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The Unusual Lamps Of Pierre Kucoyanis

Ben Branch March 12, 2020
Lamps Pierre Kucoyanis 15
  • Art
  • Design
  • French

Demand for the unusual jet age lamps made by Pierre Kucoyanis stretches around the world, each is painstakingly made by hand by Pierre in his workshop in the Vallée de Chevreuse near Paris, and…

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The M274 Mule 1/2 Ton 4×4 – An Air-Deployable Weapons Platform And Transport Truck

Ben Branch March 11, 2020
M274 Mule 1/2 Ton 4x4
  • American
  • Cars
  • Classic 4x4
  • Military

The M274 Mule 1/2 Ton 4×4 was used extensively in the Vietnam War as both a weapons platform and a specialist transportation vehicle that could traverse exceedingly difficult jungle terrain with 1/2 a ton…

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The New Fuel Greasy Jacket – An Armored Aramid + Denim Motorcycle Jacket

Ben Branch March 11, 2020
Fuel Greasy Denim Jacket
  • Clothing
  • Gear
  • Jackets
  • Style

This is the new Fuel Greasy Jacket, it’s the latest release from Fuel Motorcycles – the Barcelona-based apparel, gear, and custom motorcycle workshop that also organise the annual Scram Africa ride across the Sahara desert….

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For Sale As A Pair: A 1966 Plymouth Barracuda Drag Car With A 1965 Dodge C-500 Hauler

Ben Branch March 10, 2020
1966 Plymouth Barracuda Drag Car with 1965 Dodge C-500 Hauler
  • American
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars
  • Racing

This is quite possibly the best vintage weekend drag racing rig for sale anywhere in the world at the moment, it’s a combination of 1966 Plymouth Barracuda drag car on the back of a…

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The Remarkable Photography Of Anthony Ryan Schmidt

Ben Branch March 10, 2020
Anthony Ryan Schmidt 9
  • Art
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars
  • Photography

Anthony Ryan Schmidt is a talented 12 year old photographer on the autism spectrum who has amassed a following of thousands of people on social media who love his unusual, life-like images of miniature…

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The Honda CT70 – Japan’s Biggest Little Dual Sport Motorcycle

Ben Branch March 9, 2020
Honda CT70
  • Japanese
  • Motorcycles

The Honda CT70 was released in 1969 as a larger sibling to the hugely popular Honda Z50 Monkey Bike. CT was an abbreviation of “Cub Trail” which encapsulated the intentions of the new model…

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Icon 1000 Brigand Boots – Daily Wearable Moto Boots With D3O® Armor

Ben Branch March 9, 2020
Icon 1000 Brigand Boots
  • American
  • Boots
  • Clothing
  • Gear

These are the new Icon 1000 Brigand Boots, they’re designed to be daily wearable motorcycle boots that are equally comfortable on and off your motorcycle, and unlike many of their peers they’re actually comfortable to…

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Racing Documentary: $500 for Glory – A LeMons Story

Ben Branch March 8, 2020
$500 for Glory - A 24 Hours Of LeMons Story
  • American
  • Films
  • Racing

$500 for Glory – A LeMons Story is a 30 minute film that documents the exploits of an amateur racing team from Wyoming, with their junkyard Toyota MR2 and its home-brew turbo that was…

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There’s A 450 hp R-985 Pratt & Whitney Radial Airplane Engine For Sale On eBay

Ben Branch March 7, 2020
R-985 Pratt & Whitney Radial Wasp Junior Airplane Engine 2
  • American
  • Extraordinary Engines For Sale
  • Planes

The R-985 Pratt & Whitney radial engine, also known as the R-985 Wasp Junior, was originally developed in the late 1920s and put into service in 1929. Over the course of the 1929 to…

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The Ford Mustang Boss 429 – A Street-Legal Car With A NASCAR Engine

Ben Branch March 6, 2020
Ford Mustang Boss 429
  • American
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars
  • Ford

The Ford Mustang Boss 429 was created specifically to homologate Ford’s 429 cu. in. semi-hemispherical V8 engine for NASCAR competition. Ford needed an engine that could compete with the 426 cu. in. Chrysler Hemi…

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A Brief History of the Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40 / BJ40 + J40 Series

Jon Branch March 6, 2020
Land Cruiser Off Road
  • Brief Histories
  • Cars
  • Classic 4x4
  • Japanese

The story of the Toyota Land Cruiser J Series (FJ40 / BJ40 etc) starts in the Philippines during the Second World War, the Japanese had invaded the nation, along which much of the rest…

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Carroll Shelby’s Other V8-Powered British Roadster – The Sunbeam Tiger

Ben Branch March 5, 2020
Sunbeam Tiger Front Wheel
  • American
  • British
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars

There were two Sunbeam Tiger prototypes developed in the early 1960s, one was built by Carroll Shelby and his team and the other by racing driver Ken Miles. The original idea of building a…

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