Marv’s Garage: Mr Flathead works out how to make gravy
One man outfoxed the NHRA to make speed like nobody else.
Marv’s Garage: Daijiro Inada’s 150mph pretzel
The co-founder of Option Magazine had A Big One at massive speed on the Silver State Classic, and lived to tell the tale.
Marv’s Garage: Larry’s Iron Lion takes the Chevs to pound town
LP didn’t listen to the other Holden teams who all switched to Chev V8 power in ‘93. And he smoked them at the one race that mattered.
Marv’s Garage: One French guy beats Jackie Ickx and Porsche at Le Mans.
At Le Mans in 1980 a privateer took on the might of Le Mans most successful driver and manufacturer, and won.
Marv’s Garage: Cheese saved the first F1 Grand Prix championship cars
When World War 2 broke out the most advanced racing cars were hidden with cheese.
Marv’s Garage: the Superfalcon is one of the hottest Fords
One of the greatest Ford touring cars of all time. Period.
Marv’s Garage: The 400km/h Audi TT.
One German tuner added an engine to their Audi TT to make a 400km/h missile.
Marv’s Garage: BMW stuff a Le Mans V12 in an SUV
It doesn’t get much crazier for car company shenanigans than stuffing a Le Mans-winning V12 into a large SUV, just ‘cause.
Marv’s Garage: When the supercars got RUF’ed up.
When a noted tuner brought a Howitzer to a fight with Europe’s hottest supercars… and blew them all into the weeds.
Marv’s Garage: Busted at 197mph on a public motorway
One of Japan’s top tuners went rogue on a quick trip to the UK, and it built his legend.
Marv’s Garage: Salt horses
If Ferraris don’t belong salt racing, then why are they so good at it?
Marv’s Garage: The Veskanda was too fast for Australia
This ground-effects V8 monster from the ‘80s proved it was capable of running with the top dogs in WEC.
Marv’s Garage: Australia’s forgotten speed hero
Did you know Australia had land speed legend?
Marv’s Garage: The Bapmobile
Bap Romano ushered in a new era of sports car performance with his brutal Kaditcha.
Marv’s Garage: La Pantera Bianca; the white panther.
La Pantera Bianca, the white panther, rewrote how intense Aussie race car builds would be.
Marv’s Garage: Briggs Cunningham was an American badass.
Everyone knows Carroll Shelby, but years before the Cobra King battled Ferrari at Le Mans another American came close to conquering La Sarthe.
Marv’s Garage: Gatebil is car enthusiast for “party”
If you like off-tap Euro cars being beaten on like they owe the drivers money, then Gatebil is your kinda party.
Marv’s Garage: Giocattolo, wombats can fly.
When is an Alfa not an Alfa? When it’s a mid-engined V8 calleda Giocattolo.