Innehållsförteckning för Volume 8 från RETROMOTIVE

When he is not out shooting or putting the magazine together, Nathan likes to pretend that he’ll actually finish the series 3 Land Rover that sits in his garage gathering dust. Follow Nathan on Instagram @retromotive @retromotive_editor About a year ago at the baggage carousel, I bumped into an editor I used to work for. We had spent some time on the road together, he a writer – me a photographer. I was in town to shoot a BMW drivers event for EVO magazine – he was there to film part of a new TV show his company was developing. We chatted briefly and he asked how Retromotive was going. ‘Just about ready to print the third edition!’ He responded, ‘Well, they say that everyone has enough ideas for three…

Bruce McMahon’s first car was a 1949 Riley Roadster before Volkswagens, a Porsche 911, Range Rovers, Fiats, Alfas, utes and more. He was a regular spectator at Formula 5000 races at Lakeside and Surfers Paradise and regarded Formula Pacific as some of the best of open-wheeler racing. Some called him erratic, some thought the kid cocky and one rival quipped this young bloke was ‘too quick for a long life’. But few doubted Bruce Allison’s skill in a race car. A winner from Australian Formula Ford to Formula 5000 to the British Formula One series, Bruce was awarded the Grovewood in 1977, edging out the likes of Nigel Mansell for the most promising of British and Commonwealth talents. Bruce loved top-flight motor racing as a front-runner but returned to Australia…

Bruce is an unassuming man, roaming through the corridor of the Canepa showroom or upstairs museum. His short and stocky stature is accompanied by soft expressions and a welcoming demeanor. What you don’t often see as a spectator is the fiercely passionate expectations when it comes to work performed in the restoration side of the 65,000 square foot facility. I’ve been fortunate enough to work fairly closely with this world-class shop for the last decade, providing Ferrari parts, historical documentation and appraisals for his clients. But what I didn’t expect to get close to are the newest editions to the Canepa legacy, the 959SC’s. Tucked away in the small Northern California town of Scotts Valley, you’ll find a massive and modern looking building, which to the common eye might look…

I pull restoration business. No abandoned parts and up outside the address given to me by Brian Tanti; I’m not entirely sure I’m in the right spot. The building looks somewhat unoccupied and lacks the hallmarks of a half-finished projects scattered in the side alley. No dented 44-gallon drums stacked at the side of the building… I call Brian to let him know I’m here and he emerges from the doorway. I step into air-conditioned comfort and hear a warning from a large four-legged animal echo from above. His handshake is firm but warm and somewhat awkwardly we’re dressed the same, black shirt, blue jeans. I’m introduced to the resident guard dog who needs to have a sniff to make sure I’m okay. I pass muster but he still keeps…

This 40th anniversary edition Lotus Esprit Turbo may still be languishing in the bowels of a Melbourne back street if a couple of blokes riding high after Targa Tasmania hadn’t come together over a couple of frostys and a shared love of ’80s supercars. Colin Fabri and Jason Overland, both having some beautiful machinery already occupying their precious garage space, hatched a plan for a joint restoration project, but with the intention of selling and making some money…a business proposition as such. Cheers! What do they say again of mice and men? ‘The idea was to look for an ’80s supercar or sports car that didn’t require a full restoration. We wanted something that hadn’t already gone up in value, but was due to soon,’ Colin explains. They discovered the…

Shaun Maluga is an Australian born, New York City based photographer with a penchant for automotive photography. When not shooting cars, he is happy photographing everything from the streets of NYC to portraits, weddings, events and travel. Follow his workon instagram @shaunmaluga @fujifilmxpro2 David has been bitten by the VW bug, but not the VW bug you’re probably thinking. Instead it’s the Italian styling of the German¬-built Karmann Ghia that has David obsessed. ‘They’re sporty, look classy and quick. I always have had fun in them and they’re good on gas.’ He currently owns a 1965 convertible and a ’57 Low Light with a double-fold rag top. For David, it began in high school when his best friend, Aaron, gave him his 1969 Karmann Ghia before entering the Navy. David…

It’s a densely overcast day in Melbourne – the wind is up, and the temperature is down. I pull up outside Murray Allen’s man cave and venture inside to find him tinkering away on his Mercedes 220A Cabriolet. He does a quick roll call of the cars in attendance – the one I’m here to see is parked proudly out the front. We settle in and Murray eases himself into a wellworn chair. I’m under threat of serious repercussion from his wife if I don’t take one of the homemade choc-chip biscuits from the snaplock container on his desk. He takes a nibble and sips his coffee and we start out chatting about the pictures above his office desk – Juan Manuel Fangio on one side and Stirling Moss on…

The history of Audi is long and complicated, but to distil a portion of it: an accidental collaboration between Volkswagen and Daimler-Benz laid the foundations for Audi. The first part of that journey is the Audi Super 90. Daimler-Benz acquired Auto-Union, (Audi, Horsche, DKW and Wanderer) in 1958 due to mounting pressure from Friedrich Flick who was a majority shareholder in both companies. He wanted to see them merged and he was a man who generally got what he wanted. DKW covered the low end of the economic spectrum after the war, but Germany and Europe recovered faster than expected and no longer needed the cheap two-stroke alternative. Scared they would be stuck with a shrinking market of East Germans customers to sell to, Daimler-Benz started working on a new…

Born in Japan and raised in Australia, Isamu Sawa, or Issey to his friends, is a commercial photographer and a watch collector. He enjoys connecting with other like-minded enthusiasts (read “obsessives”) sharing their passion and watch stories… Follow his work on Instagram @analogwrist It reads like a cliché Hollywood movie script – a divorced (handsome) single man in his late 40s; driving a vintage Porsche; is flagged down by a (beautiful) blonde Austrian tourist. They fall in love and said girl gifts him a vintage wristwatch belonging to her late grandmother… A ‘barn find’ is a fantasy of many a vintage watch collector – stumbling upon ‘that’ forgotten but significant vintage timepiece in a flea market, deceased estate or garage sale. But I don’t think we ever imagine a story…