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Small Blog V8 @smallblogv8.bsky.social · Jul 3

It even has branded batteries!!

Small Blog V8 @smallblogv8.bsky.social · Apr 26

I wasn't quick enough to get a photo but I just saw a beige Cadillac BLS Wagon go past my window and I genuinely don't know the last time I saw a BLS of any kind.

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Small Blog V8 @smallblogv8.bsky.social · Apr 14

Just like a real IMSA-suppprt MX-5 Cup race!

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Small Blog V8 @smallblogv8.bsky.social · Apr 12

Spotted a classic Morgan Aero 3-wheeler at my local Tesco of all places!

A very old, unpainted Morgan Aero 3-wheeler parked next to a Tesco ATM, possibly against the rules as it says ‘BUS LAYBY’ underneath it. Doubt this would make a great bus.

The Morgan’s rear bodywork (shaped around a rear-mounted spare wheel that isn't there) says SMAUG in red military-stencil font for some reason. The owner wasn't around to ask.

This old Aero is powered by a J.A.P V-twin engine mounted in front of the bodywork, because it was designed in an era when safety hadn't been invented yet.

The horn looks like a dragon’s head. A good match for the ‘Smaug’ nickname.

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Small Blog V8 @smallblogv8.bsky.social · Apr 10

I spotted Brian the Extra Terrestrial earlier.

An Audi A8 L with the registration ‘BR14 NET’ re-spaced to read like it says ‘Brian E.T.’ instead. Coincidentally, Classic FM played the E.T. movie theme about 10 minutes before I saw this.

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Small Blog V8 @smallblogv8.bsky.social · Apr 10

10/10 concept and a lovely spec, but I always think it looks like the rear quarter windows were put in upside down.
The Radford DB5 looks tidier to me.

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Small Blog V8 @smallblogv8.bsky.social · Apr 4

Happy 4/4 today.

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Small Blog V8 @smallblogv8.bsky.social · Apr 2

I went to an Autism Awareness Day event put on by the local council. In one room was Brickies, a Lego-based social/wellness initiative for all ages, who had several (colour-coded👌) trays of random bricks on tables.
As soon as I saw a double-axle piece, I knew my mission. Quite happy with the result!

A spontaneously built LEGO replica of a Tyrrell P34 using bricks from various buckets in a room at the event.

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Small Blog V8 @smallblogv8.bsky.social · Mar 24

Apparently it's not just Tokyo that features cars parked in the tightest spaces they'll fit.

A silver Saab 9000 parked in a space between a fence and a big caravan, that's only just long enough for it.

Small Blog V8 @smallblogv8.bsky.social · Mar 10

Less egregious, but I remember seeing someone call a Porsche 997 a “modern classic” and only after beginning to get huffy about it did I realise it was over 15 years old (about 20 now!!)...

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Small Blog V8 @smallblogv8.bsky.social · Feb 28

Not if they're going to Acty like that, they aren't.

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Small Blog V8 @smallblogv8.bsky.social · Feb 27

Very much enjoying that Gran Turismo has decided to be quirky again and add, of all things, a Unimog 411 with *many* customisation options.
Hilariously, adding the hay bales gives it 100 points of rear downforce!

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Small Blog V8 @smallblogv8.bsky.social · Feb 27

Oh, I hadn't seen that news! That was WEC’s home on TV too (for better or worse) and shows a few other racing series. What a shame.

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Small Blog V8 @smallblogv8.bsky.social · Feb 22

LOL I didn't even notice that!

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Small Blog V8 @smallblogv8.bsky.social · Feb 22

Also at Race Retro was this gorgeous little Mazda R100 Coupé 💚
A very left-field choice for promoting a trailer/transporter business!

A dark green Mazda R100 Coupé looks down on the humans from atop a trailer, its forward-hinged bonnet open.

The teeny tiny rotary engine in the Mazda R100.

The classic steering wheel and some other bits of the interior, photographed through the side window.

The rear corner of the Mazda R100, featuring the badge of charming font and a look across the rear fascia.

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Small Blog V8 @smallblogv8.bsky.social · Feb 22

I've never been to Race Retro before but it was a pretty good little show. Here are four randoms.

Nicky Grist (right) in the process of promoting his rally gear business. A Toyota Celica GT-Four WRC (ST185) looks on.

Ric Wood standing near a Ric Wood prepared Capri on the Ric Wood stand, as he explains Ric Wood Motorsport to someone (or talks about his appearances on Car SOS, for all I know).

A Lancia Beta Coupé in full Alitalia livery, parked outside Race Retro.

A Triumph TR7 V8 bursting out of a slow corner, in full song. Glorious.

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Small Blog V8 @smallblogv8.bsky.social · Feb 21

This caught my attention during idle browsing today, because, well, how could it not? 💛💙
www.classicdriver.com/en/car/porsc...

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Small Blog V8 @smallblogv8.bsky.social · Feb 18

I saw this Yaris today and it struck me how noticeable it is that the number plate is mounted too low. How much it singularly makes the whole rear end look ‘wrong’.

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Small Blog V8 @smallblogv8.bsky.social · Feb 16

I haven't been on here in a while, so here's a stranger’s dog.

A foot-tall white curly-haired dog looks through between green-ish fenceposts, sat under its owner’s perimeter hedge, hoping I could work out what it wants. Regrettably, despite a moment’s pause for thought, I did not.
A little girl and her grandmother walked past me in the opposite direction shortly afterwards, so hopefully they said hello to it.

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Small Blog V8 @smallblogv8.bsky.social · Feb 5

If the X app vomited its cocaine back up in the alleyway next to a Miami nightclub at 4am, this is what it would look like. As many quote-posts pointed out, the minimum-wage salary is a hilarious punchline.