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 MGA – Everything You Need To Know
The MGA – An Introduction + Background The MGA was born out of two strands of activity; one was the American’s discovery of British…
A Brief History of the Citroën 2CV – Everything You Need To Know
A Farm Cart And The Citroën 2CV Legend has it that the germ of the idea that would become the Citroën 2CV was sown…
A Brief History Of The Unusual Hercules W2000 Rotary-Engined Motorcycle
Fichtel & Sachs decided to call their first Wankel engine motorcycle the Hercules W2000 and they showed the prototype at the 1970 West Cologne Autumn Motorcycle Show: that prototype featuring a shaft drive and four speed gearbox from a BMW R27 that would not be used on the production model.
A Quick History of the Porsche 944
The Porsche 944 is one of the most underrated sports cars of its age, with impeccable styling, near perfect weight distribution, a reliable drivetrain,…
The Incredible Story Of The Africar – The Wooden-Bodied Car For Africa
The story of the Africar is worthy of a Hollywood film, it involves millions of dollars, a Cambridge-educated engineering genius, a film crew,…
A Brief History of the Jeep CJ Series – Everything You Need To Know
First There Was the “Blitz Buggy” and a War to Win The beginning of the Jeep CJ dates back to the origin of the…
A Brief History of the Austin-Healey Sprite – Everything You Need To Know
Introduction The Austin-Healey Sprite’s most famous and perhaps most endearing feature was its uncanny resemblance to Kermit the Frog: and in fact both the…
A Quick History of the Chevrolet Corvair
The Chevrolet Corvair stands out as one of the most likely candidates for the title of “most controversial American car of the 1960s.”…
A Brief History of the Incredible Vincent Black Shadow
In the Beginning there was Vincent HRD American author Hunter S. Thompson once said of Vincent’s world’s first “superbike”: “If you rode the Vincent…
A Brief History of the Norton P11, P11A, and Ranger – Everything You Need To Know
Bob Blair And A Desert Sled Called The P11 The idea for the motorcycle that would become the Norton P11 began in 1966…
A Brief History of the Triumph Spitfire – Everything You Need To Know
The Triumph Spitfire – An Introduction The paradoxical thing about the Triumph Spitfire is that it didn’t spit fire. The original Supermarine Spitfire fighter…
A Brief History of the Nissan Skyline and GT-R – Everything You Need To Know
The Nissan Skyline GT-R – Godzilla When the name “Nissan Skyline” is mentioned it often brings another name to memory, that of Godzilla, a…