Engine Punk

What sort of art can you race? This sort The Salamanda Special is for sale here . Of course, I would like to own it but the price is POA and I'm fresh out of POAs. What this car is, though, (and sorry if I go on about this) is the best example of steam punk as applied to the internal combustion engine that I can think of. It doesn't look Victorian but is sort of Victorian-plus-in-a-good-way. I read somewhere that steam pink was the celebration of the joy of making and this little car has that in shed loads. You can use it or just gaze at it. Designed and built by Oliver Way and his team, it's one of those rare cars where I don't think I'd want to change anything about its looks. It's art but not in the way culture vultures might know it - to their loss of course. It's the detailing that sets the Salamanda special apart. Look at this distressed strip of leather or canvas (or something) that protects the plywood laminate bodywork from drips of fuel T...