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(Thanks Colum Cronin)
Author Archives: Chompsky
Rentokill
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A gripping short by Drew Christie based on the slightly icky, apparently true (if disputed) story of how Danish explorer Peter Freuchen escaped from an almost certain icy grave in polar Greenland by fashioning a knife from his own frozen poo
Hot Wheels
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Behold: Carroll Shelby’s 1966 427 Super Snake CSX 3015 – the ultimate AC Cobra – built for, owned and raced by the man himself.
Described as ‘the Cobra to end all Cobras’ this 800bhp, 7.0l twin-supercharged V8 was capable of 306km/h – quite something in the mid 1960s.
The car goes to auction in March and the final sale price of such an automotive unicorn is anyone’s guess.
Breathless promotional video here.
Book Tower
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Behold: the spectacular 50,000 book library of the Kadokawa Culture Museum in Tokyo, designed by architect Kengo Kuma.
Opened this year, the functioning collection forms the towering backdrop to a theatre and performance space illuminated by projection-mapping technology that imbues the monolithic shelves with a candy-coloured glow.
Hot Wheels
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Behold: the Aston Martin DB5 Vantage Convertible – the topless variant of the 1964 Silver Birch coupe made famous in various Bond films.
This vehicle – resplendent in Peony Red with a tan Connolly leather interior and camel Wilton wool carpets – is one of only seven made with a Vantage powered 325bhp inline six engine. Over its lifetime, a fully documented €165,000 has been spent on restoration, hence the pristine condition.
Yours for at least €1,070,000.
A 2019 Royal College Of Art graduation short by Dimitris Armenakis in which a group of creatures are abducted from their natural habitat.
Frisbee Lips
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Hot Wheels
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Behold: ‘The One’ by Alabama based electric hog manufacturer Curtiss Motors, formerly Confederate Motorcycles, perhaps wisely rebranded.
You may recall the outré Curtiss Zeus.
Available as a One production model and a limited edition ‘Founders’ variant celebrating the maker’s 115th anniversary, ‘The One’ has a slim, aircraft inspired, machined aluminium monocoque chassis, which – combined with 87bhp and 163Nm of torque – would tend to make it somewhat nippy.
Yours for €64,000 (+shipping), or €95,000 for the Founder’s Edition.