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.
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The Incredible Story Of The RD Kustom & Design SR1
The RD Kustom & Design SR1 is a motorcycle with a story behind it. A story that includes a shock cancer diagnosis, a long…
For Sale: Land Rover Series 1 – “The Grizzly Torque”
The story of a humble Land Rover Series I named “Grizzly Torque” is a story of two young men who wanted to see the…
Jaguar XKSS 707 “JAG 1” Is For Sale
The Jaguar XKSS came into being after Jaguar decided to temporarily withdraw from motor racing in 1956. This decision left twenty five Jaguar D-type…
Project Car Royalty: A Ferrari 250 GT/L Berlinetta Lusso
The Ferrari 250 GT/L was developed as a luxury grand touring car which would provide impeccable performance and handling, as one would expect of…
There’s A Rare Porsche 550A Prototype “Le Mans” Werks Coupe For Sale
With the passing of his father Dr. Ferdinand Porsche in 1950, Ferry Porsche, though still grieving, took up the leadership of Porsche and proceeded…
A Brief History Of The Toyota Land Cruiser 20 Series
The Jeep, which began as a design by American Bantam, has been the foundational design for many of the four-wheel-drive vehicles that followed after…
The AMC Gremlin Buying Guide
The AMC Gremlin was introduced in 1970 with a controversial design that was said to have been first sketched on an air-sickness bag. The…
Pavel Malanik’s Home-Built 4.4 Liter V8 Motorcycle
Pavel Malanik’s life passion has been motorcycles, and not just motorcycles in general, but the creations of the earliest years of motorcycle development, coinciding…
The Incredible Untold Tale Of The Testadoro
Testadoro is a sports/racing car maker whose fame was short lived yet significant in the post-war years of Italian motor racing. Among those who…
Rebuilding The Incredible 1909 Trojan & Nagl Torpedo W4 From Scratch
If your passion is for the motorcycles of the pioneering era of the first decade of the twentieth century then you are faced with…
The 1909 North London Garage 2.7 Liter J.A.P. – Rebuilt From Scratch
This motorcycle is the North London Garage 2.7 Liter J.A.P. – or perhaps more accurately it’s a brand new version of the bike built…
Silodrome’s Quick History Of The Suzuki Jimny
The Suzuki Jimny was an “out of the box” creation, the first compact consumer four-wheel-drive but fully-featured with a dual range transfer case, a ladder…