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Brough Superior SS100 Alpine Grand Sports

Ben Branch November 12, 2014
  • British
  • Design
  • Engineering
  • Luxury
  • Motorcycles

Known as the Rolls-Royce of motorcycles, Brough Superior was a British marque famous for two things: speed and luxury. The model you see here…

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Triumph Scrambler Custom

Ben Branch November 8, 2014
  • British
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles
  • Scrambler Motorcycles
  • Triumph

This Triumph Scrambler custom is a little unusual in that it was actually built by the engineers at Triumph as a study into what…

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Jaguar E-Type Series III V-12 Roadster

Ben Branch November 6, 2014
  • British
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars
  • Design
  • Luxury
  • Vintage

The Jaguar E-Type Series III V12 Roadster was to be the final iteration of what many consider the most beautiful car ever made, it…

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Murray Walker Documentary: It Wasn’t Work

Ben Branch November 2, 2014
  • British
  • Films
  • Formula 1
  • Racing

Murray Walker: It Wasn’t Work is a new documentary film about the legendary Formula 1 commentator Murray Walker, many of you will be instantly familiar…

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1953 Austin-Healey 100 BN1

Ben Branch October 29, 2014
  • British
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars
  • Luxury
  • Racing
  • Vintage

The Austin-Healey 100 BN1 originally started life as the Healey 100 – Donald Healey had designed and built a prototype and planned to produce…

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Ford Cortina GT

Ben Branch October 15, 2014
  • American
  • British
  • Cars
  • Design
  • Ford

The Ford Cortina GT was designed to be the in-house performance version of the popular Cortina – a car that had been developed to…

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Hammered Pewter Tankard

Ben Branch October 15, 2014
  • Accessories
  • British
  • Design
  • Gear
  • Luxury

When it comes to vessels for drinking beer, this hammered pewter tankard is just about as classy as you’re ever likely to get. Men and…

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1947 Vincent Rapide Project Motorcycle

Ben Branch October 12, 2014
  • British
  • Luxury
  • Motorcycles
  • Project Vehicles
  • Rare
  • Vintage

This 1947 Vincent Rapide is one of the most promising project motorcycles we’ve come across in recent memory, that said – you’d have to…

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Tickle Manx T3

Ben Branch October 10, 2014
  • British
  • Cafe Racers
  • Design
  • Motorcycles
  • Norton
  • Vintage

The Tickle Manx is a bit of a historical curiosity, it’s a result of the sale of the AMC race shop to the famous…

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Jaguar E-Type Series 1½ Roadster

Ben Branch October 4, 2014
  • British
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars
  • Design
  • Luxury
  • Retro
  • Vintage

The Jaguar E-Type you see here is a Series 1½ and as such, it’s a bit of an anomaly – it’s a Series 1…

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Triumph Bonneville Scrambler

Ben Branch October 2, 2014
  • British
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro
  • Scrambler Motorcycles
  • Triumph

Usually when we feature a custom motorcycle the builder of the bike goes to great lengths to stress how many parts of the bike…

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Custom Yamaha SR250 by Auto Fabrica

Ben Branch September 29, 2014
  • British
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Japanese
  • Motorcycles
  • Yamaha

This feature was written by Bujar Muharremi, the co-founder of Auto Fabrica. It makes a nice change when custom bike builders write the words…

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