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Targa Florio Wallpaper

Ben Branch July 11, 2015
  • Cars
  • Racing
  • Vintage
  • Wallpapers

The Targa Florio is one of the oldest and most important motor races in the world, it was first run in 1906 when cars…

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Porsche 959 Komfort

Ben Branch July 9, 2015
  • Cars
  • Engineering
  • Porsche

The Porsche 959 is famous for many things, but in the United States it’s probably most famous for the fact that it was illegal…

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Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider

Ben Branch July 7, 2015
  • Cars
  • Design
  • Ferrari
  • Luxury
  • Vintage

The Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider was the first car that the storied Italian company ever produced specifically for the American market, at…

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Duesenberg Model SJ

Ben Branch July 4, 2015
  • American
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars
  • Design
  • Luxury
  • Vintage

The Duesenberg Model SJ was to be one of the finest and fastest cars ever produced by the storied American luxury automobile manufacturer. Each…

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BMW M1

Ben Branch July 1, 2015
  • BMW
  • Cars
  • Luxury
  • Racing
  • Vintage

The BMW M1 is a car that’s remarkable for a few reasons, it was to be BMW’s first mid-engined car and quickly became one…

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Jaguar Mark II – The Original Gentleman’s Getaway Car

Ben Branch June 30, 2015
  • British
  • Cars
  • Jaguar
  • Style

The Jaguar Mark II is most famous for its use in bank robberies across the United Kingdom, the 3.8 litre Mark II was the…

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Škoda Popular Sport “Monte Carlo” Wallpaper

Ben Branch June 29, 2015
  • Cars
  • Design
  • Rare
  • Vintage

Škoda is an automobile manufacturer that we don’t generally associate with ground-breaking design, but over the 120 year history of the Czech automobile manufacturer’s…

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Supercharged: The Grand Prix Car – Documentary

Ben Branch June 28, 2015
  • Cars
  • Films
  • Formula 1

Supercharged: The Grand Prix Car is a slightly older documentary about some of the greatest years in Grand Prix racing – the 1924 to…

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Porsche 944 Turbo

Ben Branch June 25, 2015
  • Cars
  • German
  • Porsche
  • Retro

The Porsche 944 Turbo was the pinnacle of 944 development, which itself had started with an ill-fated agreement between Porsche, VW and Audi to…

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Ferrari 250 LM

Ben Branch June 23, 2015
  • Cars
  • Ferrari
  • Le Mans
  • Luxury
  • Racing

The Ferrari 250 LM was one of Enzo Ferrari’s first dalliances with mid-engine configured cars – he had stubbornly persisted with front mounted V12…

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Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm

Ben Branch June 20, 2015
  • Cars
  • Italian
  • Racing
  • Rare
  • Vintage

In 1967 Alfa Romeo unveiled the 2000 GTAm – a race version of the ever popular Giulia Sprint GT with an enlarged engine, a…

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Porsche 356 Emory Outlaw

Ben Branch June 19, 2015
  • American
  • Cars
  • German
  • Porsche

The Emory family have been a major influence on the American custom scene since just after WWII, when Grandpa Neil Emory co-founded the Valley…

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