No Ghosts – A 1935 Film About Chevrolet Chassis Design
No Ghosts is a somewhat unusually named 1935 film about Chevrolet chassis design. The title of the film makes sense once you’ve seen it, but you have to watch through the first two minutes…
A Rare WD Denzel – An Unusual Early Austrian Porsche Rival
Austrian race driver and engineer Wolfgang Denzel began building his own cars in the years shortly after WW2 using left over VW Kübelwagen chassis fitted with wood-framed bodies. By the late 1940s he was…
The Pulsejet-Powered Weltmeister Fictional Experimental Motorcycle
This article was written by Per Gabos, the creator of this rather unusual pulsejet-powered motorcycle. The Weltmeister Fictional Experimental Motorcycle The Idea What if the Germans had built experimental pulsejet-powered motorcycles in the…
The Matra Djet V – The World’s First Production Mid-Engined Road Car
The Matra Djet V (pronounced “jet”) and it’s forebear, the René Bonnet Djet, have the distinction of being the first full production car with a mid-engined layout, beating both the De Tomaso Vallelunga and…
A Rare Arova-Porsche 212 Skibob – It Folds Down To Fit Into The 911’s Trunk
This is an original Arova-Porsche 212 Skibob, just a few hundred were made by skibob manufacturer Arova in 1970 for Porsche, and they were specially designed to be able to fold down small enough…
GRD Watches – Affordable Motor Racing Inspired Timepieces
GRD Watches have made a name for themselves in recent years for their unusual, motor racing inspired timepieces that are based on speedometer and tachometer designs from classic sports cars. The company was…
The Jaguar Pirana by Bertone – The Only One Ever Made
The Jaguar Pirana was designed by Marcello Gandini at Bertone, it was built at a lightning pace just in time for the 1967 Earl’s Court Motor Show, a process that took just 5 months…
Urban BigBore Retro Full Face Motorcycle Helmet – $169.85 USD
[rwp_reviewer_rating_stars id=”0″] [rwp_box id=”0″] DOT testing requires that a helmet withstand two impacts on the same part of the helmet without failing, and they’re not permitted to convert more than a survivable amount of…
Track Day Weapon: A Custom Ducati 999 by XTR Pepo
The Ducati 999 was one of the most successful superbikes of its era in the Superbike World Championship – the model won the championship outright in 2003 (Neil Hodgson), 2004 (James Toseland), 2006 (Troy…
Retromotive Magazine – A Quarterly Coffee Table Magazine
Retromotive Magazine is a quarterly coffee table magazine that features some of the most beautiful automotive photography you’ll find anywhere in the world. The magazine was founded by Nathan Duff, a veteran of…
Documentary: The Douglas DC-3 – The World’s Most Successful Aircraft
Editor’s Note: The film we originally featured here has been removed from YouTube, we’ve replaced it with a similar film about the Douglas DC-3 that runs at just under an hour in length. DC-3…
Bowlus Road Chief – The Endless Highways Luxury Travel Trailer
The Bowlus Road Chief was the original riveted aluminum travel trailer, it was developed by Hawley Bowlus in 1934 and then famously emulated by Airstream two years later in 1936. Hawley Bowlus And The…