MotorPunk July 2013

MotorPunk Magazine Issue 1 - July 2013

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Contents

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Roadtripping | Monte Carlo

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MotorPunk Plays Hopkirk and Liddon, Retracing classic rally routes on the Col de Turini involving a borrowed MINI, debacles with Gendarmes and strange uses for gin.

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Tally Ho Hero | Hiro Watanabe

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From Fukushima to Fuchsröhre, we meet Hiro Watanabe preparing his Honda S2000 for VLN action at the Nürburgring

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12 News from the colonies | Spyker Factory Visit

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MotorPunk visits Dutch supercar manufacturer Spyker, a marque with surprisingly British influences, and rambles about the Duke of York over a coffee.

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Car Club 18-30 | MGF & Delorean DMC12

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Like Club 18-30 but for cars, not Benidorm-destined oiks riddled with STDs. If the car was made between 18-30 years ago, and we like it, it joins the club. We say hello to the MGF which joins the club having turned 18 recently, and goodbye to the Delorean DMC12, which turned 30.

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An open letter to | The FIA

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Boris de Catgune writes to the FIA regarding the merits of corduroy.

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Motorsport for the poor | Caterham Racing Academy

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Michael Downing’s exciting exploits in the Caterham Academy race series and swearing at things you have built with your own bleeding hands.

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Kitbag | Monkeybikes

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This month we look at Monkeybikes, from WW2 airfield runabouts to a funky ‘bike-in-a-box’. Start saving.

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Banger Rally Roundup | Mongol Rally

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10,000ish miles from Dover to Ulan Bator with crap maps, no support and little horsepower.

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Not a Car Feature

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Preparing for the Goodwood Revival and learning to smoke a pipe.

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