Originally designed for the men who were trekking into the Klondike in search of gold, these goat skin gloves with a wool liner can handle just about anything you throw at them.
There are stories of men boiling and eating the gloves when rations ran thin so, you know, there’s that as an option as well.
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The 427 cu. in. version of the Shelby Cobra was far more than just a simple engine upgrade from the original 289 cu. in. Ford V8 – the entire car was redesigned for the…
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The Allison V-1710 aircraft engine was originally intended for use in US military airships, it would later be used in a wide variety of aircraft during the Second World War including the original P-51 Mustang,…
