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Kitfox Kit Plane
Having your own plane is often a hobby left to the wealthy, although it doesn’t always need to be. This plane, the Kitfox, can be ordered as a kit plane for under $20,000 USD and built in your garage.
Mustang. It’s a personal thing.
You can never have too many rooflines or NASA-type hood scoops.
Land Rover Series 3 – Budget Crisis Survival Vehicle
If you’ve been hunting around for a suitable end-of-the-world vehicle with the impending and entirely likely US default looming and due as early as next Tuesday, this Series 3 Land Rover just may be your ticket.
Forty-Eight by Harley-Davidson
Harley-Davidson bikes get a hard rap from some in the two-wheeled community. Personally I think the world is a richer place for the existence of the iconic American motorcycle manufacturer
Alien Bike by The Ko Art Shop
This remarkable and vividly detailed motorcycle is built from recycled materials, mostly spare parts from cars, motorcycles and bicycles at the Ko Art Shop in Bangkok.
Jensen Interceptor R
After the 70s meant many things to many people. To me it meant cars, motorcycles and an overwhelming desire to avoid school at all costs. It was that simple time every man experiences in his life before the inevitable interest in the fair sex sets in and ruins everything.
eBay Find: 1937 Harley EL Knucklehead
This 1937 Harley EL Knucklehead is a 6000 mile original, it’s never undergone restoration and somewhat impressively, still features the original white paint.
Full Lap of the Nürburgring – Circa 1975
This brilliant 7:40 video shows the first lap of the 1975 Formula 1 GP at the Nürburgring, this was the year that Niki Lauda would set the blistering lap record of 6:58.6 during qualifying.
Super Sano Beach Cruiser by DP Customs
DP Customs is a relatively new bike shop with an already impressive list of builds under their belt, they built the 79 Gulf bike that lit up the international motorcycling press both in print and online,
Long Beach Formula 1 Grand Prix
The Long Beach Formula 1 Grand Prix was run between 1976 and 1984, I’m not sure which year this film is from although if I had to guess I’d say early-80s.
1951 Seafair Hydroplane Race Gold Cup
I love unusual, vintage racing. Don’t get me wrong, I love the more common varieties of vintage racing as well but there’s a special place in my heart for people who race weird or unusual machines. Like wooden V8 hydroplanes.
#32 Triumph by The WrenchMonkees
This is just a sneak-peak of the new WrenchMonkees bike, they say it still needs paint but I’m thinking it looks just about perfect as is.