It will come as no suprise to you that we do love a good retro super car here on RSM, one of our favourites being the De Tomaso Pantera, Italian style matched with American muscle is a great formular for and interesting car.  De Tomaso produced many other sexy wedges during the last four decades, however they also had a hand in some slightly more consumer level cars, most notably the De Tomaso Innocenti.
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© David Biene

Hot rod culture, the bedrock on which our scene was built. We owe a great debt to those that came before and tuned their cars for thrills and spills on the street, drag strips or salt flats.  What is amazing about hot rod culture is that whilst we've moved far beyond the original it has still remained a strong scene in and of itself, nearly seventy years on.
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With the age of the internet the concept of show seasons has kind of faded a little, whilst we may not be able to head out through the wind and rain to any big shows in our own country we can live vicariously through others via the internet.  We've covered the New Years Meet in Japan before, but this year it seems there is much more online for it and quicker than in previous years.
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Every year I look forward to seeing what the Grand National Roadster show throws out in terms of prizes and show cars, this year’s selection of cars on the show floor seemed to be exceptional, there has been a whole bunch of coverage elsewhere that we aren't in a position to match, check the bottom of this post for a whole load of links.  We're here to talk about the winners though, but not the winning car.
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Racing cars, twisty roads and Mediterranean sunshine, what a brilliant recipe, one that can be found on the Rally of Mallorca which we covered last year, and we will be covering again this year.  It isn't the only island based rally to happen in the med, given that a number of families are planning their holidays at this time of year we thought it might be worth suggesting you head to Corsica in October, there isn't really a need to tell your nearest and dearest that there is a historic rally on...
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Well 2010 has started and it is about time we put on our wizards hats and attempted to predict the future.  Consider this half wish list, half observation, with a pinch of idea and a dash of asking around.  Without further ado, Retro Scene Mag's trend predicitions for 2010 are as follows
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We've been pretty quiet recently, a combination of winter and great upheavel at RSM towers, we have found time to sort out a nice Facebook Group which you can join and keep up to date with our posts.  With the Grand National Roadster show coming up this month and our annual (occasionally controversial) trends posts on their way there is plenty more to come in January.  In the mean time have a look through this great set of videos about Graham Hill, as shown earlier this year on BBC Four.
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We've been pretty quiet recently, a combination of winter and great upheavel at RSM towers, we have found time to sort out a nice Facebook Group which you can join and keep up to date with our posts.  With the Grand National Roadster show coming up this month and our annual (occasionally controversial) trends posts on their way there is plenty more to come in January.  In the mean time have a look through this great set of videos about Graham Hill, as shown earlier this year on BBC Four.
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Whilst we are asleep under a blanket of snow and cloud, Australia and New Zealand are enjoying their summer time.  Of course summer means a lot of different things to a lot of different people, to us here at RSM it means Car Shows!  Using the power of the internets we can enjoy the thrills and spills of shows thousands of miles away with just the click of a mouse.  The question is, what do you look for?  Well we found a real live Australian and asked him, this is what he said.
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Well that was a pleasant hiatus, hope you all didn't miss us too much and are looking forward to the new year as much as we are.

We started the new year with our regular trip to the BuySellCortina meet, which you can find pictures of in our Flickr gallery.  It is always pleasing to see how many people will brave the cold and occasionally treacherous conditions for New Years day and Boxing day meets.  A nice mid winter boost to keep you going before we hit show season proper.
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