Oliver Pickard
@oliverpickard.bsky.social
Design and engineering obsessed Englishman living in France. Designer and Co-Builder of the Pickard Mosquito.
Watch the stuff I make here
www.youtube.com/c/TheOliverPickard
Watch the stuff I make here
www.youtube.com/c/TheOliverPickard
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WE DID IT! Butterfly Doors pt3 | Project Mosquito Ep156
youtu.be/5HG2GL2svJY
youtu.be/5HG2GL2svJY
It's so fking cool! We just need to do the other side now
November 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
It's so fking cool! We just need to do the other side now
And it's a manual!!
huh, so this might be one of the most sublime specs on one of the most tidy designs of the century
oh and “According to its previous Italian owner, a former Fiat parts supplier, the factory kept it for Gianni Agnelli's personal use, before he bought it himself.”
www.aguttes.com/en/lot/16859...
oh and “According to its previous Italian owner, a former Fiat parts supplier, the factory kept it for Gianni Agnelli's personal use, before he bought it himself.”
www.aguttes.com/en/lot/16859...
November 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
And it's a manual!!
Highly underrated gauge design. It's a thing of beauty
November 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Highly underrated gauge design. It's a thing of beauty
Post your getaway vehicle
November 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Post your getaway vehicle
We did it! We gave Project Mosquito butterfly doors.
November 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM
We did it! We gave Project Mosquito butterfly doors.
WE DID IT! Butterfly Doors pt3 | Project Mosquito Ep156
youtu.be/5HG2GL2svJY
youtu.be/5HG2GL2svJY
November 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
WE DID IT! Butterfly Doors pt3 | Project Mosquito Ep156
youtu.be/5HG2GL2svJY
youtu.be/5HG2GL2svJY
I've been feeling super burnt out and stressed but a couple of days off (all be it spaced out), a hair cut, shave and I'm feeling much more like my old self again.
November 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I've been feeling super burnt out and stressed but a couple of days off (all be it spaced out), a hair cut, shave and I'm feeling much more like my old self again.
Supercars are the haute couture of the automotive world and as such should be an aggressively human art form, hand made and intrinsically imbued with the passion and character of the people who designed them and the hands that assembled them.
Artificial intelligence is a swear word for many creatives. For Mitja Borkert, head of Lamborghini Centro Stile, it’s one of the most exciting new tools there is - www.evo.co.uk/features/208...
Will AI take over supercar design? Lamborghini's design boss weighs in | evo
Artificial intelligence is a swear word for many creatives. For Mitja Borkert, head of Lamborghini Centro Stile, it’s one of the most exciting new tools there is
www.evo.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Supercars are the haute couture of the automotive world and as such should be an aggressively human art form, hand made and intrinsically imbued with the passion and character of the people who designed them and the hands that assembled them.
Butterfly Doors pt2 | Project Mosquito Ep155
youtu.be/Aahgyuj7ngM
youtu.be/Aahgyuj7ngM
November 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Butterfly Doors pt2 | Project Mosquito Ep155
youtu.be/Aahgyuj7ngM
youtu.be/Aahgyuj7ngM
Reposted by Oliver Pickard
Custom Fabricating Butterfly Door Hinges | Project Mosquito Ep154
youtu.be/HNq6lV0GVxI
youtu.be/HNq6lV0GVxI
November 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Custom Fabricating Butterfly Door Hinges | Project Mosquito Ep154
youtu.be/HNq6lV0GVxI
youtu.be/HNq6lV0GVxI
Lovely thing
November 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Lovely thing
Custom Fabricating Butterfly Door Hinges | Project Mosquito Ep154
youtu.be/HNq6lV0GVxI
youtu.be/HNq6lV0GVxI
November 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Custom Fabricating Butterfly Door Hinges | Project Mosquito Ep154
youtu.be/HNq6lV0GVxI
youtu.be/HNq6lV0GVxI
I couldn't agree more
November 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I couldn't agree more
Yes! Even if there's no room for my legs
November 6, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Yes! Even if there's no room for my legs
youtu.be/KkXsz9QV-eA
Installing Our Upgraded Steering Column | Project Mosquito Ep153
Installing Our Upgraded Steering Column | Project Mosquito Ep153
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
youtu.be/KkXsz9QV-eA
Installing Our Upgraded Steering Column | Project Mosquito Ep153
Installing Our Upgraded Steering Column | Project Mosquito Ep153
Steering Upgrade | Project Mosquito Ep152
youtu.be/Yadl1nRPCzc
youtu.be/Yadl1nRPCzc
November 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Steering Upgrade | Project Mosquito Ep152
youtu.be/Yadl1nRPCzc
youtu.be/Yadl1nRPCzc
It's almost as if there's more to life than low taxes.
NEW from me:
Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent.
That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀
Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent.
That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀
October 31, 2025 at 2:35 PM
It's almost as if there's more to life than low taxes.
Reposted by Oliver Pickard
Project Mosquito Ep151 | Billet steering Column Mount
youtu.be/1seJaGUeJqw
youtu.be/1seJaGUeJqw
October 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Project Mosquito Ep151 | Billet steering Column Mount
youtu.be/1seJaGUeJqw
youtu.be/1seJaGUeJqw
Project Mosquito Ep151 | Billet steering Column Mount
youtu.be/1seJaGUeJqw
youtu.be/1seJaGUeJqw
October 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Project Mosquito Ep151 | Billet steering Column Mount
youtu.be/1seJaGUeJqw
youtu.be/1seJaGUeJqw
I'm not so much a social butterfly as a social moth
October 24, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I'm not so much a social butterfly as a social moth
Failure and Frustration | Project Mosquito Ep160
youtu.be/r_f7UZF0RGo
youtu.be/r_f7UZF0RGo
October 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Failure and Frustration | Project Mosquito Ep160
youtu.be/r_f7UZF0RGo
youtu.be/r_f7UZF0RGo
Video why do you refuse process?
I just want to create light hearted automotive entertainment about my ongoing quest to make door hinges.
why must you mock me so?
I just want to create light hearted automotive entertainment about my ongoing quest to make door hinges.
why must you mock me so?
a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a window
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a window
media.tenor.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Video why do you refuse process?
I just want to create light hearted automotive entertainment about my ongoing quest to make door hinges.
why must you mock me so?
I just want to create light hearted automotive entertainment about my ongoing quest to make door hinges.
why must you mock me so?
I forgot I have a photo. As well as the blown plastic buck seats found in the Alpine A110 and Simca Rallye, Mod' Plastia also made extremely comfortable chairs and sofas that look like stylish nut sacks.
October 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I forgot I have a photo. As well as the blown plastic buck seats found in the Alpine A110 and Simca Rallye, Mod' Plastia also made extremely comfortable chairs and sofas that look like stylish nut sacks.
@bluebookvalue.bsky.social's post about seats reminds me that despite looking as dull as dishwater the Renault 30 TS had a really pleasant interior that gives retro Hi-Fi vibes
October 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
@bluebookvalue.bsky.social's post about seats reminds me that despite looking as dull as dishwater the Renault 30 TS had a really pleasant interior that gives retro Hi-Fi vibes