JAP Flat Tracker

Reading time: less than a minute | Written by Ben Branch | April 28th 2012

It amazes me that some people are this cool without even trying. After spending some time looking over the photograph above I’ve hypothesised that that’s a 1940’s or 1950’s JAP based flat tracker, I’ve also decided that I want one.

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Published by Ben Branch - April 28th 2012

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