Ben Branch
June 10, 2012
1970 saw Giorgetto Giugiaro of Ital Design reveal his 4th concept car, the 1970 Giugiaro Porsche Tapiro. The car was designed with double gull-wing doors and was based on the Porsche 914 chassis using the same 2.4 litre flat-6 producing 220 bhp and 7200 rpm.
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Ben Branch
June 9, 2012
This bike started life as a 1992 Ducati 900TT, already a serious bike in it’s own right. Interestingly, the first thing Rad Ducati did was add a modified Yamaha TZ 250 GP solo seat and modified Yamaha TZ 250 GP front fairings. Tell this to any hardcore Ducatiphile and they’ll be frothing at the mouth but the end result is superb.
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Ben Branch
June 9, 2012
Ingmar Beer Surfboards are one of those small companies that produce truly unique products, in this case, hand-made wooden surfboards.
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Ben Branch
June 9, 2012
I just love the look of this motorcycle, the cylindrical fuel tank, the air-cooled thumper, the swept back handlebars and that fantastic front suspension.
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Ben Branch
June 8, 2012
The bike you see here is the Krugger Goodwood, it was built by Krugger over a period of 6 months and when I say he built it, I really mean it. He created everything from the one-off custom frame to the…
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Ben Branch
June 8, 2012
This captivating vintage Girard-Perregaux chronograph just became available on 1stDibs…
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Ben Branch
June 7, 2012
The wFoil 18 Albatross Hydrofoil is one of those ideas that seems to come out of nowhere and then make you wonder why the hell no one did it already.
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Ben Branch
June 7, 2012
There’s something reassuringly simple about this tee by Dodge & Burn, it’s made by hand in New York from 100% fine jersey cotton and…
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Ben Branch
June 6, 2012
The 1965 Ferrari 275 GTB is one of the less famous classic Ferraris, it’s not looked back on with quite the same rose-tinted glasses as the 250 GTO or the Daytona and I think this is an oversight.
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Ben Branch
June 6, 2012
This fantastic minimalist wallet/money-clip by Jack Spade eliminates the possibility of letting your wallet go Costanza, it has a money-clip on the back with 2 slots for credit cards on the interior and that’s it.
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Ben Branch
June 6, 2012
“The Flying Merkel” has to be one of the greatest names ever given to a motorcycle manufacturer, in fact I can’t think of one better.
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Ben Branch
June 5, 2012
BMW motorcycles from the ’60s and ’70s provide a somewhat unexpected platform for café racer conversions, the bikes (largely) weren’t designed as speed demons…
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