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The Great Race Tracks Of The World

Ben Branch August 20, 2015
  • Art
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  • Racing

Of all the automotive posters you might choose to put on your garage wall, this is probably one of the most important. It shows…

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Kawasaki KZ550 by No. 8 Wire Motorcycles

Ben Branch August 19, 2015
  • American
  • Flat Trackers
  • Japanese
  • Kawasaki
  • Motorcycles

No. 8 Wire Motorcycles is a small but influential custom motorcycle garage based in Missoula, Montana. It’s run by a friendly New Zealander by…

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Jbird Collective Leather Sunglasses

Ben Branch August 19, 2015
  • American
  • Gear
  • Sunglasses

Leather isn’t a material we’re used to seeing used for sunglasses, in fact this is the first 100% leather sunglass design ever offered for…

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Chris Evans’ Daimler SP250 Police Specification Roadster

Ben Branch August 18, 2015
  • British
  • Cars
  • Rare

The Daimler SP250, originally known as the Daimler Dart, was a car that had a huge amount of potential. Most automotive historians will agree…

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Fire Design Extinguishers

Ben Branch August 18, 2015
  • Art
  • Design
  • French
  • Retro
  • Safety

Fire Design is a French company that was founded by artist and product designer Rodolphe Gimenez, his goal is to create fire extinguishers that…

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Zaeta 530 SE Flat Tracker

Ben Branch August 17, 2015
  • Engineering
  • Italian
  • Racing

The Zaeta 530 DT is the two-wheeled answer to the question what would happen if the Italians decided to build a flat tracker? Dirt track racing…

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USS Macon Cutaway Wallpaper

Ben Branch August 17, 2015
  • American
  • Engineering
  • Military
  • Vintage

The USS Macon and its sister ship, the USS Akron, were the largest helium-filled airships ever made. They were launched in 1933 and 1931…

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The GM Firebird III Gas Turbine Car

Ben Branch August 16, 2015
  • American
  • Cars
  • Design
  • Engineering

The General Motors Firebird lll gas turbine car was a concept developed in 1958 as a progression of the Firebird I and Firebird II…

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Auburn Speedster Barn Find

Ben Branch August 15, 2015
  • American
  • Cars
  • Design
  • Luxury
  • Vintage

The American answer to the lightning fast Bugatti, Bentley and Rolls-Royce automobiles coming out of Europe in the 1920s was the Auburn Speedster, a…

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Ford Lotus Cortina Mk1 Rally Saloon

Ben Branch August 14, 2015
  • British
  • Cars
  • Racing
  • Rare

The Ford Lotus Cortina is one of the beloved two door saloon cars that petrolheads almost invariably love, much like the BMW 2002 and…

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U-boat Blueprints

Ben Branch August 14, 2015
  • Boats
  • Engineering
  • Military
  • Wallpapers

In the post-WWII years Winston Churchill once famously said “The only thing that really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril”, this…

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Ferrari 275S/340 America Barchetta

Ben Branch August 13, 2015
  • Cars
  • Ferrari
  • Italian
  • Luxury
  • Racing
  • Vintage

Just two Ferrari 275S Barchettas were built by Enzo and his legendary engineers in Maranello, it would be amongst the first models to wear…

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