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Buffalo Hook Belt by Wheelmen & Co

Ben Branch January 20, 2014
  • Accessories
  • American
  • Clothing
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This is the new Buffalo Hook Belt by Wheelmen & Co. it’s designed with a brass hoofpick originally used by cowboys and other equestrians. Each belt is made from 100% buffalo leather in the USA…

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Camel Trophy 1991 – Tanzania & Burundi

Ben Branch January 19, 2014
  • Classic 4x4
  • Films
  • Land Rover
  • Off Road

I’ve been making my way through all of the available Camel Trophy documentaries by year, last week I posted the hour-long Madagascar Camel Trophy event from 1987 and so in keeping with the Africa…

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1974 Porsche Carrera 3.0 RS

Ben Branch January 18, 2014
  • Cars
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  • German
  • Luxury
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The 1974 Porsche Carrera 3.0 RS is a highly sought after car by collectors, the ’74 model year Carrera RS was fitted with an all new aluminium-alloy engine with an increased output over the…

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Survival Pod by X Stream

Ben Branch January 18, 2014
  • Accessories
  • Camping
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  • Survival

The Survival Pod by X Stream offers a small, easy to carry survival kit that contains all the essential things you need to survive, if you should find yourself needing to make a go of…

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Honda CB250 by Exesor Motorcycles

Ben Branch January 17, 2014
  • Cafe Racers
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Engineering
  • Honda
  • Japanese
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This custom Honda CB250 by Exesor Motorcycles is one of the most well engineered parts-bin specials we’ve ever seen here on Silodrome. It’s fitted with a Honda CB360 engine that’s been bored out to…

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Spidi Worker Wax Motorcycle Jacket

Ben Branch January 17, 2014
  • Clothing
  • Gear
  • Italian
  • Jackets
  • Retro
  • Style

The new-for-2014 Spidi Worker Wax Motorcycle Jacket is an interesting meld of very old and very new technologies designed to solve the same problem that people have been facing since the dawn of the…

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1940 Mercury Custom Coupe

Ben Branch January 16, 2014
  • American
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars
  • Custom Motorcycles
  • Vintage

This 1940 Mercury Custom Coupe is far more than just another SoCal chop-top, it’s thought to be the first such car that Los Angeles ever saw and one of the first to be made…

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Waxed Cylinder Bag by This Is Paper

Ben Branch January 16, 2014
  • Bags
  • Camping
  • Gear
  • Retro

The Waxed Cylinder Bag by This Is Paper is clearly influenced by the standard issue military bags of the Second World War, they were also made of waxed canvas and had rope fasteners to…

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The “Bullitt” Mustang

Ben Branch January 15, 2014
  • American
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  • Classic Cars
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  • Ford
  • Retro

The “Bullitt” Mustang you see here was built by Gateway Classics for Chad McQueen (Steve McQueen’s son) in 2011, it was designed as a modern interpretation of the classic 1968 fastback used in the iconic…

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Motorcycle Tool Roll by Union Garage NYC

Ben Branch January 15, 2014
  • American
  • Gadgets
  • Gear
  • Tools

The Tool Roll by Union Garage NYC is a new product from the New York based company, it’s designed to be an all-inclusive set of tools for metric motorcycles that’ll keep you on the road,…

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Porsche 718

Ben Branch January 14, 2014
  • Cars
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  • German
  • Luxury
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The Porsche 718 was the German marque’s evolution of the successful 550, the new car was developed largely due to changes in FIA rules in the late 1950s regulating things like windscreen and cockpit…

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The Embassy Tactical Pen

Ben Branch January 14, 2014
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The Embassy Tactical Pen is designed to be the last pen you’ll ever need to buy. Its 300 series high-grade stainless steel body takes a medium sized Fisher Space pen refill and is designed…

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