Well I don't know about you but here its pay day, and I'm feeling spendy. What shall I spend my hard earned cash money on? Books and things!
We've not covered much of our love of insane rally cars so far in the life of this blog/mag, but rest assured we do love rally cars, particularly when they all went insane in the group B period. I wanted to be able to recommend a book called
Group B: The Rise and Fall of Rallying's Wildest Cars, but its crazy expensive and there is only one available on Amazon at the moment.
So I've got the next best thing for you, the Author of the Group B book has also written a tome called :
The Complete Book of The World Rally Championship: 1973-2003: All the Cars, All the Drivers 1974-2004 (snappy title). It pretty much does what it says on the tin and covers a huge range of rally cars from the 70's through the Group B period and into the modern day, you can see the complete evolution of the cars competing.
If ever there was a controversial figure within the car modification scene then Von Dutch was that man. Whilst a lot of people may not agree with his views, and others love him, it is worth reading about him and his life style to get informed. If you are a devotee then this is a glimpse into his life which is sure to fascinate. The book is aptly titled
Sundays with Von Dutch and details, including photos, four Sundays spent in Von Dutch's company.
A brief and slightly premature recommendation here
Kustomland : The Custom Car Photography of James Potter, 1955-1959 is sure to be a great book capturing custom cars at a time when they were forging their own culture.
If words and static pictures are too much for you then clap your eyes on the seminal car movie that is
Two Lane Blacktop in glorious DVD'o'vision.
Tune in next time for more great ways to spend your money.