Ben Branch
June 30, 2014
Silkscreening is an art-form that’s being rapidly rediscovered by a new generation of artists who find the process of digitally printing out their work to be a little too impersonal. Silkscreening was first invented…
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Ben Branch
June 29, 2014
American Stock: The Golden Era Of NASCAR is a 3 part series that covers the early years of NASCAR – that all-American racing series that formed from the beach racers of Daytona and the…
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Ben Branch
June 29, 2014
The 4 motorcycles you see here are the work of Speed Merchant (run by the highly respected trio of Brandon “Brawny Built” Holstein, Denver Dan and Mike Kawakami), their work has been featured right across…
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Ben Branch
June 28, 2014
ODFU is an acronym for One Down Five Up, it’s also a British clothing brand run by designer and aspiring grease monkey Kevin Wilson. We’ve featured his work here before and it’s always been…
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Ben Branch
June 28, 2014
August and Fred Duesenberg were two of the leading lights of the American automobile revolution, the men were self-taught engineers who started out building motorised bicycles, within a couple of decades they had become…
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Ben Branch
June 27, 2014
The Triumph Scrambler has quickly become a prime target for custom motorcycle builders, it’s based on the Bonneville and because of this, there’s a huge aftermarket parts catalogue rivalled only by the likes of…
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Ben Branch
June 27, 2014
This is Nigel Mansell’s Momo steering wheel from the 1982 Brazilian Grand Prix, it was originally fitted to his John Player Special Lotus 91, it’s the wheel he used to steer himself to the…
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Ben Branch
June 26, 2014
The 1955 Ford Thunderbird was the first generation of the European-inspired sports car from Ford that overwhelmingly outsold the Chevrolet Corvette, 23 Thunderbirds were sold for each Corvette in 1955 – a total of…
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Ben Branch
June 26, 2014
Lee Parks Design DeerTours Gloves are made from Grade-A American deer hide, it’s tougher and more abrasion resistant than cowhide whilst also being thinner – allowing better dexterity. Each pair of gloves has double-seam…
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Ben Branch
June 25, 2014
Those unfamiliar with AC Cars might look at the AC Ace and immediately see a strong resemblance to both the Ferrari Barchetta and the AC Cobra. The truth is that the AC Ace is…
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Ben Branch
June 25, 2014
Aleksei Mikhailovich Isaev was an icon within the Russian half of the Space Race, he was the man responsible for designing the first non-modular liquid-fuelled rocket engine, between 1957 and 1967 his engines powered…
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Ben Branch
June 24, 2014
This rather unusual looking Honda CBN400 is the work of Ed Turner Motorcycles, a French custom motorcycle garage run by a friendly chap by the name of Karl. The name “Ed Turner” is a…
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