Ben Branch
February 27, 2013
The 1972 Chevrolet Camaro was almost the last one ever made due to severe strikes at the GM factory leading to 174 days of silence on the factory floor resulting in over 1,100 incomplete Camaros being sent to the knackers yard.
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Ben Branch
February 26, 2013
I’m a big fan of the Leatherman, I’m convinced that if it was possible to calculate how many lives, knuckles and cusses they’ve saved over the years the numbers for all three would be startlingly high.
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Ben Branch
February 24, 2013
This BBC documentary, titled “To Mars By A-Bomb – The Secret History of Project Orion”, is one of the most fascinating 60 minute films I’ve seen so far this year.
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Ben Branch
February 23, 2013
The Magnitude Backpack is not something you’ll find in stores or on Amazon, it’s a uniquely American rucksack made by a small team of dedicated designers based in San Francisco and after a successful Kickstarter campaign, they’re now taking pre-orders for the first production run of Modern Industry bags.
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Ben Branch
February 21, 2013
This is the 7th custom motorcycle to roll off the boutique production line at the still relatively new Deus Ex Machina USA headquarters in Venice Beach, California.
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Ben Branch
February 21, 2013
It’s amazing to see how badly banged up these Indians are relative to the total lack of injuries displayed by the men holding them up, I assume they’re the riders but I can’t see so much as a scratch on them.
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Ben Branch
February 20, 2013
The 1951 Mercury Eight Convertible is a testament post-WWII automobile design in the United States, it was the first new car from Mercury after the war and it was a huge sales success right across the country.
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Ben Branch
February 20, 2013
The Barrett Alley Smuggler’s Belt is a great solution to the issue faced by travellers to countries with less than savoury track-records regarding gringo safety.
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Ben Branch
February 20, 2013
Bob Kane and executive producer William Dozier asked GM Design’s help in creating a suitable escape car for their lead character, Batman.
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Ben Branch
February 19, 2013
This 520hp 1966 Shelby 427 Cobra represents the automobile that the 9 year old boy who lives inside all of us wants to own, it’s bright red, it’s powered by a ridiculously large engine, it has tires with “Goodyear” painted on the side in large, friendly letters and…
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Ben Branch
February 18, 2013
We’ve featured the work of Derringer Cycles in the past, they build what are quite possibly the best production motorised bicycles in the world and their attention to aesthetics and detail is second to none.
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Ben Branch
February 17, 2013
This short film by Andrew David Watson sums up rather perfectly how many of us feel during the colder months, Andrew’s film work is always mesmerising and tends to stay with you for a while after watching.
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