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1968 Mercedes-Benz Unimog 404 Mountain Rescue + Fire Truck

Ben Branch August 29, 2018
Mercedes-Benz Unimog Front
  • Cars
  • Classic 4x4
  • German

There are few vehicles better suited to expedition camper conversion than the original Mercedes-Benz Unimog 404, and this mountain rescue / fire truck is…

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Porsche 911 Racer – With A 3.2 Liter Stroker by Torque Power Racing

Ben Branch August 21, 2018
Custom Porsche 911 Race Car Wheels
  • Cars
  • German
  • Porsche

I’ve always thought of the Porsche 911 as the automotive equivalent of Keith Richards. Both rose to prominence in the early 1960s, both have…

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Barn Find Project: 1974 BMW 3.0 CSi – Would You Take It On?

Ben Branch August 8, 2018
BMW 3.0 CSi Side
  • BMW
  • Cars
  • German

The BMW 3.0 CSi is unquestionably one of the most beautiful cars of its era, it was developed to compete with the finest grand…

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The German Giant Killer – An Original Porsche 550A Spyder

Ben Branch July 31, 2018
Porsche 550 A Spyder
  • Cars
  • German
  • Porsche
  • Racing
  • Rare

The Porsche 550A Spyder has a well-earned reputation for being a giant killer – it took on and handily defeated far more powerful cars…

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The JM Customs BMW R80 RT Monolever Street Scrambler

Ben Branch July 13, 2018
BMW R80 RT Monolever Headlights
  • BMW
  • British
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • German
  • Motorcycles

BMW R80 RT Monolever The BMW R80 RT was released in 1982 as a road touring motorcycle fitted with the Paris-Dakar Rally winning BMW…

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1971 BMW 2002 Tii-Specification Group 2 – A French-Built Racer

Ben Branch July 4, 2018
BMW 2002 Tii Main
  • BMW
  • Cars
  • French
  • German
  • Racing

This BMW 2002 Tii-Specification Groupe 2 was built at the dawn of the ’80s by two legends of French motorsport – Sport Garage G.Benoit…

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The UFO Garage BMW R100 RS – A German Desert Sled

Ben Branch July 2, 2018
BMW R100 RS
  • BMW
  • German
  • Motorcycles
  • Scrambler Motorcycles

UFO Garage UFO Garage was founded by Efraon Triana Lopez, one of the founders of both Cafe Racer Dreams and Pan Speed Shop, as…

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The Porsche 953 INK Print – 1984 Paris-Dakar Rally Winner

Ben Branch June 20, 2018
Porsche 911 Rally
  • Art
  • Cars
  • German
  • Porsche
  • Rally

The Porsche 953 The Porsche 953, sometimes referred to as the Porsche 911 Rally or the Porsche 911 4×4, is one of the most…

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Elemental Custom Cycles BMW R80 Monolever Cafe Racer Project 4

Ben Branch May 14, 2018
BMW R80 Monolever Custom
  • BMW
  • Cafe Racers
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • German

The beautiful BMW cafe racer you see here is the work of Elemental Custom Cycles based in Neustadt, Germany just outside of Nuremberg. The…

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The First Mid-Engined BMW Supercar – The BMW M1

Ben Branch April 25, 2018
BMW M1 Car Main
  • BMW
  • Cars
  • German
  • Italian

The BMW M1 was built almost entirely thanks to retired racing driver and head of BMW M-division Jochen Neerpasch, who wanted to challenge Porsche…

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The Art of Kathrin Longhurst

Ben Branch April 5, 2018
Art of Kathrin Longhurst
  • Art
  • Australian
  • German

Kathrin Longhurst is an artist born behind the Iron Curtain in East Berlin in 1971, she started art classes at 14, but they were…

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The Hohner Marine Band Harmonica – King of the Harps

Ben Branch March 27, 2018
Hohner Marine Band Harmonica Main
  • Gear
  • German
  • Music

The Hohner Marine Band Harmonica was first released in 1896, and it’s changed very little in the hundred+ years since. Although it was initially…

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