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Tunnel of Love – Café Racer – A Free Short Film

Ben Branch October 28, 2011
  • British
  • Cafe Racers
  • Films
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro
  • Vintage

This 12 minute short film has no spoken dialog, instead it employs clever visual cues to tell a story. It takes place in London and follows a leather clad racer on his 1968 Norton Commando.

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Dan Wheldon vs Jenson Button Circa 1989

Ben Branch October 20, 2011
  • British
  • Films
  • Formula 1
  • Racing
  • Retro

This almost prophetic home video from 1989 shows Jenson Button and Dan Wheldon racing in a British kart series as children, Jenson is #14 and Wheldon is #1, Antony Davidson is on track as well although his number isn’t mentioned.

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1967 Monaco F1 GP

Ben Branch October 1, 2011
  • Cars
  • Films
  • Formula 1
  • Racing
  • Vintage

This footage is from the 1967 Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix, and shows the fatal accident of Lorenzo Bandini, the Ferrari driver clipped a chicane and was sent upside down into the hay bales with

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Classified Moto: A lamp in the next life.

Ben Branch September 30, 2011
  • American
  • Art
  • Design
  • Films
  • Furniture
  • Style
  • Vintage

Bikes aren’t the only thing Classified Moto does though, the above video was filmed by Mondial and shows John and his wife building one of the iconic Classified Moto lamps from start to finish.

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1958 NASCAR Daytona Beach Convertible Race

Ben Branch September 27, 2011
  • American
  • Cars
  • Convertibles
  • Films
  • Vintage

https://youtube.com/watch?v=-eIuUq-GZok In 1958 the first Daytona Beach Convertible race was held, this 25 minute film (split into 3 segments) covers the whole event from…

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Rene Arnoux vs Gilles Villeneuve

Ben Branch September 21, 2011
  • Cars
  • Films
  • Formula 1
  • Racing
  • Vintage

This classic Formula 1 battle is considered by many to be the best 3 laps in open-wheeled racing history, it features Rene Arnoux and Gilles Villeneuve in a no holds barred street fight for the win at the 1979 French Grand Prix.

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Vintage Motorcycle Hill Climbing

Ben Branch September 14, 2011
  • Films
  • Motorcycles
  • Racing
  • Scrambler Motorcycles
  • Vintage

Motorcycle hill climbing events are always a white-knuckle endeavour, attempting such an activity on brutally simple suspension must have required an iron will and a pair of titanium balls.

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First Ever NHRA National Event in 1955

Ben Branch September 11, 2011
  • American
  • Cars
  • Films
  • Racing
  • Retro
  • Vintage

The NHRA or National Hot Rod Association was founded by Wally Parks in 1951, he wanted to get drag racing off the streets and onto safer, professional level tracks and in doing so he doubtless saved a lot of young men’s lives throughout the 50’s and 60’s.

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Onboard with Jim Clark

Ben Branch September 8, 2011
  • British
  • Cars
  • Films
  • Formula 1
  • Racing
  • Vintage

This wonderful onboard footage with Jim Clark at the 1963 Oulton Park Grand Prix give a great drivers eye view of what it was like to pilot a 60s era Formula 1 car

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Stirling Moss Gives A Masterclass In The 1959 Cooper-Climax

Ben Branch August 31, 2011
  • British
  • Cars
  • Films
  • Formula 1
  • Racing
  • Vintage

In this video he takes us on a few flying laps of the Donington Park circuit in the UK and talks us through the laps as well as throwing in some historical tidbits and comparisons to modern day F1 cars.

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Salt Lake Racing with Deus Ex Machina

Ben Branch August 26, 2011
  • Australian
  • Films
  • Motorcycles
  • Racing
  • Retro

Deus Ex Machina took a trip to Lake Gairder in March 2006 to take part in the DLRA Speed Week trials, they ended up taking…

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Gasoline and Caffeine Tour: The Jack Pine Build

Ben Branch August 19, 2011
  • American
  • Engineering
  • Films
  • Motorcycles
  • Retro

The Jack Pine from Hammarhead Industries is easily one of the top 10 custom production bikes in the world (in my humble opinion), built…

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