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1962 Ford Mustang I Concept Promotional Film

Ben Branch September 27, 2015
  • American
  • Cars
  • Design
  • Films
  • Ford

The first Mustang was shown to the general public in 1962, it looked vastly different from the car that would actually go into production…

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Jaguar XJ220

Ben Branch September 23, 2015
  • British
  • Cars
  • Design
  • Luxury
  • Rare

“The Saturday Club” was an unofficial group of 12 Jaguar engineers and designers who worked after-hours and on weekends to secretly develop the car…

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American Look: A Populuxe Film

Ben Branch September 20, 2015
  • American
  • Art
  • Design
  • Films
  • Vintage

American Look is a film produced by Chevrolet Motors in 1958 as a look into the industrial design of the decade. It’s a surprisingly…

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For Sale: The Maserati Boomerang

Ben Branch August 28, 2015
  • Cars
  • Concept
  • Design
  • Italian
  • Vintage

The Maserati Boomerang is undoubtably one of the most important concept cars of the 20th century, it’s revolutionary wedge shape would go on to…

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Fire Design Extinguishers

Ben Branch August 18, 2015
  • Art
  • Design
  • French
  • Retro
  • Safety

Fire Design is a French company that was founded by artist and product designer Rodolphe Gimenez, his goal is to create fire extinguishers that…

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The GM Firebird III Gas Turbine Car

Ben Branch August 16, 2015
  • American
  • Cars
  • Design
  • Engineering

The General Motors Firebird lll gas turbine car was a concept developed in 1958 as a progression of the Firebird I and Firebird II…

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Auburn Speedster Barn Find

Ben Branch August 15, 2015
  • American
  • Cars
  • Design
  • Luxury
  • Vintage

The American answer to the lightning fast Bugatti, Bentley and Rolls-Royce automobiles coming out of Europe in the 1920s was the Auburn Speedster, a…

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Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Alloy Gullwing

Ben Branch August 11, 2015
  • Cars
  • Design
  • German
  • Mercedes-Benz
  • Vintage

Mercedes-Benz produced 1,400 300 SL Gullwings between 1954 and 1963, of this number just 29 were aluminium alloy bodied like the car you see…

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4Style Leather Duffel Bag by Chivote

Ben Branch August 5, 2015
  • Bags
  • Design
  • Gear
  • Retro

The new 4Style Duffel Bag by Chivote is designed to allow owners to wear it as a backpack, shoulder bag, messenger bag or handheld…

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Costin Jaguar Sports Racer

Ben Branch July 25, 2015
  • British
  • Cars
  • Design
  • Jaguar
  • Racing
  • Rare

The history of this Costin Jaguar is quite remarkable, it’s the only one that was ever made and it essentially started life as two…

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1989 BMW M3

Ben Branch July 23, 2015
  • BMW
  • Cars
  • Design
  • Vintage

The BMW E30 was the first car to be adorned with the tri-colour M3 badge, it first appeared in 1985 and quickly found its…

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Chevrolet CERV I

Ben Branch July 21, 2015
  • American
  • Cars
  • Design
  • Vintage

It’s difficult to adequately explain how important the CERV was to the development of the Corvette, and to the American automotive industry as a…

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