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A Drivable 70% Scale Porsche 917 Go Kart – $20,500 to $27,400 USD
This is a 100% functional and drivable Porsche 917 at 70% scale. It’s designed to accommodate both adults and kids, which is why it has an open top with plenty of room for your…
Ferves Ranger – The Cutest Off-Roader Ever Designed
This is the Ferves Ranger, and there can be little doubt that it’s the cutest little off-roader ever built. It was designed by Carlo Ferrari as a lightweight and affordable “mini Jeep” that would…
For Sale: A Rare LeBlond Ken Royce Radial Aircraft Engine
This is a rare original Model 90-5F LeBlond radial aircraft engine from Ken Royce, it’s capable of 90 hp in operating condition, and it has five cylinders with a total displacement of 266 cubic…
The Isdera Imperator 108i – A Rare Supercar That Almost Never Existed
The Isdera Imperator 108i was a supercar born from the stubborn refusal of its designer to let it die as “just” a concept car – it was originally designed by Eberhard Schulz as the…
Jerry Can Bar Cabinet By Danish Fuel
This is the new Jerry Can Bar Cabinet By Danish Fuel, each one is made using a real ex-military Jerry can from Europe that has been repurposed or “upcycled” into a wall-mounted minibar. The…
BSA Gold Star Flat Tracker – Ridden By Jim Rice From “On Any Sunday”
The race-winning BSA Goldstar you see here was ridden by Jim Rice, a Hall of Famer and a memorable star of the iconic film On Any Sunday. Rice was immortalized in the film in…
Watch The 1969 East African Safari Rally
The East African Safari Rally was run from 1953 until 2019 under a variety of names, interestingly for the first 19 years of the event it was always won by local African-born drivers –…
For Sale: Porsche 911 Safari Rally Car – An East African Safari Winner
There are very few cars we can all agree on, and I think this is probably one of them. It’s a 1975 Porsche 911 Carrera MFI that was built to safari rally specification by…
Alfa Romeo Matta AR51 – The Rare Mille Miglia Class-Winning Italian 4×4
Alfa Romeo Matta AR51 was Italy’s answer to both the American Jeep and the British Land Rover, though truth be told it was more advanced than either of them thanks to its DOHC inline-four…
Restore Or Preserve? A 1965 Volkswagen Splitscreen Panel Van
There are few vehicles as universally loved as the VW Type 2, the air-cooled van has a number of different names depending on region and specification including Transporter, Kombi, Microbus, Bus, Camper, or Bulli….
The 1970 MTD Minibike – An Unusual American Minibike
Starting in 1970 the American company MTD released its first line of minibikes, this was right in the middle of the minibike revolution that was sweeping much of the United States and the western…
The Matra Murena – A Rare (And Affordable) 1980s Mid-Engined Wedge
The Matra Murena is an unusual mid-engined French sports car from the early 1980s, it features the wedge-shaped styling that was so in vogue at the time, and it looks almost like a sibling…