brian’s MkIV Supra Targa became one of the most famous cars on the...
View ArticleTokyo Drift
None of the ‘Fast and the Furious’ movies are works of cinematic genius, and the third instalment ‘Tokyo Drift’ ranks below even the franchise average. However we do remember it was eminently...
View ArticleI Owe You a 10 Second Car
‘The Fast & The Furious’ has a lot to answer for. Terrible dialogue, questionable physics, and finding a way (any way*) to keep characters going throughout the series (however absurd) are standard...
View ArticleDodge, Duck, Dip, Dive and Dodge
The Five ‘D’s of Dodgeball make for an appropriate title today, as this wonderful ’20s Dodge Coupe is built only from the parts found within the official LEGO Technic 42111 Dom’s Dodge Charger set....
View Article‘That’ Toyota Supra
If there’s one car responsible for the over-hyping of an entire model line-up, this is it. Brian O’Connor’s ’10 second’ Toyota Supra from 2001’s ‘The Fast and the Furious’ took a fairly fat, mostly...
View ArticleI Said a Ten Second Car
Here it is. The car responsible for more hype, mis-understood physics, and ignorant YouTube comments than any other over the past two decades. Yup, this is Brian O’Conner’s modified Toyota Supra Mark...
View ArticleLittle Haulers
After a few car-less days we have a trio of vehicular creations to showcase today. None are cars mind… Still, they are excellent, hence their appearance here, and each proves you don’t need a million...
View ArticleOn Green… I’m Going for It
The immortal words of Dominic Toretto, back in 2001 when he was a common street-racing thief and not an international spy or whatever the hell he’s supposed to be now he’s ten movies in. Of course...
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