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1. ISSUE 04
VEMBER : 2010
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7. [300BHP]
205 GTI
Ralph is perversely passionate
about anything yellow; aggressive
over bananas, a sucker for custard
and jaundice by choice. His yellow
peril pants are also a bit of a give
away as to his mental state!
Ralph also campaigns a VERY
yellow and VERY quick Peugeot
205 GTI – which recently broke the
Barton Hillclimb class record @
57.16seconds – along with his 300
horses: fenced into a fettled Mi16
lump on throttlebodies, all within
a tin-foil Peugeot shell. He’s been
on his roof once. Broke his neck,
as a consequence. Loves figs. And
flies the RubberDuck flag in true
mad, mischievous, manic style.
Look out for RubberDuck Ralph at a
hillclimb near you in 2011.

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12. PINDER'S 205
Photography: Richard Sloman & Gavin Weston

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RubberDuckMagazine is proud to announce their award at the
2010 Digital Magazine Awards – the official awards body for
outstanding achievement in the Digital Magazine Industry – in the
closely fought category of ‘Car Magazine of the Year’.
Sponsored by Quark, the Digital Magazine Awards were judged by
luminaries from the digital publishing industry including Quark’s
Vice President of Marketing Gavin Drake; Microsoft’s Executive
Producer, Peter Bale; Telegraph Media Group’s Technology Editor,
Shane Richmond and WIRED Magazine Editor, David Rowan.

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17. We’ll admit that we’ve got a bit of a habit when it comes
to hillclimbing, which isn’t helped one bit by Shelsley –
the world’s oldest hillclimb – being parked right on our
uattro
doorstep. It was here that we first spied Keith’s killer
quattro, later allowing us to wash his 850bhp Audi in a
dozen Duck stickers. Never has our bird been up a hill so
quick - charging the 1000-yard marker in 29-seconds flat.
1000kg, GT40 turbo, AP stoppers, MoTec ecu; scary stuff! [850BHP]

19. “SCARY! IS THE ONLY WAY TO PUT IT: WE’VE BEEN
SIDEWAYS IN A FEW PLACES...”

21. EDWARDS' QUATTRO
Photography: Gavin Weston
www.keithedwardsmotors.com

23. [170BHP]
It’s hard to keep up with our dear
Darren Gumbley... Not only is
he getting quicker by each race
meet, he’s also getting through
our stock of Duck stickers at an
FORCE
alarming rate!
As soon as a car of his bares
our glorious name he flipping well
flogs it - car and all - then turns
up cap in hand requesting yet
another darn Duck decal for yet
another darn car.
Thankfully the 170bhp 1100cc
bike-powered Force you see here
has been with Darren & Duck for
a full season now - clocking a
Shelsley time of 29-seconds and
a bit. However; over a few beers
with Mr. G the other evening he
duly admitted that this 140kg
rouge racer is up for sale... oh,
and that he needs another sticker
for his next hillclimb project. They
don’t grow on trees, you know!

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27. GUMBLEY'S FF
Photography: Shireen Broadhurst & Richard Sloman

28. SHelSley HIllClImb venUe
where the majority of this issue’s
photographs were shot, is carved
out of the stunning Worcestershire
SIT EY
VI L
landscape - with events running
7 times a year, from March until
LS 1
HE 201 September. Witness young and
S old battle it out on the hill with a
IN pint in your one hand, a pork bap
in the other... Great location. Great
atmosphere. Great spectacle: ...great
because RubberDuckMag are always
there, as well as our team of wacky
racers. Why not say hello to us all
throughout the 2011 season?
www.shelsley-walsh.co.uk

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31. Don’T We all aCT a
little smug on our birthday?
It’s hard not to I suppose,
especially when a gaggle of
guests gather around a similar
creation of cake and candles
(as seen in this picture) to
sing your praises? Oh he’s a
jolly good fellow indeed, but
no matter how much this day
is lay aside exclusively for
present-giving, pampering and
partying, no one should ever
be subjected to the aggravated
levels of arrogance displayed
by this dog – his big day or not! If yoU love mUSIC anD
Though the team’s appointed Fridays, then surely what
‘pat and pet’ man, I must admit better way to celebrate than
that I’d struggle a stroke, never with RubberDuckRadio?
mind chuck a stick for this Every week we compose an
smug bastard. I mean just look hour or so show of funk, soul,
at him. Out of shot is an orderly rock, punk, oldkool, jungle
queue of eager party-goers and hip-hop for your listening
patiently awaiting their turn to pleasure: It’s free, funky and
wipe that smug look from his also available through iTunes.
flipping face. JS Listen at RubberDuckMag.Com

32. IT SeemeD lIKe a fabUloUS IDea on
paper being dressed to the nines in dapper
threads, getting ferried around Dubai in a limo
with a hired model as my only company for
48 hours – day, and night – for a magazine
feature! She was a little cracker too, called
Anna, but she annoyingly (and somewhat
constantly) told me off for one thing or the
other. If it wasn’t for dabbing my brow with a
napkin (complaining that me having corners of
damp white paper towel doted all over my face
was making her look bad), or for me forgetting
to shave, it was not paying her enough
attention throughout the day.
On the next day of shooting we had a lovely
romantic breakfast on a whacking great yacht
– but even with all the charm in the world and
our glorious setting, we continued to fight. But
at least our bickered brought us closer that very
morning; realising we were both rather partial
to a fruit danish or two. Actually it was because
I took not one but two that got on her lady
bits. The picture (right) was never used. I think
it was partly due to the fact that we actually
looked like a true married couple – squabbling
over freshly squeezed fruit juice and pancakes.
At least our playful quarrelling resulted in a little
roll around on the floor in fruit compote to settle
our differences. Oh the joys of journalism… JS

33. IT’S noT JUST a SmUG DUCK anD a DoG CelebRaTInG SomeTHInG
this month; Honda’s king of smug, ASIMO, is having a party of his own
too! Yep Honda’s advanced humanoid is 10-years old. He spent most of
his big day running around in circles and walking up and down the stairs.
But all the excitement and E numbers came to a crescendo when ASIMO
was drawn into a dance-off, only to be laughed off the floor at his granddad
style of dancing. We later learned that he can do most things better than
the humans that created him, other than bust a routine of robotics on the
dancefloor. Taking pity on our favourite robot, RubberDuckMag.Com sent
ASIMO a much-needed belated birthday present – Mr. Wiggles Popping
and Locking Training DVD. JS

34. TaKInG InSPIRaTIon fRom JoHn
Saxon’s character, Johnny Portugal, in the my GooD fRIenD Rob HaS JUST SenT
1960′s panhandle western classic The me a few shots of his wedding; a cracking day
Unforgiven, yours truly has been styling a by all accounts, with plenty of pleasures on
stellar horseshoe tache - on and off - for a hand, including the Lamborghini Superleggera
while now: And I do mean horseshoe. that I brought along to use as a general dog’s
I had been misguided, along with many others, body pool car – ferrying guests to the church
in believing that my designer drape was of the and then to the reception, usually via the
handlebar variety. At the height of excitement insanely long way around!
my friend Ceri arranged for drinks and dinner I did get some funny looks I must say, not all
at the infamous Handlebar Club in London agreeing with my blatant showboating. So, to
W1: the international club founded in 1947 compensate for my potential ‘up-staging’ of
for gentlemen with huge handlers – www. the gorgeous bride Beck, I decided to wear
handlebarclub.co.uk. I showed up all jolly too, a ‘blend-into-the-background’ brown suit and
boasting a bristling bush, only to be sternly shirt. I personally think it worked. If it weren’t for
informed I had shaved myself a horseshoe! my occasional outbursts about life in general,
So it transpires, to qualify as a handlebar, rising fuel prices and the outrage that is female
the moustache has to flee out horizontally, all vicars most the guests wouldn’t have even
originating from the top lip. As soon as the fuzz known I was there.
grows along the jowls it quickly becomes a I must say I was also on superb form spying
beard. So there you go.… JS man-bags. The most creative choice of the
day was actually brought to the event by
Ray (pictured far right) who shunned current
trends by wandering around that day with a
blush-red all-purpose fabric shopping sack.
He was later spotted with an off-the-shoulder
number, again red. Although I salute his daring
display of church boutique I thought his lack
of accessorizing, to effectively bring out the
vibrancy of the mighty rouge was a poor
oversight on Ray’s behalf. 8/10 I’d say, and
forever remembered for such. R.I.P JS .

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