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A Brief History of the Indian 101 Scout – Everything You Need To Know

Jon Branch August 20, 2020
Indian 101 Scout
  • American
  • Brief Histories
  • Indian
  • Motorcycles

Charles B. Franklin: the Engineer with Practical Experience Charles Bayly Franklin, the engineer who was to create three of the most iconic Indian motorcycles, was born in the Irish City of Dublin on October 13,…

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A Brief History From The Lotus 7 to The Caterham 7

Jon Branch August 4, 2020
Lotus 7 Car
  • Brief Histories
  • British
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars

Above Image: A Lotus 7 battling with a Porsche 356 Speedster in 1984. Image courtesy of the San Francisco Region SCCA. In the Beginning: Motorsport in the Mud Lotus Cars, and thus the Lotus 7,…

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A Brief History Of The Mini Marcos – An Unusual Pint-Sized British Sports Car

Jon Branch July 17, 2020
Mini Marcos
  • Brief Histories
  • British
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars

Marcos Cars: Wooden Wonders In the wake of the Second World War, as Britain worked her way through austerity and the process of rebuilding what had been destroyed or damaged by the not at all…

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A Brief History of the Rover V8 – One Of Britain’s Most Important Performance Engines

Jon Branch June 30, 2020
Buick Le Sabre engine
  • Brief Histories
  • Main

A Gas Turbine or a V8? The story of the development of the Rover V8 engine begins with a dream that became a failed dream. Once upon a time in England’s green and pleasant land…

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A Brief History of the MGC – Everything You Need To Know

Jon Branch May 22, 2020
MGC sports car
  • Brief Histories
  • British
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars

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 MGC…

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A Brief History of the Mighty Toyota Land Cruiser J60

Jon Branch May 7, 2020
Toyota Land Cruiser J60 Cutaway
  • Brief Histories
  • Cars
  • Classic 4x4
  • Japanese

Toyota’s Station Wagon Land Cruisers: From the J40 is born the Rare Toyota FJ45V The story of the Toyota J60 began with Toyota’s tentative experimentation with making a station wagon version of their existing J40…

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A Brief History of the Shelby Series 1 – Carroll Shelby’s Only Scratch-Built Car

Jon Branch April 17, 2020
Shelby Series One prototype
  • American
  • Brief Histories
  • Cars

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 things…

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A Brief History of the Norton 16H – The World War II Workhorse

Jon Branch April 1, 2020
History-Norton-16H
  • Brief Histories
  • British
  • Motorcycles

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 490cc…

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A Brief History of the Lotus Esprit – Everything You Need To Know

Jon Branch March 19, 2020
Lotus Esprit S1
  • Brief Histories
  • British
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars

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 been…

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A Brief History of the Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40 / BJ40 + J40 Series

Jon Branch March 6, 2020
Land Cruiser Off Road
  • Brief Histories
  • Cars
  • Classic 4x4
  • Japanese

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 of…

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A Brief History of the Brough Superior SS100 – The World’s First Superbike

Jon Branch February 27, 2020
Brough Superior SS100 motorcycle
  • Brief Histories
  • British
  • Motorcycles

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 be…

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A Brief History of the Ariel Red Hunter – Everything You Need To Know

Jon Branch February 14, 2020
Ariel Red Hunter Motorcyle
  • Brief Histories
  • British
  • Motorcycles

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 maker…

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