Exploring the intersection of automotive subcultures where wheels, art and adventure come together
The fellowship of the road, because no journey worth taking was ever intended to be taken alone.
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Automotive culture captured…

Von Dirk celebrates automotive subcultures where wheels, art, and adventure intersect. From hot rods with earned patina to high-tech race machines with perfect paintwork, we capture the stories that unfold in garages, on open roads, and around campfires.

Whether you’re building, riding, or wrenching, navigating city streets or chasing horizons on sun-soaked highways, Von Dirk documents the culture, craft, and characters that make this community unique. Because every machine has a story, every journey connects us, and no ride worth taking was meant to be taken alone.

Split screen bus in the rain at OCTO

California in October must mean OCTO and Pomona?

Heading out to LA in October usually means a weekend of fun in the sun. While we did have a lot of fun, there wasn’t much sun to start with. This was one of our regular ‘weekend’ trips to LA.

Red 1963 Ferrari 330 GTO at Goodwood Revival

Goodwood Revival 2018, part 1 – Friday

A three-day festival celebrating the sights and sounds of road racing cars and motorcycles that would have competed during the circuit’s hay day period of 1948–1966.

White and blue 1968 Porsche 910

Festival of Porsche: Celebrating 70 Years of Excellence

Unless you’ve been hiding under a bush or have zero interest in Porsches you cannot have missed the fact that year has been a notable one for the German car marque. Porsche have done a great job of celebrating the 70th anniversary of the first Porsche sports car, built in 1948.

Aircooled Porsches at LuftGB

Luftgekühlt GB

This year summer has delivered us weeks of sunshine and heat, you could be forgiven for thinking we were in California. Why then, on the day the Luftgekühlt crew put on their inaugural event outside of LA, does the weather let us down with epic rainfall?

Pre-war Mercedes

Goodwood Festival of Speed 2018

Celebration seemed to be the unofficial theme of this year’s Festival of Speed. The event itself was marking its 25th year, the centre lawn sculpture was celebrating Porsche 70th birthday and there was also the parade of Land Rovers celebrating their 70th birthday too. And for me, I was celebrating turning up in my ‘supercar’. Two years ago I left the 2016 Festival of Speed saying to myself ‘when I return next year it will be in my own 911’. A year later I had the 911 but didn’t take it to Goodwood as I was driven there by a friend. So this year I had to drive my 911. To make it even more special, I booked supercar parking for the Thursday. We all have things that make us feel good, those little personal fist pump moments, this was one of mine. Driving onto the Goodwood estate in my 911, with the ‘supercar parking’ pass felt great — small pleasures.