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1964 Jaguar E Type
The Jaguar E-Type is a classic car amongst classic cars, originally released in 1961 the car quite literally blew away everyone who saw it. Perhaps the most enduring accolade came from Enzo Ferrari who famously called it “The most beautiful car ever made”.
Carga Bags
Carga Bags was started in 2006 by Argentinean architect Mauro Bianucci, he was living in New York at the time and made the first Carga Bag as an experiment. The bag was given to a friend in the fashion world and through pure word of mouth, orders for the unique bags began to flood in.
The Akira Bike Project
The project has been picking up quite a bit of attention around the web, not least for the fact that Matus will build you your own Akira Bike if you pledge $10,000 to getting his concept off the ground.
Dot Smith
This is Dot Smith, the famous female stunt rider from the 1930s and 40s, she was a member of the San Francisco Motorcycle Club and a founding member of the iconic “Motor Maids” with Dot Robinson and Linda Degeau.
Sunday Cinema: The Kid Auto Race
https://youtu.be/hBkKtXs06zg?t=9 This film, named ‘Kid Auto Race‘, set a couple of significant milestones in cinema history. It was the first time the world ever…
The Magnificent Bastard by Icon 1000
This bike started life as a 1986 Honda VF1000R although it would have been hard to guess given the modifications to the bike. The lower fairings have been removed and the remaining body work has been sanded back and given and eye catching distressed paint job.
Fighter Jet Landing
This is one of those photographs I can spend few minutes looking at, the sparks and the sense of motion carry through the lens so well in some images and this is a great example.
Bell Aurens Longnose
It isn’t often that I discover a Land Rover variant I’ve never seen before, so when I stumbled across a picture of this, the Bell Aurens Longnose I thought I was looking at a long forgotten Land Rover concept car, or perhaps an old Defender modified by a wealthy oil sheik.
Steve McQueen – Sports Illustrated
Taken from the August 1971 edition of Sports Illustrated this is one of the most famous photos of McQueen in action.
Honda CB750K Cafe Racer
The Honda CB750 is quite possibly the most “Café’d” bike in history, not that that’s a bad thing, the engine and frame are both…
Vespa Sidecar
This is singer-songwriter Kathleen Edwards and her pooch, in a park just outside of Toronto, Canada. Vespas with sidecars attached have always
Stheart Detroit Tee
Detroit has, arguably, had the hardest time of any city in the US over the past 5 years. The economic downturn hit the big automobile manufacturers hard and layoffs, unemployment and plummeting house prices have taken their toll on the residents of Motor City.