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Blackbird Automotive: Magnus Walker talks 911 and life

20 October, 2016

Magnus Walker needs no introduction. He’s a car/Porsche enthusiast like no other, and if you’ve played the latest Need for Speed Underground game, you will know of him. Blackbird Automotive met up with Magnus and filmed him thrashing around a race-ready ’77 Porsche 911-T on the streets of downtown Los Angeles. Magnus discusses his love for Porsches, why he does what he does, and more. Check out this clip from the team at Blackbird Automotive, and let us know what you think. Keep an eye out for more from the team soon!

Lancia Stratos – building a winner

12 March, 2025

On his own, and later with his wife Suzie, Craig Tickle has built and raced many rally cars. Starting in 1988, Craig went half shares in a Mk1 Escort and took it rallying. Apart from a few years in the US studying how to be a nuclear engineer, he has always had a rally car in the garage. When he is not playing with cars, he works as an engineer for his design consulting company.
Naturally, anybody interested in rallying has heard of the Lancia Stratos, the poster child and winner of the World Rally circuit in 1974, ’75, and ’76. Just as the Lamborghini Countach rebranded the world of supercars, so, too, did the Lancia Stratos when it came to getting down and dirty in the rally world.

This could be good news for restoring cars and bikes – but we must be quick!

5 March, 2025

Our parliament is currently considering a member’s Bill, drawn by ballot, called the ‘Right to Repair’ Bill.
It’s due to go a Select Committee for consideration, and we can make submissions ie say what we think of it, before 3 April this year. It’s important because it will make spare parts and information for doing repairs far more readily available and this should slow the rate at which appliances, toys and so on get sent to landfill.