While we’re on the subject of mods, how about this mod target for your car roof?
Designed for the Mini (probably as a cheap(er) and replaceable option to BMW’s own customisation), the decal comes in one piece, ready to fit to your Mini or indeed any other car. It’s designed for a white roof, but if you haver a different colour, a version with a white outline is available for an additional £10.
The standard decal retails for £65.99.
Find out more at the Mini Fun online store
Over at Cinedelica, there’s a review now online for the US modern-day mod movie Young Birds Fly, courtesy of UK reviewer Maxine Hayward.
Young Birds Fly is the debut feature of American director Leonardo Flores. Indeed the film has been financed, researched directed and edited by Flores himself. It’s the tale of Jill, a quiet American girl who grows as a person within the US mod scene – and eventually, her disappointment with it.
The film is showing at independent cinemas, but as yet, there’s no confirmation of a DVD release. We’ll let you know if we hear anything. In the meantime, check out the review of the movie via the link below.
Hard to find an interesting 7-inch record box, but we’ve unearthed this White Stripes 45 record box from the band’s website.
Designed by Todd Slater, there’s just 1500 of these available, each holding 30 records and featuring the band’s name and psychedelic mosaic design. And as an added bonus, there’s a rather smart 7-inch slipmat included, which you can’t buy anywhere else.
Limited to one per customer, they retail at $40 (around £20).
Find out more at the White Stripes website
Just won the lottery? Or maybe you just happen to be loaded? Either way, we have the prefect house for you – this Jørn Utzon-designed property in Harpenden, described as ‘one of the most significant and best-preserved architect-designed houses in the UK’ and with a Grade II listing with English Heritage.
Danish architect Jørn Utzon is famous for his design of the Sydney Opera House, with this house pre-dating that building by some years, dating back to 1962. with this con dating back to 1962. In fact, it is on the open market for the first time since that date.
Constructed largely from glass, brick and pre-cast concrete, there’s over 4,000 sq ft of internal space, including six bedrooms, two reception rooms and a huge amount open-plan living space, not to mention a large, secluded garden. In fact, rather than me describe it, check it out on the agent’s website, where there’s more details and a number of great photos of both the interior and exterior.
And if you like it, offers are invited around £2.5 million.
You can trawl the classic car magazines or you can take a chance on eBay – but there’s no greater guarantee of a classic Mercedes-Benz than buying it directly from the company.
You can browse the cars for sale at the Mercedes-Benz Classic Center online or you can visit the showroom at Stuttgart in Germany. And if you’re a fan of classics, it might be worth checking it out in person. We’re very much taken with this Mercedes-Benz 280 SL Roadster, dating back to 1971 (although the model actually dates from 1963), which has a 2.8-litre engine, brown leather interior, automatic gearbox and an original Becker Mexico radio (recently reissued and featured here).
The price? 65,000 Euros. But you can buy with confidence – these are the people who maintain all the cars in the Mercedes-Benz Museum.
The plain front and single dial might give this radio the look of a vintage model, but it is actually the very modern Roberts Wi-Fi Internet Radio and Media Player.
Modern because it can use your home wireless network to tune into an endless number of radio stations from throughout the world, including the ‘listen again’ archive shows from the BBC. As well as net radio, it can also access the MP3s on your PC, playing them back anywhere in the home and can connect to your MP3 player or iPod to be used as a speaker.
Available in a high gloss piano black, it retails for £199.99.
