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The Crocker Small Tank V-Twin – The Fastest American Production Motorcycle Of Its Time – Now Worth $700,000 USD

Ben Branch August 6, 2019
Crocker V-twin Small Tank 2
  • American
  • Motorcycles

The Crocker Small Tank V-twin is one of the rarest and most valuable American motorcycles ever made, in fact it’s quite easily one of…

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The Kircher Special – An American-Designed Mercedes 300SL-Powered Roadster

Ben Branch August 2, 2019
Kircher Special Mercedes-Benz
  • American
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars

The story behind the Kircher Special is both remarkable and familiar, the car was developed and built in the 1950s by an American two-man team…

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Uruguayan Garage Find – An $85,000 USD 1914 Indian 8-Valve Board Track Racer

Ben Branch July 31, 2019
Indian 8-Valve Twin Board Track Racer Fuel Tank
  • American
  • Motorcycles
  • Racing

The Indian 8-Valve board track racer was one of the first factory built superbikes, it was released in 1911 with an advanced-for-the-era V-twin featuring…

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The One Of A Kind 1933 Chevrolet Custom Car by Alex Tremulis

Ben Branch July 29, 2019
Chevrolet Alex Tremulis-Designed Custom Car
  • American
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars

This highly unusual 1933 Chevrolet custom car is thought to be the first complete car built to a design by Alex Tremulis, the legendary…

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Short Film: Discovering An Apollo Astronaut Corvette For Sale On A Used Car Lot For $3,230

Ben Branch July 21, 2019
Astronaut Corvette Astrovette 1
  • American
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars

This short film by Michael Brown of Corvette Nation tells the story of Corvette collector Danny Reed, and his greatest ever discovery – an…

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Icon D3O Vest – 21st Century Spine + Back Protection – $225 USD

Ben Branch July 17, 2019
Icon D3O Vest
  • American
  • Gear
  • Safety

[rwp_users_rating_stars id=”0″] [rwp_box id=”0″] D3O (pronounced “dee three oh”) is a modern viscoelastic body armor used by the armed forces, world class athletes, motorcyclists,…

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Lum-Tec M82 – An American Watch With A Swiss Automatic Movement

Ben Branch July 15, 2019
Lum-Tec M82 Swiss Automatic Watch
  • American
  • Gadgets
  • Gear
  • Watches

  The Lum-Tec M82 is limited to 100 units worldwide, each is carefully assembled in Ohio with a Swiss-made automatic mechanical movement, and each…

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The Unusual Ner-a-Car Motorcycle – “Near A Car” In More Ways Than One

Ben Branch July 12, 2019
Ner-a-Car Steering
  • American
  • Engineering
  • Motorcycles

The Ner-a-Car, known as the Neracar in the United States, was a revolutionary motorcycle design from 1918 that could very well have forever changed…

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Spidi Old Glory Motorcycle Gloves – Classically Styled Goat Leather Gloves

Ben Branch July 10, 2019
SPIDI OLD GLORY GLOVES
  • American
  • Gear
  • Gloves

[rwp_reviewer_rating_stars id=”0″] [rwp_box id=”0″] When designing the Old Glory gloves the team at Spidi wanted to create a glove that could be worn by…

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The Shelby De Tomaso P70 – The Only One Ever Made

Ben Branch July 8, 2019
Shelby De Tomaso P70 Front 2
  • American
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars
  • Italian

  The De Tomaso P70, later known as the Ghia DeTomaso, was a joint project between two independent icons of the motoring world –…

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Documentary: The Douglas DC-3 – The World’s Most Successful Aircraft

Ben Branch June 30, 2019
Douglas DC-3 Documentary
  • American
  • Planes

Editor’s Note: The film we originally featured here has been removed from YouTube, we’ve replaced it with a similar film about the Douglas DC-3…

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Bowlus Road Chief – The Endless Highways Luxury Travel Trailer

Ben Branch June 29, 2019
Bowlus Road Chief - The Endless Highways
  • American
  • Camping

The Bowlus Road Chief was the original riveted aluminum travel trailer, it was developed by Hawley Bowlus in 1934 and then famously emulated by…

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