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A Porsche 930 Turbo Engine Block Coffee Table

Ben Branch March 26, 2024
Porsche 930 Turbo Engine Block Coffee Table
  • Classic Cars
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This is a coffee table made from the engine block of a Porsche 930, the legendary first-generation of the turbocharged Porsche 911. The table features a glass top with the word “widowmaker” engraved around…

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Rare Vintage Home-On-Wheels: A 1961 Bedford Dormobile Camper

Ben Branch March 23, 2024
Bedford Dormobile Camper
  • Adventure
  • Camping
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This is a 1961 Bedford Dormobile Camper, it’s one of relatively few surviving originals based on a British Bedford CA van with a camper conversion done by coachbuilder Martin Walter of Folkestone in Kent,…

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Ferrari 156 F1 “Sharknose”-Style Wine Stand

Ben Branch March 23, 2024
Ferrari 156 F1 Sharknose-Style Wine Stand
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This is a wine stand that can accommodate two bottles, one in each of the intakes. It’s designed to look like the distinctive front end of the 1961 Ferrari 156 “Sharknose” Formula 1 car…

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Street-Legal NASA Race Car – A Factory Five Type 65 Coupe

Ben Branch March 22, 2024
Factory Five Racing Type 65 Coupe 1
  • Cars
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This Factory Five Type 65 Coupe was built specifically to race in both NASA and VARA racing events. It’s powered by a 347 cubic inch stroker V8 mated to a 5-speed Tremec transmission with…

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A Tastefully Modified 1977 Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV

Ben Branch March 21, 2024
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV 3
  • Cars
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This is a 1977 Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV, it’s one of Giorgetto Giugiaro’s classic 1970s designs created at his own company, Italdesign Giugiaro S.p.A., or simply “Italdesign” as it’s commonly known. The Alfetta GTV…

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Rescued After 30 Years In Storage: A 1986 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 IROC-Z

Ben Branch March 19, 2024
Chevrolet Camaro Z28 IROC-Z 22
  • Cars
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This is a 1986 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 IROC-Z that spent the last 30 years in long-term storage with just 13,000 miles on the odometer. Thankfully the car was rescued last year, given an extensive…

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For Sale: A Vintage Gulf Oil Sign

Ben Branch March 19, 2024
Gulf Oil Sign
  • Classic Cars
  • Gear

This is a vintage Gulf Oil sign from 1989, it measures in at 28″ wide by 25″ tall and it has internal illumination via a series of fluorescent tubes. The legendary Gulf logo and…

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Unusual Machines: The Panoz AIV “Aluminum Intensive Vehicle”

Ben Branch March 18, 2024
Panoz AIV Roadster
  • American
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars

This is an original Panoz AIV from 1997, it’s billed as America’s first aluminum-intensive vehicle, and it was developed to offer state-of-the-art engineering with 1950s hot rod influenced styling. At the time of its…

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Rare In The USA: A TVR Cerbera “Speed Eight”

Ben Branch March 16, 2024
TVR Cerbera 7
  • Cars
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The Cerbera was released in 1996 by the low-volume British automaker TVR as their first true mass-market GT car, offering 2+2 seating, a fixed roof, and an in-house developed V8 engine. The Cerbera has…

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A Pontiac Firebird Trans Am Stunt Car From Steve McQueen’s Final Film

Ben Branch March 15, 2024
Pontiac Firebird Trans Am Stunt Car Steve McQueen The Hunter
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  • Classic Cars

This is a stunt vehicle that was memorably used in Steve McQueen’s last ever film, The Hunter, released in 1980. The car was blown up during the film and then given to a farmer…

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Affordable Vintage V8 Roadster: A Crosley Almquist Sabre – $12,800+ USD

Ben Branch March 14, 2024
Crosley Almquist Sabre Roadster
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars

This is a Crosley Almquist Sabre Roadster that was built in 1957 with a Ford Flathead V8, a lightweight Almquist Engineering glassfibre body, and a tube chassis. It was originally used for racing on…

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A BMW 2002 Speedster – $14,950 USD

Ben Branch March 13, 2024
BMW 2002 Speedster
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This is the first BMW 2002 Speedster we’ve ever featured on Silodrome and it’ll probably be the last, as I suspect it’s the only one of its kind in the world. The car is…

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