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BMW 503 – The Car That Nearly Bankrupted BMW

Ben Branch February 25, 2019
BMW 503 Front
  • BMW
  • Classic Cars

The BMW 503 and its stablemate, the BMW 507, very nearly sunk the German automaker in the 1950s due to the runaway costs associated…

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A Brief History of the Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen (G-Wagon / G-Class)

Jon Branch February 25, 2019
Mercedes Benz G Class
  • Brief Histories
  • Cars
  • Classic 4x4

Germany and Austria Join Forces to Create a Better 4×4 – The G-Wagen (G-Wagon / G-Class) The story of the beginning of the Mercedes…

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Short Film: Watchmaker Breaks Down Swiss vs Japanese Made Watches

Ben Branch February 24, 2019
Watchmaker Breaks Down Swiss vs Japanese Made Watches
  • Films
  • Watches

This short film by the team at Wired gives a remarkably detailed look at the disassembly process of two automatic mechanical watches, one by…

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Continental R-670 7-Cylinder Radial Engine

Ben Branch February 23, 2019
Continental R-670 Radial Engine
  • American
  • Engineering

The Continental R-670 is a 7-cylinder, air-cooled radial engine that was used in planes, blimps, tanks, landing craft, and armoured vehicles – mostly during…

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1954 Kurtis 500KK SR-100 – A Rare American Road-Legal Racer

Ben Branch February 22, 2019
Kurtis-500KK-SR-100-Car-18
  • American
  • Classic Cars

The Kurtis 500KK was a road-going sports car developed by Frank Kurtis using much the same architecture under its bodywork as his Indianapolis 500…

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The Automotive Art of Revolicius

Ben Branch February 22, 2019
Beetlebus Main
  • Art
  • Classic Cars

Revolicius is a new automotive art company established by Stamatis Tsirdimos and operating out of Marathon in Greece. As with many of us Stamatis…

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The Rogue Motorcycles BMW R100 RT – An Australian Custom Airhead

Ben Branch February 21, 2019
Custom BMW R100 12
  • BMW
  • Custom Motorcycles

This article was written by Jeremy Hammer. There are generally two types of customers who walk the through doors of Rogue Motorcycles with the…

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Boeing 737 Jet Engine Cowling Chair – To Outfit Your James Bond Villain Lair

Ben Branch February 21, 2019
Boeing 737 Jet Engine Cowling Chair
  • American
  • Home
  • Planes

If you’ve an aspiring James Bond villain and you’d like to buy some suitably styled furniture, your first stop should almost certainly be Plane…

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The Glasspar G2 – The First Fibreglass-Bodied Production Car

Ben Branch February 20, 2019
Glasspar G2 Car Badge
  • American
  • Classic Cars

The Glasspar G2 is considered by many automotive historians to be the first production car with a fibreglass body, it was a major contributing factor…

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Ferrari 156 F1 Sharknose – 1:8th Scale Model – $8,460 USD

Ben Branch February 20, 2019
Ferrari 156 F1 Sharknose Engine
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars
  • Formula 1

The Ferrari 156 F1 “Sharknose” is remembered today as one of the most famous Formula 1 cars of its era, if not the most…

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The Anvil Land Rover Defender – Rebuilt with a 600 lb-ft Cummins Turbo Diesel

Ben Branch February 19, 2019
Anvil Land Rover Defender Diesel Engine
  • Classic 4x4
  • Land Rover

The Anvil Defender is the work of Blacksmith Engineering, an engineering powerhouse dedicated to rebuilding classic 4x4s to be stronger, faster, and more capable….

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Roland Sands Mojave Boots – Daily Wearable Motorcycle Boots

Ben Branch February 19, 2019
Roland Sands Mojave Boots Main
  • American
  • Boots

The Roland Sands Mojave Boots have become best sellers since they were introduced a few years ago, they were developed from a blank slate…

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