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Jon Branch - Automotive Historian + Contributing Editor

Jon Branch has written countless official automobile Buying Guides for eBay Motors over the years, he’s also written for Hagerty, he’s a long time contributor to Silodrome and the official SSAA Magazine, and he’s the founder and senior editor of Revivaler. Jon has done radio, television, magazine, and newspaper interviews on various issues, and has traveled extensively, having lived in Britain, Australia, China, and Hong Kong. The fastest thing he’s ever driven was a Bolwell Nagari, the slowest was a Caterpillar D9, and the most challenging was a 1950’s MAN semi-trailer with unexpected brake failure.

Volvo P1800 Buying Guide – Everything You Need To Know

Jon Branch November 7, 2020
Volvo-P1800-Body
  • Buying Guides
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars

The Volvo P1800 – It Began with a Swedish “Corvette” The Volvo P1800 began in the early 1950s with the idea that in order to really succeed in the lucrative US market Volvo needed a…

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Fiat X1/9 Buying Guide – Including The Bertone X1/9

Jon Branch October 21, 2020
Fiat X1 9
  • Buying Guides
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars
  • Italian

The Fiat X1/9 – A Fiat With a Difference To understand the reasoning behind the Fiat X1/9 it is perhaps best to look at the sporting motor car scene in Italy in the decade that led…

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Buick Riviera First Generation Buying Guide – Everything You Need To Know

Jon Branch October 1, 2020
Buick Riviera
  • American
  • Buying Guides
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars

The Buick Riviera: An American Facel Vega The Buick Riviera was created to be an American performance car: a pure bred American answer to the brilliant Facel Vega (which was coincidentally British racing champion Stirling…

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Lotus Esprit – The Four Cylinder Buying Guide – S1, S2, S3, S4.

Jon Branch September 17, 2020
Lotus Esprit Brochure 1
  • British
  • Buying Guides
  • Cars
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Background: The Four Cylinder Lotus Esprits The Lotus Esprit was created as a car that would transform Lotus from being a kit car and enthusiasts automobile builder to being a supercar builder. It was a…

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A Brief History of the Indian 101 Scout – Everything You Need To Know

Jon Branch August 20, 2020
Indian 101 Scout
  • American
  • Brief Histories
  • Indian
  • Motorcycles

Charles B. Franklin: the Engineer with Practical Experience Charles Bayly Franklin, the engineer who was to create three of the most iconic Indian motorcycles, was born in the Irish City of Dublin on October 13,…

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A Brief History From The Lotus 7 to The Caterham 7

Jon Branch August 4, 2020
Lotus 7 Car
  • Brief Histories
  • British
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars

Above Image: A Lotus 7 battling with a Porsche 356 Speedster in 1984. Image courtesy of the San Francisco Region SCCA. In the Beginning: Motorsport in the Mud Lotus Cars, and thus the Lotus 7,…

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A Brief History Of The Mini Marcos – An Unusual Pint-Sized British Sports Car

Jon Branch July 17, 2020
Mini Marcos
  • Brief Histories
  • British
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars

Marcos Cars: Wooden Wonders In the wake of the Second World War, as Britain worked her way through austerity and the process of rebuilding what had been destroyed or damaged by the not at all…

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A Brief History of the Rover V8 – One Of Britain’s Most Important Performance Engines

Jon Branch June 30, 2020
Buick Le Sabre engine
  • Brief Histories
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A Gas Turbine or a V8? The story of the development of the Rover V8 engine begins with a dream that became a failed dream. Once upon a time in England’s green and pleasant land…

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A Brief History of the Amphicar – President Lyndon Johnson’s Favorite Car

Jon Branch June 5, 2020
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Above Image: President Lyndon Johnson taking guests on a tour of the lake. The Amphicar – President Lyndon Johnson’s Favourite Car The Amphicar was American President Lyndon Johnson’s favorite car. It was the car in…

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A Brief History of the MGC – Everything You Need To Know

Jon Branch May 22, 2020
MGC sports car
  • Brief Histories
  • British
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars

The MGC – A Sports Car in Search of an Engine The story of the MGC is fraught with “what could have been…” possibilities. For all its good and not so desirable points the MGC…

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A Brief History of the Mighty Toyota Land Cruiser J60

Jon Branch May 7, 2020
Toyota Land Cruiser J60 Cutaway
  • Brief Histories
  • Cars
  • Classic 4x4
  • Japanese

Toyota’s Station Wagon Land Cruisers: From the J40 is born the Rare Toyota FJ45V The story of the Toyota J60 began with Toyota’s tentative experimentation with making a station wagon version of their existing J40…

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A Brief History of the Shelby Series 1 – Carroll Shelby’s Only Scratch-Built Car

Jon Branch April 17, 2020
Shelby Series One prototype
  • American
  • Brief Histories
  • Cars

Carroll Shelby And His Famous Nitro Glycerine Tablets Carroll Shelby was named after a Christian minister and went from being a child with a heart condition that prevented him from doing some of the things…

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