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eBay Find: Tucker Zombie-Cat
This stunning eBay find, coming to you from the always awesome 1A Blog, is currently listed on eBay for just $13,995 (Buy It Now Price). The remarkable vehicle started life as a Tucker snow vehicle
CR-B 666 Café Racer by Kiez Kustoms
I’m always excited when a new Kiez Kustoms bike comes along, Felix’s style is reminiscent of the café racer builders of the early ’60s in that his emphasis is speed and handling first with aesthetics second.
BMW 328 Hommage Concept
The original BMW 328 was built between 1936 and 1940, it was a highly advanced car for the time featuring a space frame chassis, remarkably good handling and a hemispherical combustion chamber engine.
Playland Park Speedway 1949
Love this video, filmed with a hand-held super-8 camera in 1949 it shows the stock car racing at the Playland Park Speedway in Indiana.
Maserati 450S Costin-Zagato Coupé
The 1957 Maserati 450S Costin-Zagato Coupé started life in 1956 as a convertible and was redesigned into a coupé in 1957 by Englishman Frank Costin, the car was built to Costin’s specifications by Zagato in Italy
Tommy Jemison’s 100mph Velocette Record
Tommy Jemison (pictured above) was the foreman of the NSW, Australia Velocette distributor, he raced very successfully and won a number of races including the Australian and NSW GP & TT 250 races at Bathurst,NSW in the years 1934, 1935, 1936 and 1938.
Long Sleeved Tee by Lotus Originals
Lotus is back in a big way. The company is rising from a small British car maker to potentially one of the biggest sports car builders in the world with the announcement of 6 new models in Paris last year (I’ll be needing the the Elan)
Motorcycle Road Race – Indiana 1919
This great film features some of the top motorcycle racers of the day including Teddy Carroll, Red Parkhurst, Otto Walker, and Ralph Hepburn. If you watch till the end you’ll see Walter Davidson, President and co-founder of Harley-Davidson motorcycles.
1972 Harley-Davidson XR750 Flat Tracker
This all-original ’72 Harley-Davidson XR750 Flat Tracker was originally owned by AMA racer Davey Camlin, he used it as his primary race bike as an amateur and, then sold it when he went professional in order to buy a new XR.
1933 MG Magnette K-Type
This stunning 1933 MG Magnette K-Type was due to hit the Bonham’s auction block before being mysteriously withdrawn, rumour has it the owner had a change of heart and decided to keep it in his collection. It isn’t hard to see why.
Lamborghini Miura Factory – 1968
The Lamborghini Miura is without question one of the most beautiful cars ever made, the long flowing lines directly influenced countless cars made since and the model is widely credited with making Lamborghini a global player in the luxury-sportscar market.