The So-Cal Speed Shop Special Belly Tank Racer – The Lakester
The So-Cal Speed Shop Special Belly Tank Racer, also known as a “Lakester”, was developed in the late 1940s using relatively primitive hot rod…
Alpinestars Oscar Rayburn Motorcycle Boots – Category 2 CE Certified
The Alpinestars Oscar Rayburn Boots are among the best dual purpose motorcycle boots on the market, they look almost entirely like normal street wear…
Talbot Sunbeam Lotus – The Unlikely British World Rally Championship Winner
The Talbot Sunbeam Lotus was a hot hatch from the golden age of the genre that would go on to astonish the motor racing…
The Nexx X.G100 Southsider Motorcycle Helmet
The Nexx X.G100 Southsider is a new motorcycle helmet design from the European company featuring either red or black colorways with classic ’50s Hot Rod-style…
Hookie Moto-Kit for the BMW R NineT – Transform Your Bike In One Day
The new Hookie Moto-Kit is a bolt-on set of parts for the BMW R NineT that transforms the look of the stock bike –…
Lego Ford Mustang Fastback – 1,471 Parts – 13″ Long – $149.99 USD
The new Lego Ford Mustang model features 1,471 parts and measures in at 3” (10 cm) high, 13” (34cm) long and 5” (14 cm)…
BMW 503 – The Car That Nearly Bankrupted BMW
The BMW 503 and its stablemate, the BMW 507, very nearly sunk the German automaker in the 1950s due to the runaway costs associated…
A Brief History of the Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen (G-Wagon / G-Class)
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…
Short Film: Watchmaker Breaks Down Swiss vs Japanese Made 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…
Continental R-670 7-Cylinder Radial Engine
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…
1954 Kurtis 500KK SR-100 – A Rare American Road-Legal Racer
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…
The Automotive Art of Revolicius
Revolicius is a new automotive art company established by Stamatis Tsirdimos and operating out of Marathon in Greece. As with many of us Stamatis…