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 fight against the disease with chemotherapy, and ultimately the decision…
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 world. They were able to complete their journey of 60,000…
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 racing cars unsold and it was decided by William Lyons…
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 a Ferrari. Although the 250 GT/L was not designed with…
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 to build it into a sports car manufacturer second to…
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 it. Among the four-wheel-drive vehicles the Jeep effectively birthed are…
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 car would be come a cult classic, with over 670,000…
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 as it did with the invention of powered flight, and…
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 started out racing in Testadoro cars were designers Elio Zagato,…
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 seemingly insurmountable problems if you hope to own and ride…
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 by Pavel Malanik who machined and fabricated every part to…
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 frame chassis, and live axles front and back. Its small size and low…