Ben Branch
June 20, 2011
The ’69 Chrysler Newport has always been a favourite of mine amongst American muscle cars, it came with either a standard 383 cubic inch V8 or the optional 440 cubic inch V8 and had one of the coolest sets of flip-into-the-grill-headlights ever seen on a production car.
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Ben Branch
June 19, 2011
Nicknamed “Gorilla Punch” this bike started life as a Honda CB750, the Wrenchmonkees stripped it back to nothing and built their own custom café racer from its bones.
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Ben Branch
May 29, 2011
The idea of coming home from work and placing a glass of cold beer on a coffee table made out of a Jaguar V12 milled from an aluminium mono-block has significant appeal to me. The block isn’t just for show either, the same company that produces these coffee tables also sells vehicle-ready V12 blocks
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Ben Branch
May 27, 2011
There’s something iconic about racing posters such as this one, it’s almost as if back in the time before microprocessors and Photoshop the only people employed to make advertising materials were real artists, earning their crust. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve seen some magnificent Photoshop work in my time, but nothing as iconic as this 1970 1000 kms de Spa race poster. It’s just beautiful.
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Ben Branch
May 17, 2011
This retro Corvette poster just made my day, the ’58 Corvette is one of the best looking American cars ever made as far as I’m concerned and the gorgeous minimalistic graphic design of this late-50s advertisement does it ample justice.
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Ben Branch
May 15, 2011
The Porsche 914/6 GT was produced between 1970 and 1972, 3360 were made in total and all used the 2.0 litre flat-six Porsche engine….
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Ben Branch
May 5, 2011
I’m a big fan of the old Sunbeams, my grandfather rode one and used to regale us with tales of the carburettor occasionally spewing…
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Ben Branch
April 28, 2011
John Ryland is a remarkably talented bike builder, he discovered bikes later in life than most and is more than making up for lost…
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Ben Branch
April 27, 2011
Well-drawn cutaways are always mindblowing to me. The sense of perspective and innate engineering knowledge required to produce something like this from scratch is…
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Ben Branch
March 31, 2011
Yes you read that right, book, not car. This diamond encrusted book is called “The Official Ferrari Opus” and it comes in at more than…
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Ben Branch
March 21, 2011
Now I’m not entirely sure how far we’ve come with technology regarding 3D printers, I’m hoping that we aren’t too far away from the…
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Ben Branch
March 17, 2011
It boggles the mind to think how much skill, talent and patience it must have taken Carlos Alberto to create this fully-functioning laminated hardwood…
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