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Month: August 2012

First Aid Flask

Ben Branch August 27, 2012
  • Accessories
  • Gadgets
  • Gear
  • Retro

Sometimes, it really is medicinal. If you find yourself in a pinch and their doesn’t happen to be a Saint Bernard handy, this flask should just about do the trick.

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Holden Torana GTR-X Development and Testing

Ben Branch August 26, 2012
  • Australian
  • Cars
  • Concept
  • Design
  • Retro
  • Vintage

We featured the Australian Holden Torana GTR-X a few months ago but only recently came across this footage of the car being tested on a private development track.

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Bob Dylan and the Triumph Tiger

Ben Branch August 26, 2012
  • American
  • Motorcycles
  • Photography
  • Retro
  • Triumph

Bob Dylan spent much of the mid-60s on his beloved Triumph Tiger 100SS on the roads near his home in Woodstock, New York.

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Neil

Ben Branch August 26, 2012
  • American
  • Style

Truly great men don’t come a long very often, we lost a great one today.

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Honda F1 Titanium Suspension Stud Keyring

Ben Branch August 25, 2012
  • Accessories
  • Engineering
  • Formula 1
  • Gadgets
  • Gear

This clever little keyring was brought to my attention earlier this week by one of our regular readers, it’s a titanium suspension stud from a Honda Formula 1 car and you can buy it, along with a whole series of other Formua 1 related keepsakes over at Ledon Gifts here.

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Tucano Urbano El Met Helmet

Ben Branch August 25, 2012
  • Accessories
  • Design
  • Gear
  • Helmets
  • Italian
  • Retro

Tucano Urbano are a quiet company that comes out with well designed and quite appealing gear, this helmet is a good example of their work and is the sort of lid you could wear on anything from a 50cc Vespa to a Harley Cafe Racer and not look at all out of place.

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Railway Penny-farthing

Ben Branch August 25, 2012
  • Bicycles
  • Military
  • Photography
  • Vintage

This exceedingly old photograph shows a group of Russian Gendarmes in Moscow around 1890, the chap in the middle of the frame is sitting atop what is quite clearly a Penny-farthing designed for use on the railway lines.

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Honda CL450 by Spin Cycle Industries

Ben Branch August 24, 2012
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro
  • Scrambler Motorcycles

The Honda CL450 was originally designed to be the “scrambler” version of the much more famous CB450, the CL used the same 444cc DOHC parallel twin but had higher pipes, braced handlebars and slightly more aggressive styling.

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Shelby – Wicked Quick iPhone Case

Ben Branch August 24, 2012
  • Accessories
  • American
  • Gear
  • Retro

Wicked Quick have teamed up with Shelby to create a series of handmade goods from wallets, to clothing to iPhone cases, each item is handmade in America by Mulholland Luxury Leather Goods…

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Jimmy Clark in a Ford Model T Sprint Car

Ben Branch August 24, 2012
  • American
  • Cars
  • Ford
  • Photography
  • Racing
  • Vintage

This brilliant photograph shows Jimmy Clark sitting in a beautiful old Model T Sprint Car, the purpose of the picture was to…

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Knockaround Sunglasses

Ben Branch August 23, 2012
  • American
  • Gear
  • Retro
  • Style
  • Sunglasses

Knockaround is an eyewear company founded by Adam “Ace” Moyer after he managed to lose 3 pairs of expensive sunglasses in a single weekend.

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Ford Model T Assembly Line

Ben Branch August 23, 2012
  • Cars
  • Ford
  • Photography
  • Vintage

The Model T Ford was a revolution, it was the first affordable car ever made and it democratised automobile ownership around the world.

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