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Nomadic Lifestyle

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It’s funny how words change over time. What once meant herding livestock across the Mongolian steppe, living in a tent and drinking yaks milk, now means sitting on a beach in Bali selling crap digital marketing / lifestyle coaching / crypto courses to the terminally gullible.

There must be a middle-ground…

Fortunately there is, and today we’re showing you how to have a nomadic lifestyle whilst neither freezing in a tent in Mongolia nor becoming an insufferable digital douchebag. This is the Chevrolet Nomad.

Based on the Chevrolet Bel-Air and featuring a gorgeous two-door two-tone station-wagon body, the V8-powered Nomad was the height of ’50s ‘Motorama’ design. Growing to become an equally dramatic four-door station-wagon from ’58, it’s the ’57 model-year we have here, courtesy of previous bloggee Tony Bovkoon and his fabulous Model Team recreation.

Opening doors, hood and tailgate all feature, as does a superbly replicated V8 engine and interior, with lots more to see at Tony’s ‘Chevrolet Nomad’ album. Building instructions are available too so you can go nomadic for yourself; click the link above to find out more, no yaks milk or dodgy digital marketing course required.

Don’t Tell Ferrari’s Lawyers

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A pen has just been dropped by a grey-suited lawyer in Maranello. He looks up. He can sense something is wrong. Somewhere, someone has used the F-word without his permission.

Ferrari do not like it when their logo is applied to something they haven’t built (or even if it’s removed from something they have), so they’re really not going to like this Ferrari Dino 246 GTS by Flickr’s Nathanael Kuipers. Because underneath, this Ferrari is a Corvette.

Yes this Dino 246 GTS is constructed entirely from the pieces found within the Icons 10321 Chevrolet Corvette set, and includes opening doors, engine cover and front and rear trunks, a removable roof, and a detailed interior, with all of it rebuildable at home as Nathanael has published building instructions too.

There’s much more to see at Nathanael’s photostream and you can take a closer look – and maybe recreate it for yourself – via the link above, before Nathanael is handed a Cease & Desist notice by a disgruntled Italian lawyer.

LEGO Icons 11381 Jaguar E-Type | Set Preview

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Jaguar don’t actually make anything at the moment. Which means that if they and LEGO wish to continue their partnership they’ll need to look backwards. And look back they have, to – in the words of Enzo Ferrari – the most beautiful car ever made. This is the brand new LEGO Icons 11381 Jaguar E-Type!

Constructed from 1,673 pieces, including a new windscreen, wheel arches and wheels, 11381 attempts to recreate the E-Type Roadster’s spectacular curves in brick form and… well, it’s perhaps not the most beautiful LEGO set ever, despite the source material.

Like the previous 10262 Aston Martin DB5 set, 11381 proves that 1960s curves are tricky to create from bricks, but it is nevertheless instantly recognisable, and includes working steering, a folding roof, a detailed straight-6 engine under the forward hinged hood, opening doors, and an opening trunk complete with a toolbox (it is a classic Jaguar after all).

Aimed at ages 18+, the new LEGO Icons 11381 Jaguar E-Type is expected to cost $140 / £130 / €140, and you’ll be able to get your hands on it later this year.

Super Nova

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Here in TLCB’s home nation we know the ‘Nova’ as an early-‘80s to early-‘90s supermini that was everywhere, and then nowhere, as rust and neglect killed – like all ‘80s economy cars – almost every last one.

In 1960s America however, an ‘economy car’ meant something rather different, and General Motors used the same nameplate for the Chevrolet Nova, the base engine for which was more than twice as big as the largest engine ever fitted to its later Vauxhall namesake.

But we’re not interested in the base Nova, not when there was a V8 engine of over five litres available in the Super Sport variant. Imagine that in a Vauxhall shopping car…

This beautiful ‘67 Chevrolet Nova SS is the work of Flickr’s PleaseYesPlease, and it’s about a billion times cooler than the Novas we got. Superbly built and presented, there’s more to see at Please’s photostream and you can take a look via the link.

Get Your Skates On

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From one beautiful classic car to another, only this one isn’t real. But gosh we wish it were.

Created by Flickr’s SHARPSPEED, this gorgeous classic coupe has notes of Corvette, Volvo P1800, E-Type, Aston Martin, and many others, with our particular favourite elements being the conical rear lights and ice-skate grille.

There’s more to see at SHARPSPEED’s photostream and you can take a look via the link.

D-Cup

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Exactly half-way between the death of King Edward VII and Salad Fingers came this, the glorious 1957 Jaguar D-Type.

Launched in 1955 the D-Type was specifically designed to win the Le Mans 24 Hours, with a 3.4 litre straight-six and a host of aeronautical inspired innovations – most notably the tail-fin to provide stability for the (then un-chicaned) Mulsanne Straight.

The result was an outright win in ‘55, ‘56, and most dominantly in ‘57, when 250,000 spectators watched the D-Type – now with an enlarged 3.8 litre engine – take first, second, third, fourth, and sixth places.

This lovely Speed Champions recreation of the ‘57 Le Mans winner comes from regular bloggee SFH_Bricks, with custom stickers from Brickstickershop and building instructions available too.

There’s more of the model to see at SFH’s photostream, and you can head down the Mulsanne Straight in 1957 via the link above.

Better the DeVille

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We’re used to big black Cadillacs, and they’re, um…. not really our bag. Except today, because this is a 1965 Cadillac Coupe DeVille, and it’s all the class a modern Escalade isn’t. Flickr’s gGh0st is its maker and you can take a closer look via the link.

Eurovision

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The Lego Car Blog’s home nation has just come last in the Eurovision Song Contest. Again.

Yes the nation of Adele, The Beatles, The Cure, Dire Straits, ELO, Florence & the Machine… and that’s just the first six letters of the alphabet… can’t beat any disposable European electropop.

So to cheer ourselves up we’re heading back seven decades to when the UK could actually beat Europe at something, and this glorious 1951 Talbot-Lago T26 and 1959 Aston Martin DBR1.

The gorgeous Talbot-Lago isn’t British of course but French, and it came second at Le Mans in 1951 to a Jaguar, which supports our patriotic narrative, whilst the DBR1 beat Ferrari to win at Le Mans in 1959.

Each superb Speed Champions creation comes from SFH_Bricks of Flickr, and you can jump back to when Britain could win at something in Europe via the link above.

Wood n’ Wax

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Exactly half way between the Second Boer War and the iPhone 11 came this, the Cadillac Eldorado  ‘Woodie’. Although perhaps it never really existed at all, as the imagery available today seems to be more of a Hot Wheels toy than a real car.

Whether a genuine vehicle or not, the ‘59 Eldorado station wagon looks unarguably fantastic though, with this tremendous brick-built version capturing the Hot Wheels toy beautifully, complete with its surfboards protruding from the rear. 1saac W. is its maker and you can take a closer look on Flickr via the link.

I Ain’t Afraid of No Ghost

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The Lego Car Blog Elves are very happy today, seeing as they’re in their cage room watching Ghostbusters on an old TV.

They (and we – because it’s very peaceful) have Flickr’s Alex Jones to thank, and his brilliant ‘Ecto-1’ Cadillac Miller Meteor from the movie.

Four appropriately-‘80s LEGO 9V light bricks and a scary quantity of chrome pieces bring the classic Caddy to life, and you can call Ghostbusters via the link!

Old Money

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We’re feeling so fancy today. This is a Bentley Mulsanne / Turbo R, and as we type this from TLCB Executive Washroom & Sauna, luxuriating in our blogging riches, we can think of few places we’d rather be. And that applies to both the Bentley and the Executive Washroom & Sauna.

Constructed by MP LEGO Technic Creations, this exquisite creation recreates the late-‘80s Bentley in quite fantastic detail. There’s working suspension, steering, opening doors and trunk, and a complete drivetrain, but the true magic is the interior – yes that really is a winged Bentley logo mosaic in the headlining.

‘Wood’ trim, cream everything, and even an LED light in the opening glovebox perfectly encapsulate late-‘80s British luxury. And that’s the best kind there is.

There are more images to peruse at your leisure via MP’s photostream, and we’ll join you there shortly once our butler returns with the towels.

Big Yellow Taxi*

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This TLCB writer always found it strange that American taxis used to be ginormous V8 sedans. Threading through congested city streets, the only thing lower than miles-per-hour was the miles-per-gallon.

Today’s far more efficient hybrids and EVs make much more sense, but they do somehow seem less… American than the V8 barges that preceded them.

Cue Sseven Bricks’ fabulous ‘75 Plymouth Fury taxi, which captures the spirit of the lost cabs beautifully. There’s more to see on Flickr, and you can hail a ridiculously inefficient ride via the link.

*Today’s absolutely lovely title song.

Green Gran

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We’re still in classic car territory here at The Lego Car Blog, which is fine by us; anything from years past is preferable to whatever Chinese electric crossover has been revealed in the last ten minutes.

This is definitely not a Chinese electric crossover. It’s a 1972 Ford Gran Torino Sport, a car that was available with five different V8 engines and a maximum of four gears. Because gas was cheap and nothing was going to happen to jeopardise that.

Anyway, this marvellous Model Team recreation of the ‘72 Ford Gran Torino Sport comes from previous bloggee Jakub Marcisz, and features working steering, opening everything, and a superbly detailed interior and V8 engine.

Building instructions are available and there’s more of the model to see at Jakub’s ‘Gran Torino 1972’ album on Flickr.

Hill & Biens

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We’re sticking with classic cars today, and this lovely Speed Champions 1958 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa, that won Le Mans in the hands of Phil Hill and Oliver Gendebien.

Created by SFH_Bricks, this beautifully presented model captures the iconic Ferrari racer superbly, and you can join Hill and Gendebien in France in ‘58 via the link.

In the Cloud

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That utter cringefest of toxic positivity, humble bragging, and ridiculous self-promotion, LinkedIn, is overflowing with meaningless posts about AI and ‘The Cloud’.

Nothing we write can adequately convey just how much we don’t care about your humble receipt of the Cloud Networking Award at the 2026 Delaware CAICP2 Conference, nor how the leaders of tomorrow are forging the future via cloud-based software to realise efficiencies and business automation.

If we’re going to be ‘In the Cloud’ we’d like it to be one of these, the stupendous Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II.

Powered by a 6.2 litre V8, weighing over two tons, and fitted with power steering and electric windows, the Silver Cloud was nothing short of the finest automobile in the world in the early-‘60s.

Cue this wonderful recreation of the 1960 Silver Cloud II by previous bloggee SP_LINEUP, who has replicated it in brick form beautifully. A range of clever techniques capture the Cloud’s coach-built bodywork and detailing (including the famous Spirit of Ecstacy), with a closer look available at SP’s photostream. Get In the Cloud via the link above. And LinkedIn sucks.