Ben Branch
July 7, 2014
The Mercedes-Benz 300SL is one of those hugely significant cars that’ll forever be remembered as one of the top 10 greatest vehicle designs of all time – no matter what extraordinary vehicles may be released in the future. The…
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Ben Branch
July 6, 2014
This is part 2 of the 3 part series American Stock: The Golden Era Of NASCAR, we featured part 1 last Sunday (you can click here to see it if you missed it) and…
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Ben Branch
July 6, 2014
The USS Shenandoah was the first of the great American airships, it was closely based on the German Zeppelin bomber L-49, built just after WWI and still viewed as one of the most important dirigibles…
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Ben Branch
July 5, 2014
The Tucker 48 is a car that’ll forever live as an American legend, the extraordinary panache and guts shown by Preston Tucker in the post-war period is astonishing and the fact that he succeeded…
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Ben Branch
July 5, 2014
The Art of Manliness is a book by Brett and Kate McKay – the couple behind the fantastic and hugely popular website of the same name. The book is an essential read for any…
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Ben Branch
July 4, 2014
The Mercedes-Benz Unimog is the German equivalent of the British Land Rover, the American Jeep and the Japanese Land Cruiser – It’s a function-first 4×4 with military, agricultural and leisure uses that’s spawned its…
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Ben Branch
July 4, 2014
These early drag racers popped into our email inbox last week with a request to find more information on them. It’s thought that the photograph was taken in Sanford, Maine by friends of 1960s…
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Ben Branch
July 3, 2014
The Transportation Revolution New Orleans (TTRNO) is a motorcycle dealership and custom bike garage based in New Orleans that, like most things from The Big Easy, prides itself on doing things a little differently….
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Ben Branch
July 3, 2014
The Rimfire Glove by Icon 1000 is a modern take on the classic motorcycle glove, it’s fitted with state-of-the-art D3O® knuckle armour – giving it far more protective ability than a standard leather glove….
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Ben Branch
July 2, 2014
I sometimes wonder what car designers would turn out if they were given carte blanche to create whatever they wanted – with no thought given to affordability, ease of production or CO2 emissions. Every now…
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Ben Branch
July 2, 2014
The full-face Gringo motorcycle helmet by Biltwell is a relatively recent addition to the growing list of retro motorcycle helmets that meet modern safety standards. Just a couple of years ago this space was…
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Ben Branch
July 1, 2014
The Lola Mk6 GT is a car that may look vaguely familiar as it would eventually become the basis of the iconic and hugely successful Ford GT40. Similar to the GT40, the Lola Mk6…
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