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1930s Morris Educational Film: Constructing A Car Engine

Ben Branch June 13, 2021
Morris Motors Factory Film 2
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This film dates from the 1930s, it was made by the Morris Motors Cine Dept. at Cowley to showcase their advanced (by the standards of…

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The Only One Ever Made: Rolls-Royce Phantom II Special Brougham By Brewster

Ben Branch June 12, 2021
Rolls-Royce Phantom II Special Brougham By Brewster
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The Rolls-Royce you see here is a one-off build that was tailor made for American architect C. Mathews Dick in the early 1930s by…

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For Sale: An Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI – A 490 BHP 1990s Touring Car Icon

Ben Branch June 11, 2021
Alfa Romeo 155 TI Touring Car
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The Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI quickly became a legend in European touring car racing circles in the 1990s – various examples of the…

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A Porsche 911 Reimagined By Singer – The Brooklyn Commission

Ben Branch June 9, 2021
Porsche 911 Reimagined By Singer
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Singer Vehicle Design have been creating what are arguably the world’s greatest modified Porsche 911s since 2009. Best known simply as “Singer” the company…

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The Extraordinary Automotive Art Of Avakov Ilya

Ben Branch June 8, 2021
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This is the art of Avakov Ilya, a Red Dot award winning industrial designer who graduated from the Saint Petersburg State Art Industrial Academy…

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A Tastefully Executed Chevrolet Corvette C1 “Fuelie” Restomod

Ben Branch June 7, 2021
C1 Corvette
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The world of restomods (restorations that include modern performance upgrades) is often blighted by controversial decision making that isn’t to everyone’s taste. Things like…

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The Rolls-Royce That Belonged To Both Princess Margaret And Burt Reynolds

Ben Branch June 6, 2021
Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow Car
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There can’t be many vehicles in the world that can boast of former owner provenance as varied as this 1975 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow. It…

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A BMW 325iX Rally Car – The First All-Wheel Drive Production BMW

Ben Branch June 6, 2021
BMW 325IX
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The BMW 325 iX was the first BMW road car to be offered with all-wheel drive, it was first released back in 1986 as…

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The Lamborghini Countach-Powered Rambo Lambo – The First Super SUV

Ben Branch June 4, 2021
Lamborghini LM002 Rambo Lambo 5
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Of all the extraordinary vehicles in the Lamborghini back catalogue there are no production automobiles quite as extreme as the four-wheel drive Lamborghini LM002,…

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Alfa Romeo 2.5 V6 Engine Coffee Table By Custom Brothers

Ben Branch June 3, 2021
Alfa Romeo Engine Coffee Table
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Each of these Alfa Romeo V6 engine coffee tables is made by the team at Custom Brothers from a damaged or non-running engine. This…

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Bugatti Type 46 #46491 “Superprofilée” – A Bugatti That Almost Didn’t Get Built

Ben Branch June 2, 2021
Bugatti Type 46 Superprofilée 4
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In the days before the widespread production of unibody cars the world was largely dominated by cars that utilized body-on-chassis construction. As a result of this…

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1933 Austin 7 “Special” Racer – Powered By A Honda CX500 V-Twin

Ben Branch June 1, 2021
Austin 7 Special
  • British
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There are many unusual Austin 7-based racers in the world, the humble 7 was Britain’s answer to the Model T Ford, and just as…

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