Ben Branch
November 18, 2011
This extraordinary collection of Vincent Motorcycles is the sort of thing that comes up for sale once every few decades, if you’re lucky. The collection of 3 Vincents includes a Black Shadow, a Rapide and a Comet, all in astonishingly good condition with none of the bikes having been restored.
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Ben Branch
November 17, 2011
In 1903 brothers and coachbuilders Jacobus and Hendrik-Jan Spijker unveiled the 60HP Spyker, this remarkable car featured a number of world firsts including the…
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Ben Branch
November 16, 2011
Every now and then I come across a photograph that mesmerises me, click the above picture and take a look at it full scale and you’ll see what I mean.
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Ben Branch
November 16, 2011
The Kamome Sprinter is a unique bike, it’s based on a 2011 Harley Davidson Softail Crossbones but to look at it you’d never guess it…
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Ben Branch
November 14, 2011
The 1952 Goodwood 9 Hour Race was first held in 1952, Jaguar sent the above illustrated C-Type with other British manufacturers sending their latest creations.
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Ben Branch
November 12, 2011
This super-sepia footage features 1960’s rally drivers Paddy Hopkirk and Timo Makinen demonstrating controlled spins, skids and extreme reverse parking at Pukekohe, New Zealand.
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Ben Branch
November 11, 2011
I’m saddened and confused that I’ve never heard of this film. I don’t see how it can be anything other than wonderful, although a quick check revealed that it didn’t win a best picture Oscar. Baffling.
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Ben Branch
November 6, 2011
This is a picture of a Jeep piloted by Jim Vaughan in the 70’s, it’s a great example of wheel-articulation is action. I stumbled across this snapshot over on the brilliant OffRoadAction.ca website, check them out if you have time.
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Ben Branch
November 2, 2011
I’m currently sitting at a small roadside cafe in Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital city. I flew in last Thursday to join 15 men on a…
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Ben Branch
October 31, 2011
From a time when Nomex was a small man’s previous wife, this is a frankly insane stunt performed in what appears to be a Model T Ford.
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Ben Branch
October 28, 2011
This 12 minute short film has no spoken dialog, instead it employs clever visual cues to tell a story. It takes place in London and follows a leather clad racer on his 1968 Norton Commando.
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Ben Branch
October 27, 2011
The 70’s were an iconic time to be an advertising man, political correctness was unheard of and all that was needed for a successful advertising campaign was a product with women on, in, under or around it. Or all of the above.
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