Ben Branch
August 4, 2020
This is an edited extract from This Way To The Revolution, a book by Ian Francis about Birmingham in the late 60s. Available via Flatpack Projects. Less Than Nothing Birmingham’s oldest district, Digbeth sits…
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Ben Branch
August 3, 2020
The Porsche MOMO 356 RSR Outlaw by Rod Emory and his team is one of the fastest street-legal Porsche 356s anywhere in the world. That said, although the car is officially titled as a…
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Ben Branch
August 3, 2020
Editor’s Note: We now have an answer to this, please see the new addendum under the original post. This mystery motorcycle engine has us stumped, it’s also stumped the experts over at Bonhams so…
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Ben Branch
August 2, 2020
This one hour documentary shows the restoration of a WWII era De Havilland Mosquito, from an empty abandoned shell to a fully equipped aircraft taking off for its first test flights since the early…
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Ben Branch
August 1, 2020
The most memorable vehicles in the M*A*S*H TV series were almost certainly the twin Bell 47 choppers that featured heavily in the opening credits – the helicopter you see here was the one closest to the…
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Ben Branch
July 31, 2020
The 1981 Jeep CJ7 you see here was comprehensively restored and upgraded by Richard Rawlings and the crew at Gas Monkey Garage, it was then auctioned by Barrett-Jackson at their 2019 Scottsdale auction where…
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Ben Branch
July 31, 2020
The 1,000 hp Mopar Hellephant 426 Hemi crate engine lit up the world’s motoring media when it was released in 2019, the engine sold out in just two days and as of yet there…
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Ben Branch
July 30, 2020
The Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 was developed as a high performance package for the Camaro that would allow Chevrolet to go racing in the Trans Am series created by the Sports Car Club of America…
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Ben Branch
July 30, 2020
This is the Squire K-Canvas® Workshop Apron, it’s made from Earnest Co’s proprietary K-Canvas® material, a heavy cotton and Dupont Kevlar® blend that results in a comfortable and hard-wearing material that has excellent flame-resistance and 20x…
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Ben Branch
July 30, 2020
The history of motor vehicles from behind the Soviet Union’s Iron Curtain is a thing that many of us in the West are a little hazy on, but almost all of us have heard…
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Ben Branch
July 29, 2020
This NASA-approved shirt features the main control panel of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) better known as the “Moon Buggy”. The Moon Buggy has the unique distinction of being the first manned-automobile to ever…
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Ben Branch
July 28, 2020
It took far longer than it should have for the Rover V8 to find its way into the Land Rover, but when it did it fundamentally transformed the vehicle from a slow but capable…
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