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Purple People Eater Corvette

Ben Branch December 12, 2015
  • American
  • Cars
  • Chevrolet
  • Racing

The Purple People Eaters were possibly the most famous Corvettes in the world in the late 1950s, they belonged to Nickey Chevrolet of Chicago…

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Pontiac Catalina “Swiss Cheese” Super Duty

Ben Branch December 5, 2015
  • American
  • Cars
  • Racing
  • Rare
  • Vintage

This is the last Pontiac Catalina “Swiss Cheese” Super Duty ever made, and exactly how it was snuck through the production process on the…

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1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 Touring

Ben Branch December 3, 2015
  • Cars
  • Porsche
  • Racing
  • Rare

The Porsche 911 Carrera RS is considered by many in the motoring fraternity to be the pinnacle of the 911. Porsche have built many…

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Dirt Diggers Tee

Ben Branch November 20, 2015
  • American
  • Clothing
  • Gear
  • Racing

The Dirt Diggers t-shirt by Moto 76 is an homage to the desert racers who went by the same name in the years after WWII….

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Jaguar E-Type Competition Coupé

Ben Branch November 19, 2015
  • British
  • Cars
  • Jaguar
  • Racing
  • Rare

The Jaguar E-Type was never really intended for racing, despite the fact that it shared many design queues with the D-Type – its elder…

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1957 Chevrolet “Black Widow” Racer

Ben Branch November 5, 2015
  • American
  • Cars
  • Racing
  • Rare

The 1957 Chevrolet “Black Widow” is a car that was developed in the shadows of a looming ban on auto racing in the United…

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1986 Ford RS200

Ben Branch November 3, 2015
  • Cars
  • Ford
  • Racing
  • Rally
  • Rare

The Ford RS200 rose from the ashes of the ill-fated Escort RS 1700T project – after a successful rally programme based around the earlier…

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The Original BMW M1

Ben Branch October 30, 2015
  • Cars
  • German
  • Italian
  • Luxury
  • Racing
  • Rare

The BMW M1 was a radical departure from business as usual for BMW, famous at the time for building more practical cars the M1…

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Who is your Chassis and What Does it Do?

Ben Branch October 25, 2015
  • American
  • Cars
  • Engineering
  • Films
  • Racing

/ENGINEERED is a new technical series by the talented team behind /DRIVE, this episode is titled Who is your Chassis and What Does it…

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The Phil Hill Story

Ben Branch October 11, 2015
  • American
  • Films
  • Formula 1
  • Racing
  • Vintage

The Phil Hill Story is a slightly older documentary about America’s only native born Formula 1 World Champion. Hill was a famously quiet and…

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Harley-Davidson Model JDH ‘Two Cam’ Racer

Ben Branch October 7, 2015
  • American
  • Harley-Davidson
  • Motorcycles
  • Racing
  • Vintage

In 1928 Harley-Davidson offered its ‘Two Cam’ racing engine in a street legal motorcycle for the first time, it was called the Model JDH…

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Triumph Trident Racing Motorcycle

Ben Branch October 5, 2015
  • British
  • Motorcycles
  • Racing
  • Triumph
  • Vintage

Triumph ended their factory racing program in the mid-70s due to budget restrictions and increasingly competitive two-strokes from Japan, this could have spelled the end…

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