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Depeche Mode’s Love for ’50s Automobiles

Weird car twitter is an interesting place. It is a bunch of women and men spending their days fawning over 30–40-year-old cars. The more obscure the car, the better; a virtual love-in for vehicles from their youth. But weird car love did not start with twitter; it has always existed. There was this band youContinue reading “Depeche Mode’s Love for ’50s Automobiles”

Find of the Day – 1979 Avanti II Electric Car Conversion

Is it an Avanti II? Or is it a Nissan Leaf? The answer is yes. What we have here is a 1979 Avanti II that has been converted to a full electric vehicle thanks to a Nissan Leaf donor car. Honestly, it is more of a Nissan Leaf wearing an Avanti II body, but that’sContinue reading “Find of the Day – 1979 Avanti II Electric Car Conversion”