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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A Brief History of the MGC – Everything You Need To Know
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…
A Brief History of the Toyota Land Cruiser J60
Toyota’s Station Wagon Land Cruisers The story of the Toyota J60 began with Toyota’s tentative experimentation with making a station wagon version of their existing J40 Land Cruiser, and in so doing created what…
A Brief History of the Shelby Series 1 – Carroll Shelby’s Only Scratch-Built Car
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…
A Brief History of the Norton 16H – The World War II Workhorse
The Norton 16H – A Roaring Norton for the Roaring Twenties The Norton Model 16H had its beginnings back even before the Roaring Twenties, and before the outbreak of the First World War. The…
A Brief History of the Lotus Esprit – Everything You Need To Know
In the Beginning: Giugiaro and a Boomerang The story of the Lotus Esprit began, not just in the minds of the design team at Lotus, but in the mind of a man who has…
A Brief History of the Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40 / BJ40 + J40 Series
The story of the Toyota Land Cruiser J Series (FJ40 / BJ40 etc) starts in the Philippines during the Second World War, the Japanese had invaded the nation, along which much of the rest…
A Brief History of the Mighty Brough Superior SS100
A Motorcycle Superior to All Others George Brough was a man who had a love of motorcycles and a social intelligence that enabled him to put his finger on the pulse of what would…
A Brief History of the Ariel Red Hunter – Everything You Need To Know
Val Page, Ariel, and the Red Hunter The story of the Ariel Red Hunter began when motorcycle engineer Val Page joined Ariel in 1925, having previously served his apprenticeship with the renowned British engine…
A Brief History of the Bricklin SV-1 – Everything You Need To Know
The Bricklin SV-1 – A Canadian Match for the Corvette In April 1975 Car and Driver magazine had the opportunity to do a head to head test of the Chevrolet Corvette and a new…
A Brief History of the Mazda RX-7 – Everything You Need To Know
The Mazda RX-7 – An Introduction The Mazda RX-7 was the result of Toyo Kogyo Corporation’s high risk strategy of embracing the new and unproved Wankel engine technology with which to carve out a…
A Brief History of the Chevrolet Suburban – Everything You Need To Know
The Chevrolet Suburban – Practical Becomes Popular In thinking about the Chevrolet Suburban it might be best to start with the things we aspire to when we are young, and how that changes when…
A Brief History of the Jaguar Mark II – The British Bank Robber’s Favourite Getaway Car
Project Utah – The Jaguar Mk I The story of the Jaguar Mark II (also known as the Jaguar MK2) begins with Jaguar’s “Project Utah” which gave birth to the Jaguar 2.4 liter and…