To say the the Lotus 7 is an icon would be like saying Saturn V rockets are a little bit fiery. The Super 7 was designed by Lotus founder and motorsport engineering-god Colin Chapman in 1957 and is widely considered to be the essence of Lotus’ design philosophy.
The NHRA or National Hot Rod Association was founded by Wally Parks in 1951, he wanted to get drag racing off the streets and onto safer, professional level tracks and in doing so he doubtless saved a lot of young men’s lives throughout the 50’s and 60’s.
The AMF Harley-Davidson Leggero Mini Cycle was a bit of an anomaly in its day, the 65cc two-stroke never really caught on in the US and the bikes remain relatively rare stateside to this day.
In December 2007 Ducati North America met with the team at Roland Sands Design (RSD) and asked them to produce a one-off Hyper Motard, the bike you see pictured above and below is the result of this meeting. The Hypermotard is already one of the more balls-to-the-wall production bikes on the…
Classified Moto is a fantastic company, they specialise in building some of the most iconic and unique bikes you’ll find anywhere. John Ryland, Classified Moto’s owner, also produces some pretty…
This wonderful onboard footage with Jim Clark at the 1963 Oulton Park Grand Prix give a great drivers eye view of what it was like to pilot a 60s era Formula 1 car
The Austin Healy Sprite is, in my opinion, one of the best British cars from the golden age of affordable lightweight sports cars. I was never a big fan of the Mark I Frogeye but the Mark IV has always had significant appeal.
The Magnolia Special Roadster is surprisingly not British. Or even European. This unique, compressed natural gas roadster was designed and built by motorcycle designer JT Nesbitt (you may be familiar with his bikes over at Confederate) in New Orleans, development started in 2008 with the hand-built Magnolia Special rolling out of the showroom last month.
In 1932 the Danish government decided to try armouring motorcycles in order to keep costs down, the Danes contracted armour fabrication work to the Swedish factory, Landsverk AB.
I don’t know who designs the clothing over at Deus Ex Machina but I’m a fan. This hoodie is no exception, it comes in either navy blue or the charcoal grey pictured here and is currently marked down from $79.95 to $39.95
This early Triton started life in London in 1956, I have a feeling that if it could talk it would tell tales of the 59 Club, the Ace Café, Mods, Rockers and the arrival of Rock n’ Roll.
In this video he takes us on a few flying laps of the Donington Park circuit in the UK and talks us through the laps as well as throwing in some historical tidbits and comparisons to modern day F1 cars.
