Vanson Leathers is a USA based company with seriously dedicated fanbase that stretches around the globe. Outside the continental USA, Vanson Jackets are worn by innumerable Japanese custom-Harley enthusiasts who prefer it for its road-rash-proof, 1.5mm thick, competition-weight leather construction.
The Cloudmaster is a DC-6 born in June 1958 at Santa Monica, California. She was delivered new to Eagle Airways, the then major British independent airline, which itself was started during the Berlin Airlift 10 years earlier. After modification to the airline’s specifications the aircraft was registered G-APSA and began flying all over the world on commercial and military charters.
The idea of owning a record player has largely fallen from the public consciousness over the past few decades, there is still a small number of people who prefer vinyl and because of this, companies like Crosley still make classic turntables.
The 1954 Jaguar XK120 M Roadster was the US specification version of the famous XK Jaguar model, the 3.4 SE engine was an inline 6 cylinder capable of producing 180hp at 5300RPM. This power plant was advanced for the day and same basic engine design remained in production for decades after it was originally introduced.
The MuzzleShot is a shot glass machined from a block of billet heat-treated aluminium, each ‘glass’ has a 1.5 ounce capacity and offers a zero-flavour-transfer anodised finish. If you’ve been looking around for the perfect Father’s Day gift and your Dad is a fan of whiskey, firearms and engineering, this may very well be the perfect thing for him.
The Lunar Rover Operations Handbook was standard issue to the Apollo 15, 16 and 17 crews – the date on the handbook listed here indicates that it was the first of the rover manuals as Apollo 15 left from Houston on July the 26th 1971.
ODFU is one of our favourite boutique motorcycle clothing companies, its founder is a friendly guy by the name of Kevin Wilson who like many of us, loves motorcycles. “ODFU” actually stands for “one down five up” – the transmission layout on a standard motorcycle.
The CB550 was only produced between 1974 and 1978, its predecessor was the CB500 and it was succeeded by the CB650 all of these bikes were offered under the price point of the iconic CB750 and all of them seem to have developed their own groups of dedicated fans, many of them are finding a second wind as project builds with interesting and creative conversions to cafe racer/scrambler/tracker/Brat-style bikes.
The Replica 77 Gloves are made in Spidi’s own labs in located north-east Italy, the Replica 77s are a special edition built to the same specifications as their first ever gloves that were originally released in 1977.
This is an original 1964 Buick Riviera Coupe, 1964 was only the second year that the Riviera was sold and these first generation cars were extremely well received by not only automotive journalists, but also from the international car-designer-glitterati.
This is the Shinola Backpack, it’s made by hand from American-made natural canvas, premium leather produced by Horween of Chicago, it has solid brass zippers and cushioned canvas backstraps with adjustable roll buckle hardware.
The pipe pictured here was handmade by Alex, he’s an American pipe-maker living in Denmark, he makes pipes to order and if you’d like one, you can click here to visit the ordering page on Fat Bastard Pipes.
