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Dodge 330 Lightweight Max Wedge

Ben Branch November 15, 2016
  • American
  • Cars
  • Rare

The Dodge 330 Lightweight was developed by the iconic American automaker with a view to increasing their “competitive visibility”. The performance program was the brainchild…

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1973 Triumph X-75 Hurricane

Ben Branch November 9, 2016
  • British
  • Design
  • Motorcycles
  • Rare

Historically speaking, the Triumph X-75 Hurricane is a genuinely significant motorcycle. Just 1,200 or so were built before production ended in 1973 due to…

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1953 Chevrolet Corvette

Ben Branch November 3, 2016
  • American
  • Cars
  • Rare

In 1953 Chevrolet introduced the EX-122 Corvette show car at the GM Motorama, at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York. They were using the…

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Carroll Shelby’s Personal Shelby Mustang GT350H

Ben Branch October 28, 2016
  • American
  • Cars
  • Rare
  • Shelby

In 1966 an unusual agreement was made between Ford and the Hertz rental car company to deliver 1,003 examples of the Shelby Mustang GT350…

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1928 Excelsior “Big Bertha” Hillclimber

Ben Branch October 27, 2016
  • American
  • Motorcycles
  • Racing
  • Rare

It’s thought that just 4 Excelsior “Big Bertha” Hillclimbers were ever made, and just 2 are known to have survived to the modern day…

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Croft-Cameron Super Eight

Ben Branch October 4, 2016
  • British
  • Design
  • Motorcycles
  • Rare

The Croft-Cameron Super Eight was the top-of-the-line model from the little-known British motorcycle manufacturer during their relatively short 1923 to 1926 lifespan. Croft-Cameron was…

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Barn Find: 1957 Porsche 356 Speedster

Ben Branch October 1, 2016
  • Cars
  • Porsche
  • Rare

The Porsche 356 Speedster was developed at the request of influential automobile importer Max Hoffman, who saw a gap in the US market for…

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1963 APAL-Porsche 1600GT

Ben Branch September 29, 2016
  • Cars
  • Porsche
  • Rare

The APAL-Porsche 1600GT is a rare Belgian-built sports car from the 1960s that used a VW Beetle floorpan, a Porsche 356 engine (Type 616/7),…

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Dutch Police 1989 Porsche 911 Targa

Ben Branch September 24, 2016
  • Cars
  • Porsche
  • Rare
  • Retro

The Rijkspolitie was the Netherlands’ state police from 1945 until 1996, unusually they favoured Porsches for their patrol and response vehicles, although they did…

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Ace Four Motorcycle

Ben Branch September 17, 2016
  • American
  • Motorcycles
  • Rare

Ace was founded in 1919 by William G. Henderson – an American engineer and motorcycle designer who had previously founded Henderson Motorcycle, which he…

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1974 MV Agusta 750S

Ben Branch September 14, 2016
  • Engineering
  • Italian
  • Motorcycles
  • Rare

The engine used in the MV Agusta 750S was originally placed in the MV Agusta 600 in 1966 – making it one of the first…

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Egli-Vincent Racer

Ben Branch September 13, 2016
  • British
  • Engineering
  • Motorcycles
  • Racing
  • Rare

The Egli-Vincent has become so famous since it was first developed in the mid-1960s that its name now almost rivals the Vincent marque itself….

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