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Weird Wheels: A Vectrix VX-1 Electric Custom Motorcycle

Ben Branch January 16, 2023
Custom Vectrix VX-1 Electric Motorcycle 16
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles

When you first lay eyes on this Vectrix VX-1 custom it’s not completely clear what you’re looking at. It somewhat resembles the Henderson KJ…

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Randolph Aviator Sunglasses: U.S. Military Pilot Standard Issue

Ben Branch January 16, 2023
Randolph Aviator Sunglasses
  • Gear
  • Style

These are the Randolph Aviator Sunglasses, they have the unusual distinction of having been standard issue for U.S. military pilots and astronauts for over…

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For Sale: A Rare Early Mercedes-Benz Unimog

Ben Branch January 15, 2023
Mercedes-Benz Unimog 411
  • Cars
  • Classic 4x4

This is the Mercedes-Benz Unimog 411, it’s a member of the first generation of Mercedes-built Unimogs that incorporated a range of improvements over the…

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KTM 990 Super Duke Flat Tracker: Second Wave 001

Ben Branch January 14, 2023
KTM 990 Super Duke Flat Tracker
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles

This is the KTM 990 Super Duke as we’ve ever seen it before, as a stripped back lightweight flat tracker that would likely make very…

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For Sale: A Lotus-Renault 98T-Style Go-Kart

Ben Branch January 13, 2023
Lotus Formula 1 Go Kart
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars

This is a Lotus-Renault 98T-style go kart, it was built specifically to resemble the car driven by Ayrton Senna in the 1986 Formula 1 season…

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For Sale: A Metisse Steve McQueen Desert Racer

Ben Branch January 12, 2023
Metisse Steve McQueen Desert Racer
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Motorcycles

Just 300 examples of the Metisse Steve McQueen Desert Racer will be made, it’s a low-volume production motorcycle based very closely on the Metisse owned and…

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Hägglunds Bandvagn BV206: An Amphibious All-Terrain Legend

Ben Branch January 11, 2023
Hägglunds Bandvagn BV206
  • Cars
  • Classic 4x4

This vehicle is known as either the Hägglunds BV206 or the Bandvagn 206, it’s a fully-amphibious vehicle that can be used on water, snow, ice, mud, sand, gravel,…

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A Ferrari 360 Modena V8 Engine Coffee Table

Ben Branch January 11, 2023
Ferrari 360 Modena V8 Engine Coffee Table 1
  • Cars
  • Extraordinary Engines For Sale
  • Gear

This is a glass-topped coffee table that’s been built around an original Ferrari 360 Modena V8, an engine that would have been capable of…

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Retro Survivor: A 1963 Dodge Frank Motor Home

Ben Branch January 10, 2023
Motor Home
  • Camping
  • Cars

This is a Dodge Frank Motor Home from 1963 and surprisingly it remains in largely original condition throughout. Many of these older motorhomes have either been completely refurbished…

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Safari “Rallyewagen” – 1979 Mercedes-Benz 450 SLC 5.0

Ben Branch January 9, 2023
Mercedes-Benz 450 SLC 5.0
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars

This 1979 Mercedes-Benz 450 SLC 5.0 is one of seven cars in this series, it’s a Mercedes-Benz works safari rally car and it took…

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For Sale: A First-Generation Ford GT V8 Engine – 550 BHP

Ben Branch January 9, 2023
Ford GT Engine 2
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars

This is a first-generation Ford GT V8 engine, I was bought new by the owner and kept as a spare for his Ford GT,…

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Emma Peel’s Lotus Elan From “The Avengers” Is For Sale

Ben Branch January 8, 2023
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars

There were few cars more iconic to the television watching 1960s British public than the Lotus Elan, thanks largely to its use by Emma…

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