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The Five Brough Superiors of the Villa Erba Sale

Ben Branch May 12, 2017
  • British
  • Luxury
  • Motorcycles
  • Rare

Brough Superior (pronounced “bruff superior”) was famously dubbed the “Rolls-Royce of Motorcycles” – a moniker that was unofficially endorsed by the British carmaker after a…

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1958 Porsche 356 A 1600 Super Speedster

Ben Branch May 11, 2017
  • Cars
  • German
  • Porsche
  • Rare

A Short History of the Porsche 356 Speedster The Porsche 356 Speedster is a car that Porsche was reticent to build. The regular 356 was…

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1919 Indian Powerplus Board Track Racer

Ben Branch May 5, 2017
  • American
  • Indian
  • Motorcycles
  • Racing
  • Rare

A Short History of Board Track Racing Board track racing was one of the first mass-spectator forms of motor sport, it rapidly rose to…

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The Twincharged 1985 Lancia Delta S4 “Stradale”

Ben Branch May 4, 2017
  • Cars
  • Italian
  • Racing
  • Rare

The Lancia Delta S4 is a car designed to race in the most compelling, and dangerous, form of rallying ever devised – Group B….

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The Norton Domiracer

Ben Branch May 3, 2017
  • British
  • Motorcycles
  • Norton
  • Rare

A Short History of the Norton Domiracer Norton Motorcycles was returned to England in 2008, after having spent 15 years in American hands. Norton is…

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The Team Knight Rider High Speed Pursuit Vehicle

Ben Branch April 27, 2017
  • American
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Design
  • Rare

A Brief History of George Barris The Team Knight Rider High Speed Pursuit Vehicle was designed by the legendary George Barris of Barris Kustom –…

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1968 Egli-Vincent 1330 by Godet

Ben Branch April 26, 2017
  • British
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles
  • Rare

A Brief History of the Egli-Vincent The Egli-Vincent was originally built to fix a design flaw in the Vincent Black Shadow – its frame. Although…

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1969 Mercury Cougar Boss 302

Ben Branch April 25, 2017
  • American
  • Cars
  • Muscle Cars
  • Rare

The Mercury Cougar Boss 302 is exceptionally rare even amongst other low volume American muscle cars, just 169 were built, and it’s not known…

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1969 Chevrolet Corvette L88

Ben Branch April 19, 2017
  • American
  • Cars
  • Chevrolet
  • Rare

The Chevrolet Corvette L88 was a special version of the iconic American sports car that was available for just 3 years – between 1967…

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Velocette KSS MkII Project Motorcycle

Ben Branch April 15, 2017
  • British
  • Motorcycles
  • Racing
  • Rare

A Very Short History of Velocette Velocette was a British motorcycle manufacturer founded by the German-born Johannes Gütgemann, who would change his name to…

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1965 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA

Ben Branch April 14, 2017
  • Cars
  • Italian
  • Racing
  • Rare

The Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA was the out-and-out race version of the Giulia Sprint GT road car – just 500 GTAs were built…

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Aston Martin DB6 MKII Vantage

Ben Branch April 13, 2017
  • British
  • Cars
  • Luxury
  • Rare

The Aston Martin DB6 was produced in higher numbers than its forebear the DB5, and it would be the last in the original series…

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