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Fuel Greasy Selvedge Motorcycle Pants – Selvedge Denim Woven With Aramid Fibres

Ben Branch February 21, 2020
Fuel Greasy Denim Motorcycle Jeans
  • Clothing
  • Gear
  • Style

These are the new Fuel Greasy Selvedge Pants, they’re made by the team at Fuel Motorcycles from a highly-abrasion resistant 14 oz single-layer material…

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Mercedes-Benz Ruthmann Unimog – The Greatest Race Car Hauler For Sale On Earth Right Now

Ben Branch February 20, 2020
Mercedes-Benz Unimog Car Hauler
  • Cars
  • Classic 4x4

This 1966 Mercedes-Benz Unimog car hauler is one of the more unusual methods you could use to get your car to the race track,…

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The Nose Cose from Jim Hurtubise’s 1969 Mallard-Offenhauser Indy 500 Car

Ben Branch February 20, 2020
Jim Hurtubise Mallard-Offenhauser Indy 500 car
  • American
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars

This is a nose cone from the last front-engined car to ever qualify for the Indy 500 – Jim Hurtubise’s 1969 Mallard-Offenhauser. Both Jim…

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This Is The 1978 Jaguar XJS Group 44 Trans-Am Championship Winner

Ben Branch February 19, 2020
Jaguar XJS Group 44 Trans-Am Car
  • British
  • Cars
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  • Racing

This is the Group 44 Jaguar XJS that won the Trans-Am Category 1 Drivers’ and Manufacturers’ Championship in the hands of Bob Tullius and…

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The Merlin Chaplow Tool Roll – A Traditional Waxed Cotton & Leather Tool Roll

Ben Branch February 19, 2020
MERLIN CHAPLOW TOOL ROLL
  • British
  • Gear
  • Tools

The Merlin Chaplow Tool Roll has a main chassis of hard-wearing Halley Stevensons 12oz Scottish waxed cotton with adjustable premium leather straps to keep…

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Volkswagen Type 166 Schwimmwagen – Erwin Komenda’s Amphibious 4×4

Ben Branch February 18, 2020
Volkswagen Type 166 Schwimmwagen
  • Cars
  • Classic 4x4
  • Military

The Volkswagen Type 166 Schwimmwagen was one of the most remarkable vehicles developed during WW2. It was an amphibious 4×4 designed by the same…

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The New Spidi Rainwarrior H2Out Motorcycle Gloves

Ben Branch February 18, 2020
Spidi Rainwarrior H2Out Gloves
  • Clothing
  • Gear
  • Gloves

These are the new Spidi Rainwarrior H2Out motorcycle gloves, they were designed to offer a premium 3 to 4 season glove for riders who…

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The Beautiful Toyota 2000GT – The First Million Dollar Japanese Sports Car

Ben Branch February 17, 2020
Toyota 2000GT Doors
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars
  • Japanese

  The Toyota 2000GT is one of the most important Japanese cars of all time, it’s now the most valuable vintage Japanese production car…

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For Sale: Michael Schumacher’s Ferrari F2004 Engine Cover (Est. $1,500 and $2,500 USD)

Ben Branch February 17, 2020
Michael Schumacher Ferrari F2004 Engine Cover
  • Cars
  • Formula 1
  • Gadgets
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This is an engine cover from the Ferrari F2004 Formula 1 car that was driven by multiple World Champion Michael Schumacher in the 2004…

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The Car Of The Future (From 1977) – The Six-Wheeled Panther 6

Ben Branch February 16, 2020
Panther 6 Car Factory
  • British
  • Cars
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In 1977 when the Panther 6 was unveiled to the general public for the first time at London’s 1977 Motorfair show at Earls Court it…

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Rebuilt For A Race Car Project: There’s A Packard Straight 8 Engine For Sale On eBay

Ben Branch February 15, 2020
Packard Straight 8 Engine
  • American
  • Classic Cars
  • Extraordinary Engines For Sale

This engine is a 1948 Packard Straight 8, it’s an L-head inline 8-cylinder engine, it has a capacity of 327 cu. in (5.35 litres), and…

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A Brief History of the Ariel Red Hunter – Everything You Need To Know

Jon Branch February 14, 2020
Ariel Red Hunter Motorcyle
  • Brief Histories
  • British
  • Motorcycles

Val Page, Ariel, and the Red Hunter The story of the Ariel Red Hunter began when motorcycle engineer Val Page joined Ariel in 1925,…

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