Railway Penny-farthing
This exceedingly old photograph shows a group of Russian Gendarmes in Moscow around 1890, the chap in the middle of the frame is sitting atop what is quite clearly a Penny-farthing designed for use on the railway lines.
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Jimmy Clark in a Ford Model T Sprint Car
This brilliant photograph shows Jimmy Clark sitting in a beautiful old Model T Sprint Car, the purpose of the picture was to…
Ford Model T Assembly Line
The Model T Ford was a revolution, it was the first affordable car ever made and it democratised automobile ownership around the world.
1913 Indian Boardtrack Racer
The Indian Boardtrack Racers of the early 20th century are quite easily amongst the most beautiful motorcycles ever built, the bikes are the first real generation of motorcycles, they were largely based on bicycles with no rear suspension and very limited front springs.
Peter Sellers and his Ferrari 275 GTB
This photograph from 1965 shows Sellers with his much loved Ferrari 275GTB…
If You’re Not Winning, You’re Not Trying
If You’re Not Winning, You’re Not Trying is a 1973 Documentary that follows the iconic John Player Lotus team through the ’73 season. It features some truly amazing footage of Colin Chapman, Emerson Fittipaldi and Ronnie Peterson…
The USS Akron
This photograph of the USS Akron under construction looks beautiful, the really captivating element of the picture has to be the men standing at the very tops of those extraordinary ladders attached to what look like horsedrawn carts.
Winston Churchill’s Land Rover
It isn’t every day that something as quintessentially British as this comes along, meet Winston Churchill’s 1954 Land Rover Series 1, a car that was specifically built for the man himself with an extra-wide driver’s seat and an arm rest in place of the passenger seat.
Clint Eastwood on his Norton Commando
Clint Eastwood was well known for his love of cars and motorcycles in the ’60s and ’70s, he especially loved British marques like Jaguar, Austim Healy and motorcycle marque Norton.
1965 Porsche 356C Carrera GT
The Porsche 356C Carrera GT was a special model built by Porsche in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s, it was designed to be a race specification version of the road going 356…
1956 Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta ‘Tour de France’
This rather lengthily named 1956 Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta ‘Tour de France’ by Carrozzeria Scaglietti was the very first example of the second series 250 GT design that featured 14-louver sail-panels…
Documentary – The 1969 Isle of Man TT
The 1969 Isle of Man TT was a race that took place in a time when 2-wheeled racing was dominated by the British marques Triumph, BSA and Norton.