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For Sale: Land Rover Series 1 – “The Grizzly Torque”

Jon Branch August 17, 2023
Land Rover Series I Custom "The Grizzly Torque"
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The story of a humble Land Rover Series I named “Grizzly Torque” is a story of two young men who wanted to see the…

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Jaguar XKSS 707 “JAG 1” Is For Sale

Jon Branch August 16, 2023
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The Jaguar XKSS came into being after Jaguar decided to temporarily withdraw from motor racing in 1956. This decision left twenty five Jaguar D-type…

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Project Car Royalty: A Ferrari 250 GT/L Berlinetta Lusso

Jon Branch August 14, 2023
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The Ferrari 250 GT/L was developed as a luxury grand touring car which would provide impeccable performance and handling, as one would expect of…

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There’s A Rare Porsche 550A Prototype “Le Mans” Werks Coupe For Sale

Jon Branch August 11, 2023
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With the passing of his father Dr. Ferdinand Porsche in 1950, Ferry Porsche, though still grieving, took up the leadership of Porsche and proceeded…

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Pavel Malanik’s Home-Built 4.4 Liter V8 Motorcycle

Jon Branch June 22, 2023
Pavel Malanik's Home-Built 4.4 Liter V8 Motorcycle
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Pavel Malanik’s life passion has been motorcycles, and not just motorcycles in general, but the creations of the earliest years of motorcycle development, coinciding…

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The Incredible Untold Tale Of The Testadoro

Jon Branch June 5, 2023
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Testadoro is a sports/racing car maker whose fame was short lived yet significant in the post-war years of Italian motor racing. Among those who…

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Rebuilding The Incredible 1909 Trojan & Nagl Torpedo W4 From Scratch

Jon Branch June 1, 2023
Trojan and Nagl Torpedo W-4 motorcycle Pavel Malanik
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If your passion is for the motorcycles of the pioneering era of the first decade of the twentieth century then you are faced with…

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The 1909 North London Garage 2.7 Liter J.A.P. – Rebuilt From Scratch

Jon Branch April 25, 2023
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This motorcycle is the North London Garage 2.7 Liter J.A.P. – or perhaps more accurately it’s a brand new version of the bike built…

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Silodrome’s Quick History Of The Suzuki Jimny

Jon Branch March 9, 2023
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The Suzuki Jimny was an “out of the box” creation, the first compact consumer four-wheel-drive but fully-featured with a dual range transfer case, a ladder…

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The De Tomaso Mangusta “Mongoose”

Jon Branch January 28, 2023
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The De Tomaso Mangusta ranks as one of Italian designer Giorgetto Giugiaro’s most outstanding mid-engined designs. Originally created based on a backbone chassis built…

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1990s Supercar Royalty: The Bugatti EB110 GT

Jon Branch December 10, 2022
1994 Bugatti EB110 GT
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The Bugatti EB110 was a true successor of the original pre-war Bugattis that had been created by Ettore Bugatti and his son Jean. It…

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The Mighty Mercedes-Benz 500 SL AMG 5.0

Jon Branch December 5, 2022
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The Mercedes-Benz 500 SL AMG 5.0 was to be a marriage made in heaven: a joining together of a Mercedes-Benz 500 SL with the best…

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