Ben Branch
February 13, 2022
The Suzuki RE5 was a Wankel rotary-engined motorcycle developed in the early 1970s. It was to be a showcase the future of Suzuki’s motorcycle division but it would quickly turn out to be an expensive…
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Ben Branch
February 13, 2022
Spitfire Mk 1 to Mk 24 – How Spitfires Kept Getting Better is a new quarter hour long documentary from the British Imperial War Museum about one of the most famous and beloved aircraft of all…
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Ben Branch
February 12, 2022
This is the only alloy-bodied Brooke Cosworth Double R Supercharged 400 in the world. While that name may be a bit of a mouthful it does tell you something important – this featherweight two-seater is…
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Ben Branch
February 11, 2022
This Lotus Elite Type 75 is a little more special than most, it was given to Formula 1 driver Ronnie Peterson by Colin Chapman who was head of Team Lotus, the team with which…
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Ben Branch
February 11, 2022
Each of these unusual brass bottle openers from Noah Marion are 100% made in the USA from solid brass. While they may look like little more than a non-functional paperweight, this simple device can…
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Ben Branch
February 10, 2022
This is a 6×6 camper version of the ZIL 131, one of the toughest military trucks in history. The ZIL 131 has been in use by the Soviets for decades as a platform for…
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Ben Branch
February 10, 2022
This is the new CCM Heritage ‘71 Ti limited edition production motorcycle, and as the name suggests, large parts of it including the chassis, subframe, swingarm, and exhaust are made from 100% titanium. Titanium is…
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Ben Branch
February 9, 2022
This 1976 Ferrari 308 GTB is one of the rarer “Vetroresina” cars with a body made almost entirely from lightweight fiberglass with the exception of the aluminum front lid. Later cars would get steel…
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Ben Branch
February 9, 2022
This is an original McLaren MP4/2 Porsche-TAG F1 engine, it’s a member of the engine family used by the McLaren Formula 1 team during their dominant romp to multiple World Championship wins in the mid-1980s….
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Ben Branch
February 8, 2022
This is a rare Rau Kawasaki race bike from 1983. “Rau” is the surname of Manfred Rau, a German motorcycle frame designer and engineer who built many race-winning bikes in period. Much like his…
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Ben Branch
February 8, 2022
This is the TechLiner Grid Shorty Titanium Pen by Ti2 Design, it’s designed to be the last pen you ever need to buy, and it very well may be thanks to its long-lasting, all-titanium construction….
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Ben Branch
February 7, 2022
This Triumph GT6 is part way through a restoration to “Roadster Special” specification, with the hardtop coupe body replaced with a new lightweight fiberglass front and rear section, and an original Triumph straight-six engine…
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